The Whitaker Institute, along with other research institutes at NUI Galway, have created a COVID-19 Response Group. The group, which is comprised of Whitaker members from a variety of research backgrounds, are working to contribute their expertise to the local, national and global COVID-19 response efforts.
A note from Whitaker Institute Director Professor Alan Ahearne:
The coronavirus pandemic has turned the world upside down. The spread of the virus is having a profound effect on all our lives, and events are changing by the minute. While we have all moved to new ways of working, our commitment at the Whitaker Institute to supporting our research community in producing impactful research remains as strong as ever. That is why, along with the other Research Institutes at NUI Galway, we have established a COVID-19 Response Group at Whitaker to mobilise our research community to contribute to the local, national and global COVID-19 response efforts. At the Group’s first virtual meeting, we identified several areas of activity where we believe we can make expertise, knowledge and research contributions to fight against the spread and impact of COVID-19. We will keep you informed as these projects develop.
Members
Prof Alan Ahearne | Dr Ronan Kennedy |
Dr Dmitry Brychkov | Prof Alma McCarthy |
Prof Mary Cawley | Dr Michal Molcho |
Prof Kieran Conboy | Ms Angela Sice |
Dr Christine Domegan | Dr Umair ul Hassan |
Dr Sinead Duane | Dr Elaine Wallace |
Dr Josephine Igoe | Ms Courtney Yanta |
If you’re interested in joining the Whitaker Institute COVID-19 response group, please contact Professor Alan Ahearne at alan.ahearne@nuigalway.ie.
Projects
Publications
Carroll, Noel and Conboy, Kieran. (2020). Normalising the “new normal”: Changing tech-driven work practices under pandemic time pressure. International Journal of Information Management, p.102186.
Doyle, Ronan & Conboy, Kieran. (2020) ‘The role of IS in the covid-19 pandemic: A liquid-modern perspective’ International Journal of Information Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102184
Khoo, Su-Ming, (2020) ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons from Global Citizenship and Development Education’ in Policy and Practice – COVID-19 and
Development Education, ISSN:1748-135X.
McCarthy, Alma, Ahearne, Alan, Bohle-Carbonell, Katerina, Ó Síocháin, Tomás, & Frost, Deirdre. (2020). Remote Working During COVID-19: Ireland’s National Survey Initial Report. Galway, Ireland: NUI Galway Whitaker Institute & Western Development Commission.
McCarthy, A., Bohle Carbonell, K., Ó Síocháin, T. and Frost, D. (2020). Remote Working during COVID-19: Ireland’s National Survey – Phase II Report. Galway, Ireland: NUI Galway Whitaker Institute & Western Development Commission.
O’Donoghue, Cathal & Sologon, Denisa Maria & Kyzyma, Iryna & McHale, John, 2020. “Modelling the Distributional Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis,” IZA Discussion Papers 13235, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
Ó Síocháin, T., Ahearne, A., Frost, D., Gantly, M., Kerins, E., O’Donoghue, B., McCarthy, A. (2020) Remote Working: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Implications, Western Development Commission.
Samuli Laato, A. K. M. Najmul Islam, Muhammad Nazrul Islam & Eoin Whelan (2020) What drives unverified information sharing and cyberchondria during the COVID-19 pandemic?, European Journal of Information Systems, DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2020.1770632
Books
Whitaker Institute Policy Briefs
- ‘Testing the stability of environmental preferences and willingness to pay through the Covid-19 pandemic’ by Prof Stephen Hynes
- ‘Determinants of adherence to COVID-19 physical distancing measures in the Republic of Ireland’ by Dr Hannah Durand and Dr Gerry Molloy
- ‘The Disconnected: COVID-19 and Disparities in Broadband Access for Higher Education Students’ by Dr John Cullinan
- ‘The Sustainability of Ireland’s Health Care System’ by Dr John Cullinan
- ‘Modelling real-time changes to income distribution during the Covid-19 emergency’ by Prof Cathal O’Donoghue
Media & Press
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- ‘Operating a vaccine certificate will be difficult according to expert’ Dr Rónán Kennedy (Her.ie – 2 July 2021)
- ‘Third-level students should be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccines’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Times – 29 June 2021)
- ‘Surge In Numbers Ditching Dublin’s Property Market For Sea Side Homes’ Dr Tom Gillespie (98FM – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Properties by the coast in Ireland now cost 23% more than before Covid-19 pandemic’ Dr Tom Gillespie (TheJournal.ie – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Price of coastal homes ‘soars in wake of pandemic’’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Irish Times – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Daft: Asking prices for coastal homes up 23% since pandemic hit’ Dr Tom Gillespie (RTÉ – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Report finds surge in seaside property prices as coast calls for COVID home buyers’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Newstalk – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Renvyle Letterfrack one of five seaside locations to record largest property price hikes since pandemic’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Galway Bay FM – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Average age of solo homebuyer rises to 42 as ‘significant’ price hikes loom’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Irish Examiner – 17 June 2021)
- ‘House prices by the coast on the rise’ Dr Tom Gillespie (FM104 – 17 June 2021)
- ‘Coastal Irish properties almost a quarter more expensive than before COVID’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Extra.ie – 17 June 2021)
- ‘West Cork town’s house prices shoot up by a third over pandemic as people ditching city life for dreamy coast’ Dr Tom Gillespie (Cork Beo – 16 June 2021)
