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NUI Galway Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, Professor Tony Dundon, has been conferred with the award of Fellow by the Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Dundon is one of 34 leading social scientists to receive the award. Professor Dundon is recognised as a key figure in the development of employment relations studies,… | Read on »

Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis, edited by Gerry Kearns, David Meredith and John Morrissey, was launched at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on Monday, September 29, 2014. The book contains essays on spatial justice in Ireland by leading geographers from across Ireland, including the Whitaker Institute’s Marie Mahon and John Morrissey. The Irish… | Read on »

The Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) will present a one day conference on ‘The Social Sciences in Ireland: Status, Challenges, and Prospects’ on Thursday, October 2nd at NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare. This conference is aimed at academics, PhD students, research support officers, funding agencies and policy practitioners with an… | Read on »

If you are currently writing a dissertation or have recently completed your dissertation or PhD in the area of innovation studies then you are eligible to compete for the Marion McAneney Graduate Research Award. Submit your literature review in any area of innovation studies including your name, supervisor’s name, degree sought or awarded (Masters or… | Read on »

The transnational and interregional project Proactive Approach to Structural Change (ENNE) has studied regional preparation for sudden structural changes. The project is financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) via the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Finland. The findings are published by Lahti… | Read on »

The Writers’ Development Programme is an initiative run by the Whitaker Institute to support faculty and doctoral students in getting their research ready for publication. Sixteen PhD candidates and Postdoctoral researchers participated on a 2-day Writers’ retreat in June facilitated by Dr. Patricia McNamara, University of Limerick. This workshop focused on producing quality written work… | Read on »

Trevor Clohessy, PhD student with the EVOSS research group, won the Industry Impact Award as part of NUI Galway President’s Research Awards for Research at the University’s Research Showcase, for his work entitled ‘Strategising Cloud Service Provision: Deciphering the Business Model’. Trevor is part of Whitaker and Lero’s EVOSS group led by Dr. Kieran Conboy,… | Read on »

On Thursday 5th June, Chartered Accountants Ireland in conjunction with the Whitaker Institute staged a seminar on Integrated Reporting (IR). Integrated Reporting is a process based on integrated thinking which aims to result in a concise corporate report about how an organisation’s strategy, governance, performance and prospects lead to the creation of value in the short,… | Read on »

The Word Bank launched its ground-breaking report Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity, with Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on May 14th. The new report focuses on freedom from violence, control over sexual and reproductive… | Read on »

Congratulations to Sinead Duane, Aoife Callan, and Akke Vellinga, members of the Whitaker institute who were part of a team who won the ’Best Project in General Practice’ category in the 2014 Crystal Clear MSD Health Literacy Awards 2014. Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to patients’ safety in Europe because it can… | Read on »