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January 2013 -
Call for Marie Curie Individual Fellowship applications announced ...
Special symposium marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement held on Friday 19th April
The University of Ulster hosted speakers from across Britain and Ireland on Friday 19th April to debate the legacy of the Good Friday Agreement / Belfast Agreement.
The all-day symposium was a joint event of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) at the University of Ulster, the Whitaker Institute and the Peace and Conflict specialist group of the Political Studies Association of Ireland. It brought together some of the academics who played crucial roles as special advisors and negotiators to reflect on the negotiations that produced the Agreement, including Professor Lord Bew (advisor to David Trimble), Professor Monica McWilliams (founding member of the Women’s Coalition), and Dr Martin Mansergh (advisor to the Irish government). Speakers debated a number of issues including the changing political dynamics that set the scene for the talks process, the implementation of the Agreement, and the unresolved past.
Dr Eamonn Hughes (QUB), Prof Jonathan Tonge (Liverpool), Kathleen Cavanaugh (NUI Galway)
Prof John Coakley (UCD), Dr Brian Feeney (St Mary’s University College Belfast), Prof Etain Tannam (TCD), Prof Paul Arthur (UU), Dr Niall Ó Dochartaigh (NUI Galway), Patrick Yu (Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities)
Study concludes cardiovascular patients are less than charmed with how sexual issues are addressed by Irish health services
Principal Investigator: Dr Molly Byrne
The CHARMS (Cardiac Health and Assessment of Relationships Management and Sexuality) Study is a recently completed, Health Research Board funded three year study. The study was completed at the School of Psychology (Principal Investigator: Dr Molly Byrne) and the Department of General Practice at NUI Galway, in collaboration with researchers in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Linköping University, Sweden. The CHARMS Study aimed to explore the sexual wellbeing and problems of people with heart disease in Ireland and seek the views of service users and providers about how sexual issues are addressed in health services.
Sexual problems are commonly reported by people with cardiovascular disease and sexual activity has a significant impact on quality of life for those with cardiovascular disease. Sex and sexuality are core dimensions of the human experience and important determinants of well-being. Sexual problems can adversely affect mood, quality of life and interpersonal relationships. However we knew little about the experience of Irish patients in relation to this aspect of their disease and how sexuality is addressed within health services. The CHARMS Study identifies high levels of sexual problems among people with cardiovascular disease which are not being addressed adequately in health services. Read the full press realse here.
Launch of the new Social Sciences Computing Hub at NUI Galway
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The Social Sciences Computing Hub was formally launched on the 25th of March by NUI Galway President, Dr. Jim Browne. The Hub is a unique facility that will serve both as a repository of diverse quantitative and qualitative social science databases, and as a computing resource that can be used by researchers across the University. This cross-disciplinary initiative will contribute to our mission to establish NUI Galway at the forefront of global Business and Social Science research with scientific rigor to inform public policy. At the launch event, Dr. Brown descirbed the concept of the Hub as far-sighted and said that the timing of this initiative is perfect as it is in line with national trends in data investment. The Hub will be a one-stop facility for access to diverse data, visualization and computational resources for research clusters across various social science research institutes. The architecture of the Hub will be set up to provide remote access to University users, both within and off campus. With funding support from the Registrar’s Strategic Fund 2012 and the Irish Social Science Platform (PRTLI 4) the first phase of the Hub, “Advanced Business Analytics Laboratory”, has already begun its operations with industrial partners Standard & Poor (S&P) providing diverse business and finance data through their CapitalIQ platform and PERACTON providing expertise in training students using their MAARS platform. The Lab has also initiated a four-week training program on “Advanced Portfolio Management Training” for 24 students from the Masters in International Finance and the Undergraduate students from Commerce, Arts and Financial Mathematics and Economics. The training program is conducted by PERACTON and the training is on portfolio optimization, back-testing methods and high-frequency/ high-speed trading techniques. Details of the launch held on March 25th are here and further details on the unique features of the Hub can be found here .