- ‘Eoin Whelan: How your face can lead to Zoom meeting business fatigue’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Examiner – 13 June 2021)
- ‘Medical body moves to debunk myths on Covid vaccines and women’s fertility’ Dr Jane Walsh (Irish Examiner – 4 June 2021)
- ‘1 in 6 higher education students have poor broadband’ Dr John Cullinan (Agriland.ie – 24 May 2021)
- ‘One in six students living in areas with poor broadband’ Dr John Cullinan (Irish Examiner – 23 May 2021)
- ‘95% Of Workers In Favour Of Some Form Of Remote Working’ Remote Working in Ireland (98FM – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Most Workers Want To Stay Working Remotely’ Remote Working in Ireland (Today FM – 18 May 2021)
- ‘More than 95% of people favour some form of remote working after pandemic’ Remote Working in Ireland (Irish Times – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Report: 95pc of people want to keep working remotely after Covid’ Remote Working in Ireland (Silicon Republic – 18 May 2021)
- ‘95% d’oibrithe ag iarraidh obair ón mbaile feasta – suirbhé’ Remote Working in Ireland (RTÉ – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Over 95% of workers support some form of remote working – survey’ Remote Working in Ireland (RTÉ – 18 May 2021)
- ‘95% of workers now in favour of some form of remote working’ Remote Working in Ireland (Midwest Radio – 18 May 2021)
- ‘95% of Irish workers want some form of remote working after Covid-19’ Remote Working in Ireland (Joe.ie – 18 May 2021)
- ‘REMOTE CONTROL Over 95% of Irish workers support some form of working from home – with 5% wanting a full office return’ Remote Working in Ireland (Irish Sun – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Survey suggests over 95% of workers support some form of remote working’ Remote Working in Ireland (Irish Mirror – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Over 95pc of workers now favour some form of remote working’ Remote Working in Ireland (Irish Independent – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Remote working: Majority of employees want to continue working from home’ Remote Working in Ireland (Irish Examiner – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Out of office: Your essential round-up of the latest business news’ Remote Working in Ireland (Business Post – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Almost everyone wants to continue remote working after pandemic, survey finds’ Remote Working in Ireland (BreakingNews.ie – 18 May 2021)
- ‘Research sheds new light on vaccine hesitancy in UK & Ireland’ Dr Jane Walsh (Mirage News – 14 June 2021)
- ‘Generation Covid: Are there short-term fixes to help young adults?’ Prof Alma McCarthy (Irish Times – 11 May 2021)
- ‘Why the ‘new normal’ will be a slow adjustment for some people’ Dr Hannah Durand (RTÉ – 9 May 2021)
- ‘How to have a constructive conversation with your vaccine-hesitant loved one’ Dr Jane Walsh (Image.ie – 8 May 2021)
- ‘Why are women more hesitant to get the Covid-19 Vaccine?’ Dr Jane Walsh (Irish Times – 8 May 2021)
- ‘YOUNG WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO ACCEPT COVID VACCINE, IRISH STUDY FINDS’ Dr Jane Walsh (Western People – 3 May 2021)
- ‘YOUNG WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO ACCEPT COVID VACCINE, IRISH STUDY FINDS’ Dr Jane Walsh (Waterford News and Star – 3 May 2021)
- ‘One in five women under 30 uncertain about getting Covid-19 vaccine’ Dr Jane Walsh (Irish Times – 3 May 2021)
- ‘NEW STUDY Women and younger people significantly less likely to get Covid-19 vaccine, research finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (Sunday World – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Níos lú seans go nglacfaidh mná & daoine óga le vacsaín Covid-19’ Dr Jane Walsh (RTÉ – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women least likely to accept Covid-19 vaccine’ Dr Jane Walsh (RTÉ – 3 May 2021)
- ‘YOUNG WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO ACCEPT COVID VACCINE, IRISH STUDY FINDS’ Dr Jane Walsh (Roscommon Herald – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women less likely to say they will take Covid-19 vaccine’ Dr Jane Walsh (Red FM – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women ‘significantly less likely’ to get Covid vaccine, survey finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (MSN News – 3 May 2021)
- ‘YOUNG WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO ACCEPT COVID VACCINE, IRISH STUDY FINDS’ Dr Jane Walsh (Laois Nationalist – 3 May 2021)
- ‘YOUNG WOMEN LESS LIKELY TO ACCEPT COVID VACCINE, IRISH STUDY FINDS’ Dr Jane Walsh (Kildare Nationalist – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Vaccine hesitancy among young women ‘swayed by influencers” Dr Jane Walsh (Irish Examiner – 3 May 2021)
- ‘NUI Galway research shows young women less likely to say Yes to a Covid vaccine’ Dr Jane Walsh (iRadio – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women less likely to accept Covid-19 vaccine, NUI Galway study reveals’ Dr Jane Walsh (Irish Independent – 3 May 2021)
- ‘NUIG research finds young women less likely to take a Covid-19 vaccine’ Dr Jane Walsh (Galway Bay FM – 3 May 2021)
- ‘COVID-19 Ireland latest figures as no further deaths and 453 more cases announced by NPHET’ Dr Jane Walsh (Dublin Live – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Coronavirus vaccine Ireland: NPHET to receive warning as young women more likely to refuse Covid jab’ Dr Jane Walsh (Dublin Live – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women less likely to accept Covid vaccine, Irish study finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (Carlow Nationalist – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women least likely to accept Covid-19 vaccine, study finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (Buzz.ie – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women less likely to accept Covid vaccine, Irish study finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (BreakingNews.ie – 3 May 2021)
