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Trinity research pivotal in Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment, with heat extremes to become more frequent and severe

Technological advancements will only deliver short-term benefits if Ireland doesn’t take steps towards transformative change according to the report, which saw contributions from Trinity researchers.

25 Jan 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Society|Sustainability

Higher prevalence of asthma linked to unhealthy living conditions in Dublin South Inner City community

New research has found that residents of Oliver Bond House flats in Dublin’s south inner city are 2.4 times as likely to have asthma in their medical records, compared to other patients attending the same general practice living locally.

23 Jan 2024

Health|Research|Society

Half of Ireland’s biggest firms still underperforming on human rights

New research published by the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation finds that corporate uptake of the UN Guiding Principles for Business & Human Rights remains a work in progress.

18 Jan 2024

Business|Research|Society

The Conversation: Gaza war — how South Africa’s genocide case against Israel is shaping up

Carlo Aldrovandi, Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, writes in The Conversation about how South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague is developing.

17 Jan 2024

Arts|Research|Society

Trinity offers PhD Scholarship award to student of sanctuary

Applicants must be resident in Ireland, and be either in the international protection system, temporary protection, seeking asylum, or have refugee status or permission to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds.

17 Jan 2024

Awards and Funding|Society|Students

Are Irish nuns facing extinction?

In an article for The Irish Times, Dr Bronagh Ann McShane, School of Histories and Humanities, provides historical context for a new RTE documentary that asks if the nuns in Irish convents today are the last of their kind.

15 Jan 2024

Culture|Research|Society

The power and potential of forgiveness, right now

Professor Brian Lawlor of the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity writes how forgiveness is crucial in resolving human conflict and bringing relief to the forgiver and the forgiven.

15 Jan 2024

Health|Society

The Conversation: Freedom of thought is under threat. Here’s what we can do to protect it

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity College Dublin, writes in The Conversation about what we can do to protect freedom of thought against the threat posed by states, big tech and even ourselves.

9 Jan 2024

Society

Abuse survivors’ experience of family law focus of new research

The research is being undertaken by the School of Social Work and Social Policy in conjunction with Women's Aid and University College Cork.

8 Jan 2024

Research|Society

The Conversation: Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why

Professors Martin Sokol, Trinity, and Jennie Stephens, Northeastern University, argue the case for central banks catalysing a more just, equitable and climate-stable future in this piece for The Conversation.

5 Jan 2024

Environment|Society|Sustainability