Ray Griffin
@raygriffin.bsky.social
Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
On the final day of Michael D. Higgins’s Presidency, I’m reminded of his inspiring speech to @setu-research.bsky.social and @ucc.ie Economy and Society PhD Summer School in 2015—welcoming him at the gates was an honour. www.president.ie/en/media-lib... Thank you, Uachtarán.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
On the final day of Michael D. Higgins’s Presidency, I’m reminded of his inspiring speech to @setu-research.bsky.social and @ucc.ie Economy and Society PhD Summer School in 2015—welcoming him at the gates was an honour. www.president.ie/en/media-lib... Thank you, Uachtarán.
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Regional imbalance: How Ireland’s regional cities’ funding compares to Dublin – and why it matters
Regional imbalance: How Ireland’s regional cities’ funding compares to Dublin – and why it matters
Dublin is receiving nearly four times the average investment per person across all other regions, according to the government’s own capital tracker.
Business Post subscribers can read:
• How Dublin’s capital funding compares to Cork, Limerick, Galway, and the rest of the country
• Why balanced regional development is essential for economic growth, according to a leading infrastructure expert
• What teh government said about its regional investment plans when the €165bn plans were unveiled – and how the results could affect the latest update due this week
dlvr.it
July 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Regional imbalance: How Ireland’s regional cities’ funding compares to Dublin – and why it matters
We say unemployment “scars” people. Is it a damaging metaphor that limits how we think about labour & worth.
New piece in Social Europe asking:
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou...
#Work #Welfare #SocialEurope #FutureOfWork #NarrativePolitics
New piece in Social Europe asking:
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou...
#Work #Welfare #SocialEurope #FutureOfWork #NarrativePolitics
The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment "Scarring"
The concept of "scarring" in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.
www.socialeurope.eu
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We say unemployment “scars” people. Is it a damaging metaphor that limits how we think about labour & worth.
New piece in Social Europe asking:
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou...
#Work #Welfare #SocialEurope #FutureOfWork #NarrativePolitics
New piece in Social Europe asking:
🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou...
#Work #Welfare #SocialEurope #FutureOfWork #NarrativePolitics
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Great to be at the Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2025 to present a panel on our new publication “Digital Public Employment Services in Action” (open access doi.org/10.51952/978...)
#SAIcon25 #SociologyIreland @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SociologyUCC #SAI2025 #SETU @ucc.ie
#SAIcon25 #SociologyIreland @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SociologyUCC #SAI2025 #SETU @ucc.ie
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Great to be at the Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2025 to present a panel on our new publication “Digital Public Employment Services in Action” (open access doi.org/10.51952/978...)
#SAIcon25 #SociologyIreland @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SociologyUCC #SAI2025 #SETU @ucc.ie
#SAIcon25 #SociologyIreland @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SociologyUCC #SAI2025 #SETU @ucc.ie
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An underappreciated global trend, is the spread of basic welfare-state institutions to middle and lower-income countries. For more insight, visit Chartbook Top Link. Subscribe here: tinyurl.com/3ezpyy2b
February 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An underappreciated global trend, is the spread of basic welfare-state institutions to middle and lower-income countries. For more insight, visit Chartbook Top Link. Subscribe here: tinyurl.com/3ezpyy2b
Irish Social Welfare needs new thinking- is the new government up to the challenge? With Tom Boland m.independent.ie/business/new...
New social protection minister will manage around a quarter of state spending – it’s a job that requires fresh thinking
As ministerial posts are divvyed up between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, one which is unlikely to attract much attention is the social welfare portfolio. Despite almost a quarter of state spending being...
m.independent.ie
January 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Irish Social Welfare needs new thinking- is the new government up to the challenge? With Tom Boland m.independent.ie/business/new...
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Congrats to Dr Niall Egan, Assistant Sec. Gen. of Dept of Social Protection on passing his viva🏆 🥳 👏 Many thanks to supervisors Dr @nessawinston-ucd.bsky.social and Michael Mulreany (IPA); and exam panel Dr Ray Griffin, Prof. @michellenorris.bsky.social & @naokody.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Congrats to Dr Niall Egan, Assistant Sec. Gen. of Dept of Social Protection on passing his viva🏆 🥳 👏 Many thanks to supervisors Dr @nessawinston-ucd.bsky.social and Michael Mulreany (IPA); and exam panel Dr Ray Griffin, Prof. @michellenorris.bsky.social & @naokody.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Back to work I suppose.
January 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Back to work I suppose.
Thrilled to be able to catch the Nevin lecture by the always brilliant Prof. Mary Murphy.
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Thrilled to be able to catch the Nevin lecture by the always brilliant Prof. Mary Murphy.
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Delighted to be presenting at this symposium in a couple of weeks. All welcome: email Diana (email in poster) for tickets.
‘The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065
#socialtheory
‘The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065
#socialtheory
![Poster for an event to be held in the University of Galway
The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’
26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building G065
Convenors: Diana Stypinska (University of Galway), Tom Boland (University College Cork)
Keynotes: Prof Frida Beckman (Stockholm University)
The symposium is open to all and free to attend. Please email diana.stypinska[at]universityofgalway.ie directly for tickets.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6zzpkcld7mepkvoy32ywfxvd/bafkreiefddewtgdstshdrnk4hjilu5rm7yudj2adhwohsnim5cs7nfjf2y@jpeg)
April 11, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Delighted to be presenting at this symposium in a couple of weeks. All welcome: email Diana (email in poster) for tickets.
‘The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065
#socialtheory
‘The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065
#socialtheory
My opinion piece on how Government has failed the Irish technological universities... the promised transformation agenda of new programmes, disciplines, capital, funding framework, lecturer contracts, borrowing framework & student accommodation.... are all stalled. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
March 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
My opinion piece on how Government has failed the Irish technological universities... the promised transformation agenda of new programmes, disciplines, capital, funding framework, lecturer contracts, borrowing framework & student accommodation.... are all stalled. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Fiercely dark & uncomfortably funny theatre about family grief and spectral encounters with lost children… I saw #AudreyOrSorrrow at the Abbey Theatre this weekend— a Christmas gift from my sister. Now left in tatters.... unpacking the semiotics of that gift.
February 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Fiercely dark & uncomfortably funny theatre about family grief and spectral encounters with lost children… I saw #AudreyOrSorrrow at the Abbey Theatre this weekend— a Christmas gift from my sister. Now left in tatters.... unpacking the semiotics of that gift.
Speaking at the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on how positive #datafication can improve governance and oversight of public capital spending. With Máire Henry dhb architects.
January 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Speaking at the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on how positive #datafication can improve governance and oversight of public capital spending. With Máire Henry dhb architects.