Dr Emma Farrell
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social
Assistant Professor maynoothuni.bsky.social | mental health, philosophy of mental health, belonging, lived experience as evidence | Member of Young Academy Ireland | www.thinkful.ie
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'The Poems of Seamus Heaney', reviewed by @fotoole.bsky.social
A "glorious gathering-in of his achievement, edited with meticulous care by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue".
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Hear the editors speak at 'Circling The Square'.
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A "glorious gathering-in of his achievement, edited with meticulous care by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue".
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Hear the editors speak at 'Circling The Square'.
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age | The Observer
Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
'The Poems of Seamus Heaney', reviewed by @fotoole.bsky.social
A "glorious gathering-in of his achievement, edited with meticulous care by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue".
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Hear the editors speak at 'Circling The Square'.
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
A "glorious gathering-in of his achievement, edited with meticulous care by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue".
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Hear the editors speak at 'Circling The Square'.
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
So honoured to write a short piece with @shanedbergin.bsky.social in the 10th Anniversary edition of ‘The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy’ by Drs Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
So honoured to write a short piece with @shanedbergin.bsky.social in the 10th Anniversary edition of ‘The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy’ by Drs Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.
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Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.
Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
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Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
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catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process.
Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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“A story, an anecdote, can be a carefully recorded observation […]. Those anecdotes are sometimes the key to unlocking a puzzle. They are terribly important and the collection of anecdotes, stories, has been very very important in my research”
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Jane Goodall – What It Means to Be Human
For Thanksgiving, a beautiful conversation with the legendary primatologist — on her spiritual and moral wisdom, and the hope that sustains her.
onbeing.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“A story, an anecdote, can be a carefully recorded observation […]. Those anecdotes are sometimes the key to unlocking a puzzle. They are terribly important and the collection of anecdotes, stories, has been very very important in my research”
onbeing.org/programs/jan...
onbeing.org/programs/jan...
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My new children’s book is available in bookshops from today!
Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.
It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.
It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
My new children’s book is available in bookshops from today!
Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.
It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.
It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
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⚠️Scientist at work!⚠️
Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds
Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
⚠️Scientist at work!⚠️
Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds
Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds
Remarkable to see five of my @mupsychology.bsky.social colleagues listed amongst the world’s top 2% of scientists rankings. Congratulations to all 👏
Maynooth University is strongly represented in the World’s Top 2% Scientists rankings. This year, 30 of the University's researchers are recognised as leading experts in their fields in the rankings produced by Stanford University scientists.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Remarkable to see five of my @mupsychology.bsky.social colleagues listed amongst the world’s top 2% of scientists rankings. Congratulations to all 👏
“If your situation allows you to do what delights you, do it; following healthy delight rarely leads to misery”
Excellent advice from Sarah Moss in today’s @irishtimes.com
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...
Excellent advice from Sarah Moss in today’s @irishtimes.com
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...
After 25 years of university teaching I have some advice for new students
I’m listening to my son and his friends making their final decisions about where and what to study at university. Mostly, I keep quiet; on the rare occasions when teenagers want your opinion, they’ll ...
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September 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“If your situation allows you to do what delights you, do it; following healthy delight rarely leads to misery”
Excellent advice from Sarah Moss in today’s @irishtimes.com
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...
Excellent advice from Sarah Moss in today’s @irishtimes.com
www.e-pages.dk/irishtimes/5...
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Applications for Young Academy Ireland (YAI) are still open.
We're sharing reflections from Dr Emma Farrell, inaugural Co-Chair of YAI. Emma talks about what it means to be part of a community that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
youtube.com/shorts/WX8pd...
#earlycareerresearchers
We're sharing reflections from Dr Emma Farrell, inaugural Co-Chair of YAI. Emma talks about what it means to be part of a community that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
youtube.com/shorts/WX8pd...
#earlycareerresearchers
Dr Emma Farrell shares her experience of being a member of Young Academy Ireland
YouTube video by Young Academy Ireland
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September 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Applications for Young Academy Ireland (YAI) are still open.
We're sharing reflections from Dr Emma Farrell, inaugural Co-Chair of YAI. Emma talks about what it means to be part of a community that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
youtube.com/shorts/WX8pd...
#earlycareerresearchers
We're sharing reflections from Dr Emma Farrell, inaugural Co-Chair of YAI. Emma talks about what it means to be part of a community that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
youtube.com/shorts/WX8pd...
#earlycareerresearchers
This event is a must for researchers and policy makers alike - an opportunity to come together to consider how ERCIs and policy makers can best support each other to produce effective evidence for public policy. A small number of spaces have become available- don’t miss it!