Dr. James Cunningham (Whitaker Institute Director), Prof. Lokesh Joshi(NUI Galway Vice-President for Research), and Dr. Srinivas Raghavendra (Associate Director for Multidisciplinary Research at the Whitaker Institute)
Dr. Cunningham opening the launch of the Social Sciences Computing Hub
Dr. Srinivas Raghavendra with Mr. Dinko Laptev (Client Development Associate, S&P Capital IQ, London), Dr. James Browne (President NUI Galway), Dr Laurentiu Vasiliu (CEO Peracton), Dr. James Cunningham
Dr. Srinivas Raghavendra and Dr. Jim Browne with Leszek Majewski (Masters in International Finance) and Johannes Luik, who received the Whitaker Student award for the Maars Trading competition. | |
Whitaker PhD Graduate talks about her postgraduate experience at NUI Galway
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Ciara Fitzgerald joined the Whitaker Institute in 2008 to pursue doctoral research in the area of strategy processes in Technology Transfer Offices in the context of a National Innovation System. This research was significant in that it yielded findings of relevance to TTO directors, university management, and industry, and the study has public policy implications with regard to supporting the effective commercialisation of research emanating from higher education institutions to industry. Dr. Fitzgerald is currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher at the Quinn School of Business at University College Dublin. Read Ciara's full article entitled "My Postgrad Life" in the Irish Times special supplement from March 5th. Ciara's thesis is available to read online:
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Report published on estimating the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women in Viet Nam
A recent study has established that intimate partner violence can undermine economic growth and requires a coordinated and effective response. The term ’intimate partner violence’ describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.
The study was commissioned by UN Women, Viet Nam, and undertaken by Dr Nata Duvvury, Co-Director of Global Women’s Studies at NUI Galway, and Ms Patricia Carney, Doctoral Fellow in the School of Business and Economics, in collaboration with Dr Nguyen Huu Minh, of the Institute for Family and Gender studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Dr Nata Duvvury and Ms Patricia Carney are both members of the Gender and Public Policy cluster within the Whitaker Institute, and Gender ARC, a consortiuum of gender researchers across NUI Galway and University of Limerick.
Dr Nata Duvvury explains “Intimate partner violence is a global phenomenon and is reflected in the worldwide response to the One Billion Rising campaign, which invites people to stand up in solidarity against violence on 14 February. Our study suggests that intimate partner violence has serious implications for an economy, even leading to a drag on economic growth.”
Important findings from the report included:
- The total productivity loss due to intimate partner violence is estimated at 1.78% of GDP.
- Regression results estimate the wage differential between women suffering abuse ever in their lifetime to be on average 35% less than women that never experienced violence.
- In addition, households incur out of pocket expenditures for accessing services and loss of income from missing paid work and household work amounting to approximately 1.41% of GDP.
“Economic costs of intimate partner violence are clearly identified by this study. These are significant findings and are in line with estimates from similar studies carried out in other countries such as Great Britain, where economic costs including pain, suffering and quality of life came to 1.91% of GDP in 2004.”
Read the full report “Estimating the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women in Viet Nam” here.
Inaugural All Ireland Subsidiary Management Research Symposium held at NUI Galway
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The Whitaker Institute hosted the first major networking event specifically for Irish researchers in subsidiary management on the 13th of February. The event was co-chaired by NUI Galway and DIT, with invited international scholar Professor Ulf Andersson from Copenhagen Business School and Editor of Journal of International Business Studies. Invited guests from IDA Ireland and subsidiary management practice attended. The day was organised by Josephine Igoe, from NUI Galway's Discipline of Management, and Pamela Sharkey Scott, DIT, and the day included addresses from industry leaders and policy makers as well as a Competitive Paper Development Workshop on MNC Subsidiary Management followed by an interactive forum to Identify Future Directions for Relevant Research on Subsidiaries of MNCs.
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Wiki-style database of social science questionnaires and inventories proving a big hit
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In November of last year, MIDSS recorded 4,000 views and over 1,500 downloads. MIDSS is administered by the Whitaker Institute.
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Work, Society and Governance researchers comment on the way we work today
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Joe Humphreys, writing in The Irish Times, quotes Dr. Tony Dundon in "Power of unions has crumbled with rise of HR", Thursday 17th January, who says that negotiation has been replaced by lower forms of consultation. Earlier in the week, Professor Terrence McDonough is quoted pointing out the deliberate confusion in the distinction between entrepreneurialism and casual work. See The Irish Times article "What divides casuals and entrepreneurs?" published on Tuesday 15th January. Work, Society and Governance is one of twelve research clusters at the Whitaker Institute.
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J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
NUI Galway
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