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Dr. Valerie Ledwith, Geography and co-leader of the Population and Migration Research Cluster, Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway chats with Angela Sice about her current research on the sub-field of the geographies of education, focusing particularly on migrant educational experiences here in Ireland.

Local councils in Ireland experienced the same boom and bust conditions that the national government and the general economy witnessed since 2007/8. Whereas the public finances of central government have been subject to much research and debate, the same level of scrutiny was not applied to subnational government and local public finances. Yet, local government… | Read on »

Bio-Economy Input-Output Model The Bio-Economy is an important domestic sector for Ireland. It focuses on the economic activity attributable to the utilisation of our land and sea resources. Activity in the Bio-Economy is physically tied to domestic natural resources and consequently relies on a greater proportion of domestically sourced inputs in contrast with more mobile… | Read on »

Dr. Jane Walsh, Psychology and Leader of the Health and Wellbeing Cluster, Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway chats with Angela Sice about the use of mobile technology devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless infrastructure in the practice of medicine and public health.

Members of the Social Innovation and Policy cluster were involved in a study to explore the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption in the community for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), from the perspective of General Practitioners and community members.  Qualitative research can play a critical and instrumental role in designing behavioural change, and the results of… | Read on »

Prescription contraception Prescription contraceptives e.g. oral contraceptives and long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) such as intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants, are the most effective methods of contraception. LARCs are the most effective and cost- effective method of prescription contraception, however there are significant financial barriers in the Republic of Ireland compared with other jurisdictions. Prescription… | Read on »

Dr. Aidan Kane, Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway, chats with Angela Sice about Irish economic history data, and in particular, historical fiscal and trade datasets for Ireland which he is currently making accessible online using a range of datasets in flexible forms to diverse audiences.

NUI Galway will host the 25th IAFFE Annual Conference in 2016 with the conference theme “Transitions and Transformations in Gender Equality”.  IAFFE invites scholars and activists of feminist inquiry to reflect on “movements” in gender equality in the broadest sense of the term. The theme opens itself up to both theoretical and political advances in feminist thinking… | Read on »

The air transport sector is a major contributor to the globalization of the economy.  Its growth was accompanied and to a certain extent caused by liberalization.  The growth in traffic levels has led to congestion, at both major airports and in airspace, and to a lack of service on thin routes, thus mainly affecting core… | Read on »

Last week twenty staff members took three days out to work intensively on papers for publication. The retreat ran from 1-3 December in the Connemara Coast Hotel, far enough away to allow us to leave other work concerns behind, but near enough to be very manageable. Colleagues from across the university joined the retreat and we… | Read on »