Humanities and Social Sciences in 21st Century Ireland
- Delivering the Knowledge Society
23rd October 2006 & 24th October 2006
Royal College of Physicians, No6 Kildare St, Dublin 2.
This IUA Conference addressed the challenges and opportunities facing the Humanities and Social Sciences in Ireland today.
Senator David Norris, Nicholas Canny, VP Dean of Research at NUI Galway, Mary Hanafin T.D, Minister for Education and Science, Conor O'Carroll, IUA, Caroline Fennell, Dean of Dept or Law at UCC and William Schabas, Director of the Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.
Speaker Biographies
Agenda (with linked presentations)
Monday 23rd October |
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| 14.15-14.30 | Welcome Address: Dr. John Hegarty, Provost, Trinity College Dublin |
Influencing Public Policy |
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| 14.30-15.00 | Norman Glass - CEO of NatCen, formerly Deputy Director of the UK Treasury "Influencing Public Policy - A UK Perspective" |
Nicholas Canny, Vice President of Research, NUI Galway addressing the audience during a panel discussion |
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| 15.00-15.30 | Nicholas Canny - Vice President of Research, NUI Galway
"Research in the Humanities and it's Relevance to the Knowledge Economy" |
William Schabas addressing the audience at the conference. |
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| 15.30-16.00 | William Schabas - Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway "Human Rights Research in the Knowledge Society" |
| 16.20-16.50 | Caroline Fennell - Dean of Faculty of Law and Head of Law Dept., UCC "The State of the Academy - and the Price of a Lawyer's Soul" |
| 16.50-17.20 | Ken Benoit - Associate Professor at Dept of Political Science, TCD "Political Science & Policy Making" |
| 17.20-17.50 | Craig Ramey - Distinguished Professors of Health Studies, Georgetown University "Human Well Being & Competancy: Aligning Science, Practice and Policy" |
| 18.10-18.15 | A Welcome to the Minister - Dr Hugh Brady, President, UCD |
| 18.15-18.30 | Closing Address: Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin TD. "Society Values Graduates from Humanities and Social Sciences" |
Mary Hanafin T.D, Minister for Education and Science listening to |
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Tuesday, 24th October |
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| 09.00-09.10 | Welcome Address: Maurice Bric, UCD & Chairman of IRCHSS |
Expanding Research & Career Opportunities |
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| 09.10-09.35 | Patrick Wall - School of Public Health & Population Sciences, UCD "Expanding the Scope of Social Science Funding & Career Structures" |
| 09.35-10.00 | Conor O'Carroll - Head of Research Office, IUA "The Hurler on the Ditch: Attitude of the HSS Community to Research Policy & Funding" |
Dr Conor O'Caroll, Head of the Research Office at IUA listening to the panel discussion alongside |
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| 10.00-10.25 | Keith Sidwell - Head of Classics Department, UCC "Pistols At Dawn? Competition and Collaboration in Humanities Research in Ireland" |
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Nicholas Rees, Paul Sheehan, James Wickham, David Robey and Sean Ryder |
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| 11.10-11.35 | Paul Sheehan, Director of Library Services, Dublin City University "Digital Information in the HSS Research Infrastructure" |
| 11.35-12.00 | Sean Ryder, Dept of English, NUIG & Member of the IRCHSS Council "Digital Humanities: New Forms, New Knowledge?" |
| 12.00-12.30 | James Wickham - Jean Monnet Professor of European Labour Market Studies, TCD "Worshipping at the Shrine of the Knowledge-based Sociey?" |
| 12.30-13.00 | David Robey - Programme Director, ICT in Arts and Humanities Research, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK. "New Prospects in ICT for Arts and Humanities Research" |
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John Hughes, President of NUI Maynooth pictured with Brigid McManus, Secretary General of the Dept of Education and Science, Deirdre Madden, Dept of Law at UCC and Danny McCoy, Head of Economic Policy at IBEC |
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| 14.20-14.50 | Danny McCoy - Director of Economic Policy, IBEC |
| 14.50-15.20 | Deirdre Madden - Faculty of Law, UCC "Public Policy Involvement - Linking Academic Endeavour to Public Need" |
| 15.20-15.50 | Sean O'Riain - Head of Department of Sociology, NUIM "Nurturing Many Knowledges to grow Ireland's Knowledge Society" |
Danny McCoy, Deirdre Madden and Sean O'Riain preparing to present |
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| 16.20-16.30 | Closing Address: Dr John Hughes, President, NUI Maynooth Closing Comments |