- ‘Young women less likely to accept Covid vaccine, Irish study finds’ Dr Jane Walsh (Beat – 3 May 2021)
- ‘If the vaccine clot risk is tiny, why is it scaring people?’ Prof Brian Hughes (Irish Times – 30 April 2021)
- ‘Investing in the care economy’ Dr Raghavendran Srinivasan (Business Line – 4 April 2021)
- ‘We must be careful not to oversell the impact of vaccines’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Times – 3 April 2021)
- ‘Is Government at risk of ‘losing the room’ in Covid-19 fight?’ Dr Hannah Durand (Irish Times – 27 March 2021)
- ‘Public trust in Government soared amid 2020 Covid crisis – study’ Prof Cathal O’Donoghue (Irish Examiner – 23 March 2021)
- ‘Trust in the government rose during early months of pandemic’ Prof Cathal O’Donoghue (The Business Post – 22 March 2021)
- ‘Lockdown Lockdown life: Teenagers have your say’ Dr Caroline Heary (RTÉ – 9 March 2021)
- ‘Remote hearings no substitute for real courtroom experience – report’ Dr Rónán Kennedy (Irish Times – 23 February 2021)
- ‘‘People who lost loved ones to Covid need to contact their TDs’ says Dr Scally as he urges politicians to adopt all-island approach’ Dr Nessa Cronin (Irish Independent – 27 January 2021)
- ‘Pandemic parenting: Lockdown’s pressure-cooker effect on Irish families’ Dr Declan Coogan (The Irish Times – 27 January 2021)
- ‘Remote working set to become permanent feature under National Remote Work Strategy’ Remote Working in Ireland (Eversheds Sutherland – 21 January 2021)
- ‘Remote working strategy sets out ambitious targets’ Remote Working in Ireland (RTÉ – 16 January 2021)
- ‘2020 retail trends: Lipstick sales drop, casual wear soars’ Dr Ann Torres (RTÉ – 3 January 2021)
- ‘Public service must lead the way on long-term remote working Cannon says’ Remote Working in Ireland (Galway Daily – 21 December 2020)
- ‘State must increase tax breaks for home workers’ Remote Working in Ireland (Connacht Tribune- 17 December 2020)
- ‘Leaders must remote work as ‘role models’ for equal opportunity, report says’ Remote Working in Ireland (BreakingNews.ie – 14 December 2020)
- ‘Global pandemic has led to chronic loneliness in young people, study finds’ Prof Pat Dolan (Irish Examiner – 30 November 2020)
- ‘Professor behind global Covid study warns against ‘youth blaming” Prof Pat Dolan (Irish Examiner – 30 November 2020)
- ‘Young people suffering from chronic loneliness and social isolation during pandemic, study finds’ Prof Pat Dolan (Sunday World – 30 November 2020)
- ‘NUI Galway professor chosen to lead global Unesco Covid-19 study on young people’ Prof Pat Dolan Sunday World – (30 November 2020)
- ‘NUIG professor chosen to lead global Unesco Covid study’ Prof Pat Dolan (BreakingNews.ie – 30 November 2020)
- ‘NUI Galway to lead study on pandemic impact on young people’ Prof Pat Dolan (RTÉ – 30 November 2020)
- ‘Irish youth to lead global study into impact of Covid-19 on young people’ Prof Pat Dolan (Irish Times – 30 November 2020)
- ‘NUI Galway professor chosen to lead global Unesco Covid-19 study on young people’ Prof Pat Dolan (Irish Independent – 29 November 2020)
- ‘Branding young people as ‘Covid delinquents’ is not helpful’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Times – 22 November 2020)
- ‘‘Bristling with energy’: The Irish town regenerated by Covid-19’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Times- 14 November)
- ‘Child to parent violence has more than quadrupled during pandemic’ Dr Declan Coogan (Irish Examiner – 14 November 2020)
- ‘We did everything that was asked of us’ – Ireland’s Main Streets feel chill of ‘closedown to save Christmas’’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Examiner – 22 October 2o2o)
- ‘Number who want to work from home doubles, survey finds’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Galway Advertiser – 22 October 2020)
- ‘Remote working creates rural boom’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Connacht Tribune – 22 October 2020)
- ‘Kerry among top choices for remote workers to relocate to’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Radio Kerry – 20 October 2020)
- ‘Rise in number of people interested in working from home’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (WLR FM – 19 October 2020)
- ‘It’s time to start preparing your permanent remote working strategy’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Silicon Republic – 19 October 2020)
- ’94 percent of works want to stay remote working’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (ThinkBusiness- 19 October 2020)
- ‘Survey finds increased support for remote working after Covid crisis’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (RTÉ – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Significant increase in employee support for remote working’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Newstalk – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Listen: 94% Of People Want To Continue Remote Working.’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (KFM – 19 October 2020)
- ‘New survey reveals “resounding demand” for Irish employees to continue working from home on an ongoing basis’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Joe.ie – 19 October 2020)
- ‘10,000 remote working spaces planned for town’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Irish Independent – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Covid-19 has not turned us off working from home’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Irish Examiner – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Second phase of NUIG study finds 94 percent keen to continue working remotely’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Galway Bay FM – 19 October 2020)
- ‘10,000 remote working spaces planned for towns’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (EnviroSolutions)
- ‘Second phase of NUIG study finds 94 percent keen to continue working remotely’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Connact Tribune (19 October 2020)
