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Maynooth Law Graduate, Dr Mariza Avgeri, wins European Law PhD Thesis Prize
The award recognised Mariza's thesis entitled "A transgender studies approach to gender identity and expression-based asylum claims based on a critical doctrinal and discourse analysis of CJEU and ECtHR Jurisprudence".
Date: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Documentary on Ui Dhammaloka, an Irish born Buddhist Monk and Anti-colonialist
Newstalk have broadcast a dramatised documentary about the life of U Dhammaloka (Laurence Carroll), an Irish-born hobo, Buddhist monk and decolonial activist rediscovered by Maynooth sociologist Laurence Cox and others.
Date: Monday, 22 April 2024
Mark Leiser raises questions about the EU's Digital Services Act
Dr Mark Leiser is a regulatory theorist, specialising in Digital, Legal, and Platform Regulation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Department of Transnational Legal Studies, Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute).
Date: Monday, 22 April 2024
Design Innovation students excel in Trulife sponsored competition
Design Innovations PD215 Second year students have been undertaking a live design project collaboration with industry partner, Trulife, as part of their module on Usability, Ergonomics, & Aesthetics in Semester 2. Trulife is an Irish-owned company involved in the development, manufacture, and marketing of niche healthcare products.
Date: Monday, 22 April 2024
Official Release of Dublin 8 Health + Environment Dashboard
We are thrilled to announce the official release of the Dublin 8 Health + Environment Dashboard, a groundbreaking project funded by the Irish Research Council
Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
MU hosts discussion on ‘Hospital at Home’ model for Ireland
MU's Innovation Value Institute (IVI) welcomed Professor Dan Lasserson, the UK’s expert in ‘Hospital at Home’ models and acute ambulatory care, who spoke on the topic of delivering acute medical care for patients at home and opportunities for such an approach in support of Ireland’s HSE services that benefit end users
Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
Law Society Gazette in Ireland publishes article by Prof Aisling McMahon on PatentsInHumans Project examining the potential impact of patents on access to health
The article outlines how such issues (amongst others) will be examined as part of the European Research Council funded PatentsInHumans project.
Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
LLB student Anna Barnes participates in #Vote4OurRuleOfLaw Fellowship – Berlin Bootcamp
Anna got the opportunity to research Irish youth voters’ motivations and barriers, while also getting to meet the other 42 fellows and participate in an intensive bootcamp in Berlin.
Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024
Pathways to the Legal Profession – Summer Internship opportunity
The School of Law and Criminology and the Maynooth Access Programme are delighted to announce that the Pathways to the Legal Profession Summer Internship Programme 2024 is now open for applications! This summer internship programme is supported by Matheson Law Firm, and the Association of Criminal Justice Research Development (ACJRD). The programme will support two MAP students to access paid summer internships in the legal profession.
Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024
MU students take lead in national road safety campaign
Three postgraduate students from Maynooth University (MU) have won the overall prize in an Garda Síochána’s Road Safety Reimagined campaign, highlighting the dangers of drug driving.
Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024