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Jane Walsh, co leader of the Health and Well-Being cluster, and Teresa Corbett have published a report on the mHealth Conference held at NUI Galway on the 9th of June in the current issue of The European Health Psychologist, volume 17(4).  Read the full report here. mHealth is the practice of medicine and allied healthcare or self-care… | Read on »

On 27-28th August, leading transport researchers will make the trip to Galway for the 2015 Irish Transport Research Network annual conference at NUI Galway. As the N6 project, harbour extension and traffic layouts dominate local headlines here in Galway, this conference aims to shed light on the major national and international transport challenges and the… | Read on »

We are delighted to announce that John McHale, Established Professor and former Head of Economics at NUI Galway, has been appointed as the new Director of the Whitaker Institute. Professor McHale is also more widely known for having served as Chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council since July 2011. On accepting the position, John extended… | Read on »

The Whitaker Institute has produced a new industrial baseline study for Galway to support the development of an economic plan for the city and county along with an accompanying website: www.galwaydashboard.ie. The study was launched on 21st July in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, and offers a snapshot of Galway across a broad spectrum of… | Read on »

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine, Simon Coveney launches the latest report on Ireland’s Ocean Economy, produced by NUI Galway’s Socio Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU). The launch took place at the Ocean Wealth Festival in Cork on July 10th. Pictured with the Minister are Dr. Stephen Hynes and Professor Micheal Cuddy of SEMRU. This report… | Read on »

Will Geoghegan, assistant professor of management at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, has been named one of the World’s Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets and Quants. This annual listing highlights “excellence in research and teaching prowess,” according to the website.  Dr Geoghegan received his PhD in Management from NUI Galway in… | Read on »

Read the full China Daily Europe article written by Professor Grimes and Professor Marcela Miozzo (Manchester Business School) here.

A recent seminar, Practicing Integrated Thinking and Reporting, organised by members of the Performance Management research cluster dealt with the topic of sustainable growth and competitiveness. The seminar brought together practitioners and academics from 24 countries at the recent European Network for Research in Organisational and Accounting Change (ENROAC) conference held at NUI Galway. Guest… | Read on »

The CONSENSUS Research Project has published its final research report entitled CONSENSUS: Consumption, Environment and Sustainability. The CONSENSUS project involved researchers from NUI Galway and Trinity College Dublin, and has advanced understanding of the drivers that shape everyday household consumption practices, while also identifying a range of regulatory, technological and lifestyle interventions that could facilitate… | Read on »

A Special Issue of the Journal of International Entrepreneurship guest edited by Natasha Evers and James Cunningham (Whitaker Institute) and Thomas Hoholm, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway. The focus of this Special Issue is on international entrepreneurship in the context of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Public Research Organisations (PROs).   In particular, the Editors invite conceptual and… | Read on »