Opinion
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Five reasons to be optimistic about Northern Ireland politics
A gloom has settled on Northern Ireland. After 13 months of negotiations to restore a power-sharing government, there is still no prospect of agreement, but there are still reasons to be optimistic, says David Mitchell, Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, writing for The Conversation.
19 Feb 2018
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Why the e-cigarette industry needs global regulations
Writing for The Conversation, Assistant Professor of Ethical Business, Tanusree Jain, explains why flexible regulation and healthy competition is needed.
30 Jan 2018
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Volcano crystals could make it easier to predict eruptions
Professor Balz Kamber and Dr Teresa Ubide explain how eruption histories are 'recorded' in crystals within magma in each and every volcano.
24 Jan 2018
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Top-down Irish border solution after Brexit undermines 20 years of peacebuilding
Politicians should talk with the local communities who will be most affected when drawing up plans, says Sheila Cannon, Assistant Professor of Social Entrepreneurship.
11 Jan 2018
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Why we need to stop talking about a ‘masculinity crisis’
Dealing with damaging harassment culture means changing the way we treat men, too, says Aneta St?pie?, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies
19 Dec 2017
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Lab-grown meat could let humanity ignore a serious moral failing
Lab-grown meat is being hailed as the solution to the factory farming of animals. There is, however, a major problem with lab-grown meat: a moral problem, according to Ben Bramble, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
19 Dec 2017
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The two Koreas have tried to make peace before – and they could do so again
As the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang gets ever more lurid, it’s easy to forget that North and South Korea have made serious efforts to defrost their relationship before, explains Dong Jin Kim, Research Fellow, Irish School of Ecumenics.
12 Dec 2017
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Brexit: never underestimate political potency of symbolism in Northern Ireland
Even when the question at hand is beyond the everyday governance of Northern Ireland, identity politics and ethno-national tribalism continue to rear their unhelpful heads, according to Dr Brendan Browne, Assistant Professor, Irish School of Ecumenics.
7 Dec 2017
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Foreign parliaments are not powerless to help the Rohingya
Research Fellow at Trinity, Andreja Pegan, with a co-authored opinion piece published by The Conversation, in which she argues that pressure from foreign parliaments on Myanmar is vital.
27 Nov 2017
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We built a robot care assistant for elderly people – here’s how it works
Assistant Professor, Conor McGinn, with a piece published by The Conversation about the development of Stevie -- Ireland's first prototype robot for assisted care.
21 Nov 2017