Ciarán O'Kelly
@ctokelly.bsky.social
Reader and Deputy Head of School, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, Co-chair EGPA PSG VII.
I wonder how Ryanair purports to levy this 'fine'? Maybe it's in the same vein as Dublin Bus's €100 'standard fare' where everyone gets a €98 discount if they pay the driver up-front when they get on the bus.
June 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I wonder how Ryanair purports to levy this 'fine'? Maybe it's in the same vein as Dublin Bus's €100 'standard fare' where everyone gets a €98 discount if they pay the driver up-front when they get on the bus.
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Political philosophers! Please consider encouraging your students to apply for this PhD position on the global governance of technology. The Ethics Institute is a great place to work! It hosts one of the largest and most international group of practical philosophers in Europe.
We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.
More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)
More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)
edu.nl
May 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Political philosophers! Please consider encouraging your students to apply for this PhD position on the global governance of technology. The Ethics Institute is a great place to work! It hosts one of the largest and most international group of practical philosophers in Europe.
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Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Theory
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Deadline 26 May.
Happy to answer questions by email.
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Anyone interested in doing a PhD in Labour Law with me @maynoothlaw.bsky.social ?
#phd #funding #scholarships
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/funding-...
#phd #funding #scholarships
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/funding-...
Doctoral Scholarships
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL OF LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP ARE NOW OPEN DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS - MONDAY 2 JUNE, 2025 Students undertaking or wishing to undertake a PhD or PhD-track
www.maynoothuniversity.ie
April 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Anyone interested in doing a PhD in Labour Law with me @maynoothlaw.bsky.social ?
#phd #funding #scholarships
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/funding-...
#phd #funding #scholarships
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/funding-...
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1) NEW REPORT 🚨
'Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion' was published by the @conunitucl.bsky.social today! Co-authored by @alanrenwick.bsky.social, @alanwhysall.bsky.social, and myself.
It is free to read here: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
'Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion' was published by the @conunitucl.bsky.social today! Co-authored by @alanrenwick.bsky.social, @alanwhysall.bsky.social, and myself.
It is free to read here: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
Reform of Stormont
A project exploring possible reforms to Northern Ireland's governing institutions, as an aid to further discussion.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
1) NEW REPORT 🚨
'Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion' was published by the @conunitucl.bsky.social today! Co-authored by @alanrenwick.bsky.social, @alanwhysall.bsky.social, and myself.
It is free to read here: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
'Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion' was published by the @conunitucl.bsky.social today! Co-authored by @alanrenwick.bsky.social, @alanwhysall.bsky.social, and myself.
It is free to read here: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...
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EU counter tariffs against the US pose a problem for exporters in Northern Ireland
1st 300 clicks free to read: on.ft.com/4iqr3jF
1st 300 clicks free to read: on.ft.com/4iqr3jF
March 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
EU counter tariffs against the US pose a problem for exporters in Northern Ireland
1st 300 clicks free to read: on.ft.com/4iqr3jF
1st 300 clicks free to read: on.ft.com/4iqr3jF
Really pleased to see this happen. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Trinity College Dublin celebrates renaming former Berkeley library after poet Eavan Boland
Trinity Chancellor Mary McAleese said move was part of dealing with ‘colonial legacies’
www.irishtimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Really pleased to see this happen. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Oh interesting to see that the Guardian has adopted Meta's forced consent route around GDPR.
March 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oh interesting to see that the Guardian has adopted Meta's forced consent route around GDPR.
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Final reminder that our Collaborative PhD application process closes on Monday 10 March! 'Finding “home” in a cultural landscape of migration and belonging' is open to those from the UK/RoI (check advert for more details) #phdopportunities #irishdiaspora
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CCS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Final reminder that our Collaborative PhD application process closes on Monday 10 March! 'Finding “home” in a cultural landscape of migration and belonging' is open to those from the UK/RoI (check advert for more details) #phdopportunities #irishdiaspora
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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Street Art 3D Mural by Dutch artist Leon Keer in Ostend Belgium
March 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Street Art 3D Mural by Dutch artist Leon Keer in Ostend Belgium
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February 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I accompanied two teens to this last night. I was possibly the least big hair and luscious beard man in the whole joint. Sad to think that my days as boring accompanier for this kind of fun are numbered.
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I accompanied two teens to this last night. I was possibly the least big hair and luscious beard man in the whole joint. Sad to think that my days as boring accompanier for this kind of fun are numbered.
