Catch up with Faculty staff in the media this week. Through their writing, speaking, research and expert comment on the issues of the day, they improve our knowledge and understanding of the world.

Listings are in staff alphabetical order. Any School groupings appear at the end of the listings. Please click on the relevant link(s) in each section to access the media item.

 

Professor Ruth Barton, Fellow Emeritus, School of Creative Arts, is a guest on RTÉ Arena to review the latest films including Pillion, Blue Moon, Christy and Knives Out: Wake up Dead Man. RTÉ Radio 1 - Arena on 01 December 2025: Film Reviews.

 

Mike Becker, School of Law, provides expert comment in a number of media items on the US air strikes against boats alleged to be trafficking narcotics near Venezuela.

 

Dr Giulio Buciuni, Trinity Business School, shares his research on superstar cities at an event in Milan in an article in Earth Press News 01 December 2025: Brains Day 2025, Milan discusses its future: from work to mobility, the themes at the centre.

 

Professor Paul Coughlan, Trinity Business School, has written an article with Professor Aonghus McNabola, School of Engineering TCD, on a wastewater heat recovery system in action in The Conversation website on 03 December 2025: Zambia’s factories burn too much coal - how reusing hot water can cut energy use.

 

Professor Massimo Faggioli, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, appears in a number of media items on Pope Leo’s first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon. 

 

Professor David Kenny, School of Law, and Professor Gail McElroy, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, feature on a panel of experts on an Oireachtas TV programme which discussed the recent Presidential election. Oireachtas TV uploaded on 25 November 2025: ISL Oireachtas TV Debates - November 2025.

 

Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, School of Histories and Humanities, was part of a group of Irish delegates at Hornbill Festival 2025, India, where she highlighted the shared cultural, historical and political parallels between Ireland and Nagaland. This is featured in an article in the Eastern Mirror (News source for Northeast region of India) on 02 December 2025: Hornbill Festival 2025: Irish delegates highlight deep cultural parallels with Nagaland.

 

Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus School of Psychology and TCIN, has written an article on Arne Slot and Liverpool Football Club’s current difficulties saying that ‘Arne Slot is doing a Beckham when a Sonia is what’s required’ in the Irish Times on 29 November 2025: A neuropsychologist’s view: Arne Slot seeded a ‘loser effect’ in Liverpool. Here’s how to fix it.

 

Professor Martin Worthington, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, features in media items about the debut of the world's first film in ancient Sumerian. 'Dumuzi's Dream and Dumuzi's Demons' is a dramatisation of a mythological poem preserved on 4,000-year-old cuneiform clay tablets excavated in modern-day Iraq. The film was directed and produced by Professor Worthington and involved Trinity staff and students.

 

Professor Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, appears on a podcast to discuss how our gender biases affect how we interact with AI. Newstalk Radio Future Proof Podcast show on 02 December 2025: Extra: How we exploit artificial intelligence.

 

School of English, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and TCD disAbility Service. Poet and author Christy Nolan, who died in 2009, has been posthumously awarded a degree from Trinity College Dublin. The writer, who had quadriplegic cerebral palsy, attended TCD as a student of English for one year. TCD said the award is being made in celebration of the fact that despite immense physical barriers, in that year he found a community in Trinity that recognised his potential and his voice. The award is featured in a news article on the RTÉ Website on 27 November 2025: Christy Nolan posthumously awarded degree from TCD.

 

The Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, is mentioned in an article on the visit of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska to Trinity College Dublin. The Department offers a range of Ukrainian courses and ran a series of public lectures on Ukrainian history and culture in recent years. TCD News on 02 December 2025: First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is welcomed to Trinity.