- ‘94% of workers want to continue work from home after COVID-19’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Buzz.ie – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Rise in number of people interested in working from home’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Beat – 19 October 2020)
- ‘Misinformation about Covid-19 a threat to public health – study’ Dr Eoin Whelan (The Irish Times – 16 October 2020)
- ‘Strategies for success while working from home’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Examiner – 09 October 2020)
- ‘How do you feel about remote working six months on from lockdown?’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Galway Advertiser – 08 October 2020)
- ‘Second phase of remote working survey to be carried out’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (RTÉ – 05 October 2020)
- ‘NUIG researchers launch second stage of national survey on remote working’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Galway Bay FM – 05 October 2020)
- ‘NUIG Launches 2nd Part Of Remote Working Survey’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (KFM Radio – 05 October 2020)
- ‘Coronavirus: 518 New Cases Confirmed’ Remote Working Survey Phase II (Midlands 103 – 05 October 2020)
- ‘Poor broadband access impacting one-in-six third level students’ Dr John Cullinan (Irish Examiner – 16 September 2020)
- ‘Impact of COVID-19 on information management’ Dr Noel Carroll and Prof Kieran Conboy (Irish Sun – 26 August 2020)
- ‘NUI Galway students offer technical support to organisations during pandemic’ Dr Noel Carroll (Galway Advertiser – 20 August 2020)
- ‘Johnny Ronan drops hotel plan for Tara Street tower’ Remote Working Employee Survey (The Times – 16 August 2020)
- ‘Better-off spent more time outdoors during lockdown, study finds’ Dr Gesche Kindermann (Irish Times – 14 August 2020)
- ‘What will the office market look like after the great remote working experiment?’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Times – 7 August 2020)
- ‘RDI Hub- Second-Site Response To COVID-19’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Tech News – 6 August 2020)
- ‘Ready for your close-up? The must-have cosmetic tweakments for Generation Zoom’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Independent.ie – 23 July 2020)
- ‘Rates must be cut if businesses are to survive: here’s how it can be done’ Dr Gerard Turley & Stephen McNena (Business Post – 11 June 2020)
- ‘Comment: Remote working cannot be allowed to blur the line between labour and leisure’ Prof Alma McCarthy (Business Post – 4 June 2020)
- ‘Study finds sharing of Covid-19 misinformation linked to social media overload and trust in online information’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Kilkenny People – 02 June 2020)
- ‘NUI Galway study finds the sharing of COVID-19 misinformation linked to social media overload and trust in online information’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Tech News – 02 June 2020)
- ‘New Irish study on COVID-19 misinformation’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irishhealth.com – 02 June 2020)
- ‘Social media overwhelming amid Covid-19, NUIG study finds’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Breakingnews.ie – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Spread of virus fake news ‘can lead to public breaking lockdown’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Herald.ie – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Social media overwhelming amid Covid-19, NUIG study finds’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Examiner – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Spread of fake news on social media ‘leads to breaches of restrictions’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Independent – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Spread of fake news on social media ‘leads to breaches of restrictions’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Independent – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Social media overload makes people more likely to believe COVID-19 misinformation, study finds.’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Newstalk – 01 June 2020)
- ‘People ‘overloaded’ by social media more likely to believe false stories’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Irish Times – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Social Media Overload’ Helping The Spread Of Misinformation’ Dr Eoin Whelan (Today FM – 01 June 2020)
- ‘Remaking Ireland: Five positives from the pandemic’ Prof Alma McCarthy (Irish Times – 30 May 2020)
- ‘Encouraging health behaviours to tackle the pandemic’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Times – 28 May 2020)
- ‘Got a moment? Help research into life under Covid-19 restrictions’ Prof Molly Byrne (Irish Times – 27 May 2020)
- ‘Domestic coastal and marine could help “reboot” tourism sector’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (Marine Times Newspaper – 22 May 2020)
- ‘Domestic coastal and marine tourism could contribute to rebooting activity in sector’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (Science Daily – 21 May 2020)
- ‘Ireland – Coastal and marine tourism could help jump start the sector’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (Coastal News Today)
- ‘Coastal and marine tourism could help jump start the sector’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (Galway Daily)
- ‘Coastal & Marine Tourism Could Help “Reboot” Badly Hit Sector, NUI Galway Report Finds’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (afloat.ie – 20 May 2020)
- ‘Rebuilding Ireland’s tourism sector post-Covid19’ SEMRU’s report on domestic coastal and marine tourism and leisure activity in Ireland (thinkbusiness.ie – 20 May 2020)
- ‘Ray Murphy: Respect for human rights must be central to our response to Covid-19‘ Prof Ray Murphy (Business Post – 18 May 2020)
- ‘This Working Life: How and where will we work after the crisis?‘ Remote Working Employee Survey (Business Post – 17 May 2020)
