New policy brief on PublicPolicy.ie by @seaneens.bsky.social, @dympnadevine.bsky.social adevine.bsky.social, @gmsainz.bsky.social, Olga Ioannidou & Jennifer Symonds @cslstudyucd.bsky.social : “Wellbeing in Children’s School Lives – The Importance of Belonging”.

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New on PublicPolicy.ie: @valescal.bsky.social (DCU) examines housing discrimination in Ireland’s rental market & offers rights-based policy solutions to improve migrant integration.

🔗: publicpolicy.ie/housing/hous...

#Housing #Discrimination #MigrantIntegration

✍️ Call for papers!

Do you research Irish policy-related issues? Submit your research to our platform and increase its visibility in your field & community! 1500-3000 word limit.

For more details go to publicpolicy.ie/submit-your-...

#IrishPolicy #PolicyResearch #CallForPapers

New on PublicPolicy.ie: Dr Mary Curtin (University of Limerick) "Accounting for Acres: Land, Data & Accountability in Ireland" explores the case for a land observatory in Ireland to boost transparency, accountability & evidence-based policy.

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#Land #Policy #Farming

New paper on PublicPolicy.ie: “Gender in Children’s School Lives” by @dympnadevine.bsky.social, @gmsainz.bsky.social , Olga Ioannidou, Jennifer Symonds & @seaneens.bsky.social. It explores how gender norms shape kids’ primary school experiences.

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#Gender #Wellbeing

A new policy brief on PublicPolicy.ie explores how games can amplify children’s voices in climate action. Based on a mixed-methods study, it calls for more accessible, child-friendly ways to engage with decision-makers.

Read more: publicpolicy.ie/environment/...

New paper on PublicPolicy.ie: "Hair Loss Requires Support, Not Products and Exploitation" by Dr Glen Jankowski, UCD explores the cultural stigma of hair loss, its medicalization for profit, and calls for better education & regulation.

Read more: publicpolicy.ie/papers/hair-...

#UCD #HairLoss

Our next Geary Seminar is tomorrow, 1st April at 1pm in the Geary Seminar room (B003/004). Prof. Selien De Schryder (Ghent University) will present "Pushing the Limit: How Borrowers Tackle the Belgian LTV Cap."

Lunch provided. See you there!

#UCD #GearySeminar

We thank Prof Eric Strobl (University of Bern) for his insightful talk, "Bugged Out: Locust Plagues, Migration, and Adaptation in 19th Century US," in our seminar series. He was hosted by Dr Frank Walsh (UCD) and visited the Geary Institute through the Geary BICS funding scheme.

#UCD #GearySeminar

New on PublicPolicy.ie: "Building Trust in Large Language Models" by Donghyeok Lee, Christina Todorova & Alireza Dehghani (CeADAR Ireland, UCD).

The paper explores efforts to build trust in LLMs under the EU AI Act and other frameworks.

Read more: publicpolicy.ie/papers/build...

New paper on PublicPolicy.ie by RaisuL Sourav, University of Galway: “Relying on AI in Judicial Decision-Making: Justice or Jeopardy?” explores how AI could make the judiciary more accessible but also disrupt the justice system.

🔗: publicpolicy.ie/papers/relyi...

#AI #Judicial #PolicyPaper

Thank you to @kanol.bsky.social (WZB Berlin) for an insightful talk on “Can culture explain prejudice?” as part of our seminar series. Dr. Kanol visited the Geary Institute as a guest of Dr. Sarah Carol through the Geary BICS funding scheme.

#UCD #GearySeminar

The next Geary Seminar is on Tuesday, 4th March at 1pm in the Geary Seminar room (B003/004). Dr. Eylem Kanol (WZB, Berlin) will present on "Can culture explain prejudice?" Lunch provided—join us!

#UCD #GearySeminar

A new paper on PublicPolicy.ie by Conchúr Ó Maonaigh, Laurie Reilly & @jenniecstephens.bsky.social, ICARUS, Maynooth University “Industry Funding of Irish Universities” explores private sector funding of #HigherEducation institutions in #Ireland

🔗 publicpolicy.ie/papers/indus...

Thank you to Prof Paul Smeets (University of Amsterdam) for his insightful talk, “Why do donors give to less effective charities?” as part of our seminar series.

Prof. Smeets was a guest of Dr Diogo Geraldes, visiting the Geary Institute through the Geary BICS funding scheme.

#UCD #GearySeminar