Last few places available to attend our Evidence for Policy Summit in Dublin next week. Visit: www.yai.ie for sign up details. If you can't attend in person, email yai@ria.ie for livestream details! #evidenceforpolicy #youngacademyireland #EfP25 @emmaefarrell.bsky.social @karinadoorley.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This event is a must for researchers and policy makers alike - an opportunity to come together to consider how ERCIs and policy makers can best support each other to produce effective evidence for public policy. A small number of spaces have become available- don’t miss it!
Looking forward to sharing a paper on applying phenomenology to understand the lived experience of mental health and distress at this conference later this month. Still time to register👇
Registration closes soon - ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying Phenomenology’
Joint international conference: British Society for Phenomenology & University College Dublin
University College Dublin, Ireland | 27 – 29 August 2025
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#phenomenology #BSP2025UCD
Joint international conference: British Society for Phenomenology & University College Dublin
University College Dublin, Ireland | 27 – 29 August 2025
sites.google.com/view/licdubl...
#phenomenology #BSP2025UCD
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Looking forward to sharing a paper on applying phenomenology to understand the lived experience of mental health and distress at this conference later this month. Still time to register👇
“Schools involved in the DEIS programme are already creating a school context that is of positive influence on their students’ well-being”
It was a pleasure to work with ESRI colleagues Dr Caoimhe Dempsey and Prof. Selina McCoy on this important evidence paper.
It was a pleasure to work with ESRI colleagues Dr Caoimhe Dempsey and Prof. Selina McCoy on this important evidence paper.
Our new paper highlights importance of sense of belonging and autonomy in student wellbeing, these being particularly important for students from low SES families or with additional needs.
Studies in Educational Evaluation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Studies in Educational Evaluation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Understanding the role of school experiences in the wellbeing of girls, SEN and low SES students: A self-determination theory approach
With the current rise in youth wellbeing difficulties, it is important to understand how school experiences contribute to this issue. Based on self-de…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“Schools involved in the DEIS programme are already creating a school context that is of positive influence on their students’ well-being”
It was a pleasure to work with ESRI colleagues Dr Caoimhe Dempsey and Prof. Selina McCoy on this important evidence paper.
It was a pleasure to work with ESRI colleagues Dr Caoimhe Dempsey and Prof. Selina McCoy on this important evidence paper.
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Sign up for our Evidence for Policy Summit 2025
📍Sept 10, 2025
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📍Keynote: Professor Michael Sanders
📍Panels on-ECRIs & Policy, Sustainability, Fair & Inclusive Society
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📍Sept 10, 2025
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📍Keynote: Professor Michael Sanders
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An Evidence for Policy Summit 2025 - Royal Irish Academy
Connecting early-to-mid career researchers and policymakers. Evidence-based policy formation benefits from diversity among contributors. This event will bring together early-to-mid career researchers ...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sign up for our Evidence for Policy Summit 2025
📍Sept 10, 2025
📍at @ria.ie
📍Keynote: Professor Michael Sanders
📍Panels on-ECRIs & Policy, Sustainability, Fair & Inclusive Society
Sign up here: www.ria.ie/events/an-ev...
#ECRchat #AcademicSky
📍Sept 10, 2025
📍at @ria.ie
📍Keynote: Professor Michael Sanders
📍Panels on-ECRIs & Policy, Sustainability, Fair & Inclusive Society
Sign up here: www.ria.ie/events/an-ev...
#ECRchat #AcademicSky
“Boasting has become the new normal [in HE]”
Bruce Macfarlane getting the PaTHES ‘Creative University’ conference off to a rousing start with a thoughtful paper on educational leadership, the neoliberal university and the duty to serve in academia.
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Bruce Macfarlane getting the PaTHES ‘Creative University’ conference off to a rousing start with a thoughtful paper on educational leadership, the neoliberal university and the duty to serve in academia.
pathesorg.wordpress.com/pathes-confe...
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Boasting has become the new normal [in HE]”
Bruce Macfarlane getting the PaTHES ‘Creative University’ conference off to a rousing start with a thoughtful paper on educational leadership, the neoliberal university and the duty to serve in academia.
pathesorg.wordpress.com/pathes-confe...
Bruce Macfarlane getting the PaTHES ‘Creative University’ conference off to a rousing start with a thoughtful paper on educational leadership, the neoliberal university and the duty to serve in academia.
pathesorg.wordpress.com/pathes-confe...
Magical day on Saltee Mór.
It’s taken quite a while for this Wexford woman to get there but it was a visit to remember.
Puffins, guillemot, razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwater, gannets, every type of gull and tern, and all in great numbers.