- ‘Home work is here to stay’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Connacht Tribune – 14 May 2020)
- ‘Survey shows most want to continue working from home’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Galway Advertiser – 14 May 2020)
- ‘Survey shows 83% want to continue remote working after coronavirus’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Engineers Journal – 13 May 2020)
- ‘Do you? Survey shows 83% want to continue to work remotely after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Leinster Express – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Do you? Survey shows 83% want to continue to work remotely after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Longford Leader – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Majority want to continue working from home after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Offaly Express – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Concern over public belief that worst of virus is over’ Remote Working Employee Survey (RTÉ – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Do employees want to work from home after Covid-19?’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Silicon Republic – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Majority want to continue working from home after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Waterford Live – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Four out of five people would like to continue working remotely’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Galway Daily – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Do you? Survey shows 83% want to continue to work remotely after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Kilkenny People – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Do you? Survey shows 83% want to continue to work remotely after the Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Carlow Live – 12 May 2020)
- ‘Vast majority of Irish employees want to keep working from home after coronavirus pandemic, study shows’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Mirror – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Lawyers Expect Offices To Open By September’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Bizplus.ie – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Over 80% of people working from home during pandemic want to continue doing so – study’ Remote Working Employee Survey (BreakingNews.ie – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Coronavirus updates LIVE as we start final week of lockdown before phase one of reopening the country begins’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Cork Beo – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Whopping majority of Irish employees want to keep working from home after COVID-19 pandemic’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Dublin Live – 11 May 2020)
- ‘83% want to continue to work remotely when restrictions ease’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Highland Radio – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Over 80% of people working from home during pandemic want to continue doing so – study’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Examiner – 11 May 2020)
- ‘83% of Irish workers want to continue working from home when crisis eases – survey’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Examiner – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Survey shows 83% want to continue working remotely after Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Tech News – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Most workers expect to be back in office by September, survey shows’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Irish Times – 11 May 2020)
- ‘83% Of People Want To Continue Working Remotely After Covid 19 Crisis.’ Remote Working Employee Survey (KFM – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Covid Latest: 15 more die from virus, vast majority want to continue working remotely when restricitons ease’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Kilkenny Now – 11 May 2020)
- ‘BREAKING: 15 more Coronavirus deaths as Nobel winning scientist predicts early lockdown exit for Ireland’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Laois Today – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Survey reveals most people would prefer working from home after lockdown’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Lovin’ Dublin – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Majority want to keep working remotely after Covid-19 crisis’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Newstalk – 11 May 2020)
- ‘83% of people want To continue working from home’ Remote Working Employee Survey (RedFM – 11 May 2020)
- ‘Majority favour remote working after restrictions ease – survey’ Remote Working Employee Survey (RTÉ – 11 May 2020)
- ‘83% of workers want to continue working remotely after Covid19’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Thinkbusiness.ie – 11 May 2020)
- ‘NUIG survey asks how working remotely is affecting you?’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Galway Daily – 2 May 2020)
- ‘Major remote working survey launched by NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Galway Advertister – 30 April 2020)
- ‘Expert predicts economic recovery will be ‘excruciatingly slow’ Prof Alan Ahearne (Connacht Tribune – 30 April 2020)
- ‘COVID-19 remote working national employee survey launched’ Remote Working Employee Survey (Leitrim Observer – 27 April 2020)
- ‘Poll: Would you pay an extra €10 for a meal to support restaurants after the crisis?‘ Prof Alan Ahearne (TheJournal.ie – 20 April 2020)
- ‘€1 on price of a pint could be the way out for pubs’ Prof Alan Ahearne (Breakingnews.ie – 20 April 2020)
- ‘€1 on price of a pint could be the way out for pubs’ Prof Alan Ahearne (Irish Examiner – 20 April 2020)
- ‘Central Bank’s Ahearne: Irish firms need State-backed ultra-cheap bank loans to survive’ Prof Alan Ahearne (Irish Examiner – 19 April 2020)
