Movements for independence, within the EU in Scotland, Catalonia and the British vote to exit the EU, have become an increasingly prominent feature on Europe’s political landscape over recent years. But what challenges do seceding nations face and what are the potential gains in terms of policy autonomy and political sovereignty? On January 29th 2019, Trinity Research in Social Sciences had the following speakers who explored these, and other issues related to contemporary European succession:  Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician, who will discuss the present political situation in Cata ..read more

Trinity Research in Social Sciences, in partnership with its member schools and disciplines, ran a weekly series "COVID-19 and a Changing Society". These featured insights from across the social sciences from Trinity academics and international Social Scientists.  Our first event “COVID-19 and the Future of Cities” on May 18th 2020 at 3pm Irish Standard Time was co-hosted with the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin.     Panelists:  Prof. Edward Glaeser, Harvard University  Prof. Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania  Prof. Diego Puga, CEM ..read more

At the 10th Children in Care Research Forum, Dr. Dawn Mannay presented the findings of a case study of an arts-based programme delivered in Wales, UK to young people in foster care ..read more

Trinity Research in Social Sciences, in partnership with its member schools and disciplines, ran a weekly series "COVID-19 and a Changing Society". These featured insights from across the social sciences from Trinity academics and international Social Scientists. Our third event “Human Rights and Democracy after COVID-19" was co-hosted with the School of Law and Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCon). It features Prof Gabor Halmai from the European University institute, Mr Alok Prasanna Kumar of the VIDHI Centre for Legal Policy in New Delhi, Prof. Donna Lyons from Trinity Colle ..read more

Trinity Research in Social Sciences, in partnership with its member schools and disciplines, ran a weekly series "COVID-19 and a Changing Society". These featured insights from across the social sciences from Trinity academics and international Social Scientists. Our second event “Travel and Tourism in a Post Covid Society" was co-hosted with the School of Business and featured Prof. Brian Lucey from Trinity College, Prof. Denise O'Leary from Technological University Dublin, Prof. Brent Ritchie from the University of Queensland and Prof. Jane Ali-Knight from Edinburgh Napier University. As one ..read more

Trinity Research in Social Sciences, in partnership with its member schools and disciplines, ran a weekly series called "COVID-19 and a Changing Society". These featured insights from across the social sciences from Trinity academics and international Social Scientists. This was the sixth event in the series and was co-hosted with the School of Business Confinement has drastically affected the retail industry as well as consumer habits. We are now entering a post-confinement phase, yet this may not be necessarily a post-covid-19 phase. In this episode, we will review the immediate consequences ..read more

European Sociological Association  Sociology of Education Research Network 10  Inclusive Education and Society in a Time of Change: Theories, Policies and Practices  Trinity College Dublin, 20-21 August 2020 ..read more

The School of Social Work & Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin has recently been awarded the prestigious Athena Swan Bronze Award for its efforts to strengthen gender equality. While the Athena Swan Charter has been recognised for its contribution to improving gender equality, the charter also acknowledges that gender equality on its own is only one aspect of equality and a more intersectional approach is needed to develop action points which consider the multiple forms of inequalities women face when accessing higher education – including exclusion based on race, citizenship and soci ..read more

Speakers are: Nandini Gupta, a doctoral candidate with International Peace Studies who is working on a comparative analysis between Northern Ireland and Kashmir conflict in general and women's contribution to peace-making processes, Dr.Ciara O'Connell, a research fellow with the School of Law, on ‘Gender, women and prisons: Doing empirical research’ and Prof. Fainche Ryan of the Loyola Institute on Women and the Church ..read more

There’s overwhelming scientific evidence that global warming is happening and humans are the cause. However, there’s also a mountain of misinformation designed to confuse the public about climate change. How do we respond to the firehose of falsehoods? One way to effectively neutralize the influence of misinformation is inoculation. This takes the idea of vaccination and applies it to knowledge—we can build immunity to misinformation by exposing people to a weakened form of misinformation. In other words, expose the misleading techniques used in misinformation. Not only does this approach neut ..read more