It’s taken quite a while for this Wexford woman to get there but it was a visit to remember.
Puffins, guillemot, razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwater, gannets, every type of gull and tern, and all in great numbers.
June 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Magical day on Saltee Mór.
It’s taken quite a while for this Wexford woman to get there but it was a visit to remember.
Puffins, guillemot, razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwater, gannets, every type of gull and tern, and all in great numbers.
It’s taken quite a while for this Wexford woman to get there but it was a visit to remember.
Puffins, guillemot, razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwater, gannets, every type of gull and tern, and all in great numbers.
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I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes
All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
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Assistant Professor/Lecturer Post in any area of psychology in the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University (Fixed Term, 2 years). Sunday, 22nd June 2025. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
Assistant Professor/Lecturer (Specified Purpose Contract), Department of Psychology, Maynooth University | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
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May 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Assistant Professor/Lecturer Post in any area of psychology in the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University (Fixed Term, 2 years). Sunday, 22nd June 2025. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
If you’re in #Blackrock be sure to take a moment to marvel at this fabulous literature map of the world. The wonderful team @ravenbooks.bsky.social have read and can recommend all 80 ❤️
May 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you’re in #Blackrock be sure to take a moment to marvel at this fabulous literature map of the world. The wonderful team @ravenbooks.bsky.social have read and can recommend all 80 ❤️
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Delighted to receive a Teaching & Learning Fellowship with
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.
Wonderful collaboration across
@maynootheducation.bsky.social
@mupsychology.bsky.social
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.
Wonderful collaboration across
@maynootheducation.bsky.social
@mupsychology.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Delighted to receive a Teaching & Learning Fellowship with
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.
Wonderful collaboration across
@maynootheducation.bsky.social
@mupsychology.bsky.social
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.
Wonderful collaboration across
@maynootheducation.bsky.social
@mupsychology.bsky.social
Interesting episode.
“The implicit purpose of education has been to get a good job […] We’ve asked people to behave like a machine of a kind and now we’ve created machines that can act or mimic as people of a kind. And so the whole [education] transaction has been thrown into chaos”
“The implicit purpose of education has been to get a good job […] We’ve asked people to behave like a machine of a kind and now we’ve created machines that can act or mimic as people of a kind. And so the whole [education] transaction has been thrown into chaos”
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents.
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Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents.
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youtu.be/HQQtaWgIQmE?...
‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’ | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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May 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Interesting episode.
“The implicit purpose of education has been to get a good job […] We’ve asked people to behave like a machine of a kind and now we’ve created machines that can act or mimic as people of a kind. And so the whole [education] transaction has been thrown into chaos”
“The implicit purpose of education has been to get a good job […] We’ve asked people to behave like a machine of a kind and now we’ve created machines that can act or mimic as people of a kind. And so the whole [education] transaction has been thrown into chaos”
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🧑🎓🧠 Phenomenal: @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social Associate Professor Timothy Mooney joins Melvyn Bragg to discuss French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty on the latest BBC Radio 4 In Our Time #TheresAReadingListToGoWithIt #philosophy #inourtime www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🧑🎓🧠 Phenomenal: @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social Associate Professor Timothy Mooney joins Melvyn Bragg to discuss French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty on the latest BBC Radio 4 In Our Time #TheresAReadingListToGoWithIt #philosophy #inourtime www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I have the great privilege of hosting a seminar entitled ‘Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges & Supports’ in the Royal Irish Academy on 31st of March. With a wonderful keynote, expert panel & book launch, it’s set to be a great day.
Register here:
tinyurl.com/5eufs5cz
Register here:
tinyurl.com/5eufs5cz
Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges and Supports
Seminar exploring the challenges and opportunities of supporting student mental health in higher education. Followed by book launch.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I have the great privilege of hosting a seminar entitled ‘Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges & Supports’ in the Royal Irish Academy on 31st of March. With a wonderful keynote, expert panel & book launch, it’s set to be a great day.
Register here:
tinyurl.com/5eufs5cz
Register here:
tinyurl.com/5eufs5cz
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I have just been sent a shareable link so this article can be accessed for free:
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February 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I have just been sent a shareable link so this article can be accessed for free:
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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We are recruiting a Post Doctoral Researcher (Level 2) in Gender-Based Violence and Harassment. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines including sociology & psychology. Closing date Feb 7th. Based in UL, see my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... for details. Recruitment Ref: 073688
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January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are recruiting a Post Doctoral Researcher (Level 2) in Gender-Based Violence and Harassment. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines including sociology & psychology. Closing date Feb 7th. Based in UL, see my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... for details. Recruitment Ref: 073688