- ‘How To Find Your Fitness Motivation During COVID-19‘ Dr Jane Walsh (Run Ireland – 9 April 2020)
- ‘Bank Holiday weekend confusion as new laws ‘allow’ garden centres and hardware shops to reopen‘ Dr Rónán Kennedy (Independent.ie – 9 April 2020)
- ‘NUIG Professor Alan Ahearne cites reasons for cautious optimism after coronavirus‘ Professor Alan Ahearne (Galway Bay FM – 6 April 2020)
- ‘Coronavirus: Ireland needs careful action to prevent a severe fall in living standards’ Professor John McHale (Irish Times – 1 April 2020)
- ‘Training Motivation: How to Stay Focused in The Face of COVID 19‘ Dr Jane Walsh (Run Ireland – 15 March 2020)
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Television and Radio
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- Dr Tom Gillespie spoke about his research which found the pandemic has led to a rise in cost of coastal homes (Newstalk Breakfast Briefing – 17 June 2021 @ 00.06.18)
- Dr Jane Walsh was on RTÉ Six One discussing vaccine hesitancy among young women (26 May 2021)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on the findings from the Second Annual Remote Working Report (RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland – 18 May 2021)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on Newstalk discussed the findings from the Second Annual National Remote Working Report (18 May 2021)
- Dr Jane Walsh spoke about her recent study which found women aged under 30 are less likely to accept a Covid-19 vaccine (RTÉ Drivetime – 5 May 2021)
- Dr Hannah Durand on RTÉs Primetime on 16 March 2021
- Prof Molly Byrne on how to communicate public health messages effectively during a pandemic (RTÉ Drivetime – 18 January 2021)
- Dr Ann Torres on How the Pandemic has impacted the way people shop (RTÉ Radio 1 This week -27 December 2020 @0:00:42)
- Dr Declan Coogans work on Child to Parent Violence referenced (RTÉ Today with Claire Byrne – 17 November 2020)
- Phase II of the Remote Working Survey (RTÉ Today – 20 October 2020)
- Dr Hannah Durand on the stricter restrictions implemented by the government in October (Newstalks the Hard Shoulder – 20 October 2020)
- Dr Hannah Durand on the stricter restrictions implemented by the Government in October (Today with Claire Byrne – 19 October 2020)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on Phase II of the Remote Working Survey (Newstalk – 19 October 2020)
- Phase II of the Remote Working Survey (RTÉ News at 1 – 19 October 2020 @19:37)
- Dr Hannah Durand on attitudes toward COVID-19 public health guidelines (Today with Claire Byrne – 13 October 2020)
- Dr Hannah Durand on International COVID-19 Awareness and Responses Evaluation (iCARE) research (Today FM – 12 October 2020)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on What’s next for the 9 to 5 world of the workplace? (RTÉ Brainstorm – 17 July 2020)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on the findings from the Remote Working Employee Survey (RTÉ Radio 1s Today with Sarah McInerney – 15 May 20)
- Remote Working Employee Survey discussed on RTÉ Radio 2 with Jenny Greene (@1:19)
- Remote Working Employee Survey discussed on RTÉ Radio 2 with Tracy Clifford (2:00:44)
- Remote Working Employee Survey discussed on RTÉ Radio 1s Drivetime (@34:39)
- Remote Working Employee Survey discussed on RTÉ Radio 1s News at One (@5:59)
- Prof Alan Ahearne on impact of Covid19 on the U.S. economy (Newstalk – 1 May 2020)
- Prof Alan Ahearne on economic implications of Covid19 (Brendan O’Connor Newspaper Panel – 30 April 2020)
- Prof Alma McCarthy on COVID-19 Remote Working Employee Pulse Survey (Highland Radio – 27 April 2020)
- Prof Alan Ahearne on the economic impact of Covid19 (RTÉs Drivetime – 24 April 2020)
- Prof Alan Ahearne on the EU multi-billion euro Covid19 package (RTÉs Morning Ireland – 21 April 2020)
- Prof John McHale on RTÉ Primetime (RTÉs This Week – 12 March 2020)
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RTÉ Brainstorm
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- ‘Why are young women hesitant about getting the Covid vaccine?’ Dr Jane Walsh (13 May 2021)
- ‘How the pandemic helped highlight young people’s strengths’ Prof John Morrissey (7 May 2021)
- ‘The similarities between long Covid and chronic fatigue syndrome’ Dr John Cullinan (6 May 2021)
- ‘How lockdown has made us realise who and what matters most’ Prof Pat Dolan (26 February 2021)
- ‘What’s next for commercial rates?’ Dr Gerard Turley (26 June 2020)
- ‘Old man, take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you’ Dr Margaret O’Neill & Dr Áine Ní Leime (24 June 2020)
- ‘Can organisations be kept honest during the pandemic?’ Prof Kate Kenny (28 May 2020)
- ‘Is it possible to have a socially distant trial by jury?’ Dr Rónán Kennedy (7 May 2020)
- ‘Who’s going to speak up for Irish healthcare staff?‘ Prof Kate Kenny (20 April 2020)
- ‘Why have Irish courts been slow to move online during the crisis?‘ Dr Rónán Kennedy (9 April 2020)
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Blog Posts
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- ‘Opportunities for SMEs after COVID-19’ Prof Alan Ahearne (InterTradeIreland – 28 January 2021)
- ‘Coronavirus shows the dangers of letting market forces govern health and social care’ Prof Kate Kenny (The Conversation – 14 July 2020)
- ‘The Magnifying Effect of the Coronavirus: Domestic Violence, Inequality and the Economy’ Dr Caroline Forde, Dr Nata Duvvury, Dr Stacey Scriver (The New Pretender – 22 June 2020)
- ‘Healthcare staff struggled to speak out long before COVID-19. They need help to do so now’ Prof Kate Kenny (CHPI – 11 June 2020)
- ‘[COVID-19 Pandemic: Worlds Stories from the Margins] Edges of the Pandemic – Survival Activism at the Peripheries in Brazil’ Dr Su-Ming Khoo (Convivial Thinking – 28 May 2020)
- ‘Edges of the panedemic – survival activism at the peripheries in Brazil’ Dr Su-Ming Khoo (Discover Society – 28 May 2020)
- ‘Time to rethink commercial rates’ Dr Gerard Turley (25 May 2020)
