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New criminal justice research partnership for Ireland launches in Maynooth
The participants were all members of the CORD Partnership from a range of different professional backgrounds. They included academic and independent researchers, criminal justice policymakers, agencies and oversight bodies, non-state justice services, civil society and advocacy groups, and research infrastructure.
Date: Monday, 22 January 2024
Adam O’Carroll and Brian McMahon win the Karen Kenny Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023.
Maynooth University students victorious in the annual intervarsity competition organised by Trinity FLAC Society.
Date: Friday, 19 January 2024
Professor Aisling McMahon awarded an IRC New Foundations Grant in conjunction with civil society partner Breakthrough Cancer Research to examine the Hospital Exemption Pathway and personalised cancer therapies
The project team will examine the scope of the hospital exemption scheme in Europe, its operation in the national Irish context, and the extent to which it could be used in Ireland to deliver access to advanced cancer therapies in cases of unmet need.
Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
An article co-authored by Hubert Smekal receives a research award
The article was published in the prestigious European Union Politics, one of the leading journals on European integration, and was co-authored with Sebastiaan Princen of Utrecht University.
Date: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Hubert Smekal on judges and media
Based on interviews with justices of the Czech Constitutional Court, the authors suggest a typology of judicial approaches to media.
Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
MU leads €6 million Horizon project to futureproof urban health
A new €6 million Horizon Europe research project led by Maynooth University is developing new ways of thinking and doing about the combined challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Merry Christmas from the School of Law and Criminology
The staff at the School of Law and Criminology would like to wish all of our students and friends of the School a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Dr Charles O’Sullivan presents at the launch of All-Island Social Security Network
The event was titled ‘Social Security on the Island of Ireland: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities.’
Date: Friday, 15 December 2023
Legal Placement Panel - December 2023
Students heard from industry experts and those involved in assessing placement applications.
Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
ERC DANCING project hosts second DANCING Academic Conversation with Dr. Psychogiopoulou and Prof. Schoenmaekers
The DANCING team welcomed Dr. Evangelia Psychogiopoulou from the University of the Peloponnese (Greece) and Prof. Sarah Schoenmaekers from Maastricht University (The Netherlands) for the presentation of their forthcoming co-edited volume ‘European Union Economic Law and Culture: Towards a European Culturally Corrected Market Economy’ (Edward Elgar).
Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2023