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Dr Caitriona Carlin, a member of the SIPPs research cluster and project leader on the NEAR Health project investigating the intrinsic value of the natural environment for health talks to Sylvia Thompson in an article that was published in Saturday’s Irish Times. Read the article here.

Dr Eoin Whelan, member of the Agility and Open Innovation research cluster, published an opinion piece in the Business Technology section of The Irish Independent yesterday explaining how multitasking and digital distractions drain our cognitive capacities.  Read his piece here. Dr Whelan is currently investigating the link between Enterprise Social Media and Information Overload and will be running a… | Read on »

Although much in Ireland has changed over recent decades, the lessons learned from Dr TK Whitaker’s life’s work still reverberate today. His seminal 1958 study, “Economic Development”, which formed the basis of the first programme for economic expansion 1958-1963, set the course for the modernisation of Ireland’s economy. Read the Irish Times article here.

Dr Easkey Britton, postdoctoral researcher on the NEAR Health project, surfer and adventurer, spoke to Deirdre Mullins for the first in a series of articles for the Irish Times on inspirational Irish women from all walks of life who embody a sense of what it means to “live InSync”. Read the interview in The Irish… | Read on »

The economic cost of violence against women was discussed by current and former women Heads of State and Government at the UN Headquarters in New York during the High Level Week of the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2016.  With one in three women worldwide experiencing abuse, violence against women is… | Read on »

NUI Galway hosted a major conference on ‘Planning For Regional Development: The National Planning Framework as a Roadmap for Ireland’s Future’ last Friday. The conference was organised by the Regional Studies Association Irish Branch, in collaboration with NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission and is part of a wider public engagement initiative on behalf… | Read on »

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 »

Research by Whitaker members, Dr Elaine Wallace and Dr Mike Hogan, was highlighted in a recent Irish Times article on current research into how digital campaigns that encourage expressions of empathy can have long-term positive effects. Wallace and Hogan are co-authors on a 2014 journal article entitled “Who Likes You and Why? A Typology of… | Read on »

Professor John McHale, Director of the Whitaker Institute, in his capacity as Chairman of the Fiscal Advisory Council (FAC),  discussed the Council’s measured endorsement of the Government’s budget plans on yesterday’s RTÉ One News programme and other national news programmes. In a pre-budget statement, the FAC has advised that reducing national debt must remain a… | Read on »

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), in partnership with NUI Galway and the National College of Ireland, has published findings of a large-scale survey of nurses and midwives in Ireland on the current levels of workplace bullying being experienced by its members.  The study was headed by Professor Maura Sheehan who has published widely… | Read on »