- ‘Data Protection and COVID-19: Short-Term Priorities, Long-Term Consequences’ Dr Rónán Kennedy (Bloomsbury Professional Ireland – 8 May 2020)
- ‘[COVID-19] Pandemic agnotology and the ‘worlds’ of development‘ Dr Su-Ming Khoo (Convivial Thinking – 13 May 2020)
- ‘We need a hive mind, not a herd mentality.’ Dr Nessa Cronin (Irish Humanities Alliance – 8 May 2020)
- ‘Pandemic – Behind the mask‘ Dr Su-Ming Khoo (Discover Society – 28 April 2020)
- ‘Will COVID-19 Spark a Moral Revolution? Eight Possibilities’ Dr John Danaher (21 April 2020)
- ‘Pandemics and Collective Grief’ Dr John Danaher (12 April 2020)
- ‘COVID-19 and the Impossibility of Morality’ Dr John Danaher (16 March 2020)
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Podcasts
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- What’s next for the 9 to 5 world of the workplace?‘ Prof Alma McCarthy (RTÉ Brainstorm Podcast – 16 July 2020)
- ‘Surveillance, Privacy and COVID-19’ Dr John Danaher (18 April 2020)
- ‘The Vital Ethical Contexts of Coronavirus’ Dr John Danaher (15 April 2020)
- ‘How to Understand COVID 19’ Dr John Danaher (10 April 2020)
- ‘The Ethics of Healthcare Prioritisation during COVID 19’ Dr John Danaher (3 April 2020)
- ‘Grief in the Time of a Pandemic’ Dr John Danaher (30 March 2020)
- ‘COVID 19 and the Ethics of Infectious Disease Control’ Dr John Danaher (25 March 2020)
- ‘Ethics in the time of Corona’ Dr John Danaher (17 March 2020)
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Webinars
On 11 February, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host Understanding psychosocial determinants of adherence to physical distancing guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic by Dr Hannah Durand. Physical distancing is one of the best strategies that we have to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, keeping our distance from others is perhaps the most difficult and even unnatural behaviour that we must adopt. Understanding the complex factors involved in determining whether someone will or will not adhere to physical distancing guidelines, and addressing those factors in evidence-based, fully transparent, and fact-based public health campaigns, is therefore of critical importance. This seminar provided an overview of a Health Research Board and Irish Research Council-funded project, which aims to provide high-quality accelerated evidence on the barriers and facilitators of physical distancing to support COVID-19 policy strategy and communication in the Republic of Ireland.
The event is available to watch back below:
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On 27 November, the Whitaker was delighted to host the live webinar COVID-19 and the Organization of Anthropocentricism. Recently there has been a lot of talk about the pandemic in academia. A compelling question not being asked, however, is ‘how on earth did we get here?’ More importantly, how can we stop ourselves from returning to such a situation in the future? We suggest that anthropocentricism (humans placing themselves at the centre of the world) lies at the heart of the multiple issues that created the conditions of possibility for COVID 19 to emerge. Anthropocentrism is also linked to a profoundly patriarchal tendency to exercise domination over different Others and consider them as mere objects to be managed.
By drawing from different disciplines we may be able to disrupt and challenge damaging organizational and business practices, especially within the animal-industrial complex. Central to this is the question of whether academics in these disciplines are complicit in promoting a form of agnotology (the making and unmaking of ignorance) by endorsing approaches to corporate social responsibility, business ethics and sustainability, that obfuscate these issues. The speciesism that underpins the animal-industrial complex has not received the attention that academia bestows on other ‘isms’. The consequences of this neglect are significant.
In this webinar we explore how posthumanist perspectives can be harnessed as an antidote to anthropocentricism and speciesism, to promote an awakening– or reconstitution– of how to live a good and sustainable life with all those we share planet earth with. COVID 19 is one of many zoonotic diseases associated with our interference with animals specifically, and the biosphere in general. Such a disease was long predicted. Without radical changes to destructive profit-maximising strategies, other zoonotic diseases will engender frequent and more severe pandemics, while the inseparable issue of climate change promises horrific events, even extinction.
The good news is that all these problems have been made by us, and so they can also be unmade by us.
The webinar included presentations from four experts followed by a question and answer period. The event is available to watch back below.
Speakers:
Charles Barthold
Senior Lecturer in HRM and Organisation Studies, The Open University, UK
Caroline Clarke
Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, The Open University, UK
Daniel Nyberg
Professor of Management and Organisation Studies, Newcastle Business School, Australia
Matthew Cole
Lecturer in Criminology, The Open University, UK
Chaired by Professor Kate Kenny
NUI Galway
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On 19 November, the Whitaker Institute hosted a live webinar Women, work and Covid-19: the beginning of the end for gender equality? As Covid-19 continues to affect the world of work, it is evident that the pandemic and its economic effects disproportionately affect women. Much of the pandemic’s unequal impact stems from the unequal distribution of unpaid caring work, exacerbated by the closure of schools and childcare facilities. Although these are now open again, children displaying potential symptoms of Covid-19 are likely to be excluded for several weeks, and schools and childcare facilities may also be closed at any time where there is a Covid-19 diagnosis, or where the government thinks appropriate. The ability to work therefore remains highly contingent for many women.
