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Vaccine Questions Ep7: Understanding human behaviour with Professor Pete Lunn
In episode 7 behavioural economist, Professor Pete Lunn shares expert insights on how our behaviour impacts the spread of COVID-19 and what drives this behaviour.
Life and Health Sciences Committee
A financial analyst’s love of fashion leads to a new career as a software engineer
For our second computer science profile, we spoke to Olga Minguett, a National College of Ireland graduate working on voice recognition technology at Optum while…
Engineering and Computer Sciences Committee
Vaccine Questions Ep6: Vaccine solidarity with Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan
In episode six Dick chats to Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan, Chief Bioethic Officer at the Department of Health about the difficult decisions officials and individuals must…
Watch: Better Together: knowledge co-production for a sustainable society
Symposium exploring how the Irish research system can increase the impact of sustainability research through co-production of knowledge
Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee
Artworks to mark the feast of Colm Cille
The artworks were commissioned as part of the Colm Cille 1500 commemoration and were received in Academy House today.
Coiste Léann na Gaeilge agus an Léinn Cheiltigh
Vaccine Questions Ep5: Inoculation against misinformation with Professor Jane Suiter
In episode five Dick chats to Professor Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society at DCU about what drives the…
‘The future of media: experience, models, practice’
Watch our panel discussions on the future of media which was held on 6 May 2021
Humanities and Social Sciences
‘International politics in times of risk and uncertainty: the COVID-19 crisis and beyond’
If you missed our 2021 International Affairs conference addressing the new challenge to humanity posed by COVID-19 you can watch the keynote address and plenary…
The role of Irish Bioethics: (re)building trust and reasonable discourse in medicine, science and technology
Read the report from the Royal Irish Academy symposium held on 15 April 2021 and watch the video.
7 new artworks to celebrate Colm Cille’s 1500th anniversary
The commissions are in the visual arts, music and literature and have been commissioned by the RIA with the support of the Department of Foreign…
‘How should a liberal democracy react to conscientious objection claims?’
Read the report on the recent debate on conscientious objection from legal, philosophical, theological and religious perspectives.
Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee
Watch Achieving Ireland’s climate action ambitions
The RIA Engineering and Computer Sciences committee hosted a conference entitled ‘Achieving Ireland’s Climate Action Ambitions’ online on 25 February 2021.