They're both from Belfast and are effusive in praise about another person? I smell a rat. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Blind date: ‘I was hoping to meet a total babe. She was a total babe’
Gráinne, 31, a software engineer and musician, meets Alexander, 34, a civil servant
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
They're both from Belfast and are effusive in praise about another person? I smell a rat. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Welcome Ulster School of Law to Bluesky! @ulsterschlaw.bsky.social! @brandonhamber.bsky.social @duncanmorrow0.bsky.social @ruthfee.bsky.social @aoifenolan.bsky.social @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social @slsauk.bsky.social @colmocinneide.bsky.social @colinmurray.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yeah I noticed it was depressing and crap as I flew back in from a lovely week in Madrid JUST SO YA KNOW www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland weather: Dublin Airport has had zero hours of sunshine in the past 7 days. Why has it been so gloomy?
Jet stream is to blame, with a blocking system shutting out the sun
www.irishtimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yeah I noticed it was depressing and crap as I flew back in from a lovely week in Madrid JUST SO YA KNOW www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Enjoyed this and it's sobering but I do think we all need a mindset shift: instead of comparing travel to burning carbon by the tonne and externalising the consequences, we need to compare to when travel was powered by donkeys and thus rarely if ever happened. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Jennifer O'Connell: I’ve become an accidental EV owner. There have been some nasty surprises – and a few nice ones
The plan was to continue to drive my 10-year-old diesel until the wheels fell off, and ideally beyond. That day came sooner than I thought
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Enjoyed this and it's sobering but I do think we all need a mindset shift: instead of comparing travel to burning carbon by the tonne and externalising the consequences, we need to compare to when travel was powered by donkeys and thus rarely if ever happened. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Here are 4 slides from my lecture, "State-enabled regulatory capture?", this week to a class at Trinity Business School in Dublin. I focused on Irish dairy expansion since 2010, its profit-takers & facilitators, & its highly negative impacts for climate action, pollution & farm/food resilience.
February 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here are 4 slides from my lecture, "State-enabled regulatory capture?", this week to a class at Trinity Business School in Dublin. I focused on Irish dairy expansion since 2010, its profit-takers & facilitators, & its highly negative impacts for climate action, pollution & farm/food resilience.
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Early morning love poem.
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Early morning love poem.
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Fay Godwin.
1931 - 2005.
I came from the cobbled streets of Bradford Manchester, and in my mind, I yearned for the rural landscapes, that later in life were brought to me by Fay.
It is not lost on me that my own landscapes echo her haunting approach to these places where poetry lies.
1931 - 2005.
I came from the cobbled streets of Bradford Manchester, and in my mind, I yearned for the rural landscapes, that later in life were brought to me by Fay.
It is not lost on me that my own landscapes echo her haunting approach to these places where poetry lies.
December 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Fay Godwin.
1931 - 2005.
I came from the cobbled streets of Bradford Manchester, and in my mind, I yearned for the rural landscapes, that later in life were brought to me by Fay.
It is not lost on me that my own landscapes echo her haunting approach to these places where poetry lies.
1931 - 2005.
I came from the cobbled streets of Bradford Manchester, and in my mind, I yearned for the rural landscapes, that later in life were brought to me by Fay.
It is not lost on me that my own landscapes echo her haunting approach to these places where poetry lies.
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Last chance to participate in a sanity check on "intelligence" in LLMs! Survey closing tomorrow.
What do YOU mean by "intelligence", and does ChatGPT fit your definition?
We collected the major criteria used in CogSci and other fields, and designed a survey to find out!
Access link: www.survey-xact.dk/collect
Code: 4S7V-SN4M-S536
Time: 5-10 mins
We collected the major criteria used in CogSci and other fields, and designed a survey to find out!
Access link: www.survey-xact.dk/collect
Code: 4S7V-SN4M-S536
Time: 5-10 mins
Perspectives on Intelligence: Community Survey
Research survey exploring how NLP/ML/CogSci researchers define and use the concept of intelligence.
bertramhojer.github.io
January 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Last chance to participate in a sanity check on "intelligence" in LLMs! Survey closing tomorrow.
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The day Bluesky came of age
I just asked my pharmacist if my ear was a bit blocked and he had a look and SCREAMED and told me to go to A&E immediately so off I go, gang!
January 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The day Bluesky came of age
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Tag yourself, I'm complete loss of equilibrium
January 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tag yourself, I'm complete loss of equilibrium
I know it's a difficult moment in world history but I'd just like to add to the collapse of civilisation that Guinness Zero, from a can, is it transpires my favourite of all the Guinnesses.
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I know it's a difficult moment in world history but I'd just like to add to the collapse of civilisation that Guinness Zero, from a can, is it transpires my favourite of all the Guinnesses.
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Upsettlingly, in order to finish writing my book, I have to actually write the rest of my book.
January 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Upsettlingly, in order to finish writing my book, I have to actually write the rest of my book.
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From the Main Site Tower, QUB.
January 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
From the Main Site Tower, QUB.