Women are also more likely to work in the sectors most affected by the pandemic, which are largely service-related, meaning that they are more likely to be impacted by lay-offs and job losses. However, even in less affected sectors, those with caring responsibilities have found it difficult to access work. Women’s overall employment participation is severely impacted, and the problem is compounded by women’s comparatively lower access to social security, which makes it harder for women to absorb economic shocks. For this reason, the International Labour Organisation has warned that Covid-19 could wipe out the ‘modest progress’ made on gender equality at work in recent decades.
While much attention has centred on the impact of Covid-19 on women’s employment generally, there has been less focus on other factors, such as disability and race, which significantly increase the disadvantage to some groups. Women with disabilities, Black women, and women from ethnic minorities are among the most likely to be excluded from employment at any time, and face particular challenges in the context of Covid-19. At a time when much of the focus is on simply ‘getting the economy running’ again, there is a danger that women will – yet again – be left behind, and that the compound disadvantage faced by some women will be overlooked entirely.
The webinar included presentations from four experts followed by a question and answer period. The event is available to watch back below.
Speakers
Prof Joanne Conaghan, University of Bristol
Dr Nata Duvvury, NUI Galway
Dr Sara Louise Muhr, Copenhagen University
Dr Ebun Joseph, Director, Institute of Antiracism and Black Studies
Chaired by Dr Lucy-Ann Buckley, NUI Galway
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On 12 October, the Whitaker Institute hosted a live webinar titled Leadership, Organizations and COVID-19. The webinar discussed the challenges of being a leader against a backdrop of radical uncertainty including the need to make rapid decisions. Available information changes fast, and is often based on contested evidence. Meanwhile anxious employees and stakeholders seek guidance and some sense of certainty amid the challenges.
These challenges have impacts on people’s lives. In politics, the ambiguity accompanying Covid-19 continues to be exploited by populist leaders worldwide. In business, the corporate social responsibility initiatives that many have celebrated over the past ten years, are now being tested to their limits. Demands of those with short-term, profit-driven interests are pitted against longer-term concerns including the health and well-being of employees, customers and other stakeholders. In the public sector including education, the implicit contract of public service is likewise being challenged, as traditional funding sources dry up.
In the event, established leadership theories were also questioned. For some, the pandemic marks the end of the traditional, masculine model of leadership in which power ought to be centralized, and decision-making unilateral. Instead, we see examples of strong feminine leaders coming to the fore, with collaborative and empathetic approaches winning out. For others, such claims of a paradigm shift are premature.
We were delighted to welcome three experts in the field
Gazi Islam, Professor of Business Administration at Grenoble Ecole de Management.
Jackie Ford, Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, Durham University Business School
Dennis Tourish, Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Sussex
The event was chaired by Whitaker Institute member Professor Kate Kenny, cluster leader of Work, Organizations and Society cluster.
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On Tuesday 8 September, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host a live webinar titled Organizations in COVID-19: Embodiment, ethics and lockdown. The webinar discussed the implications of COVID-19 for organizational ethics, with a focus on embodiment. Workers’ bodies are central to recent changes with health and safety now critical concerns for many working on the front line. In other sectors, bodies are removed from relations between workers as we witness a mass-move towards digital work. Questions of ethics and embodiment are central to the reorganization of work that has accompanied the spread of this virus, with important and far reaching impacts.
We were delighted to welcome 4 international panellists who are experts in the field of the theory and practice of ethics and embodiment.
Professor Alison Pullen, Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Carl Rhodes, University of Technology, Sydney Australia
Professor Iain Munro, Newcastle University Business School, UK
Professor Marianna Fotaki, Warwick Business School, UK
The event was chaired by Professor Kate Kenny, cluster leader of the Work, Organizations and Society cluster.
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On Wednesday 2 September, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host an InterTradeIreland online event as part of the All-Island Innovation Programme. The event, which was titled Economic shocks and recovery: Comparing Covid 19 to 2008, was presented by the Whitaker Institute’s Director Professor Alan Ahearne, who was an economic adviser to the Irish Government during the 2008 financial crisis and has recently been appointed as an adviser to the Government in response to the COVID crisis.
In the event, Prof Ahearne discussed comparisons between the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 in the context of SMEs, offering insights into how SMEs can survive and prosper in the current climate. A recording of the event is available to view below.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts every aspect of our working lives, members of the Whitaker Institute continue to take part in a series of webinars including InterTradeIreland’s All-Island Innovation Programme, webinar masterclasses which the Whitaker Institute is a partner. These webinars will offer a blueprint for action and future business resilience to strengthen SMEs that face disruption and uncertainty
This unique series of events offers you direct access to both national and international innovation experts. The series will include talks by former Ireland rugby captain and successful start-up entrepreneur Jamie Heaslip; international expert on Innovations Management, Professor Oliver Gassmann and Director of the Whitaker Institute of Innovation and Societal Change and NUIG Professor of Economics, Alan Ahearne.
On 19 May, Dr Lisa Messina, Management Expert, Queens University presented the first masterclass where she identified some of the challenges and discussed the strategies that SMEs can employ to navigate the current Covid19 crisis.
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Dr John Danaher, of the Technology and Governance cluster, participated in London Futurists webinar, ‘Could Covid-19 spark a Moral Revolution?’ on 3 May 2020.
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