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The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) was established as a University Institute at NUI Maynooth in January 2001. NIRSA was initially funded under Cycle 2 of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI2) as part of the National Development Plan, 2000-2006. The Institute recently received further funding under Cycle 4 of that fund.
NIRSA's
remit is to undertake fundamental, applied and comparative research on spatial processes and their effects on social and economic development in Ireland
The Institute, centred in NUI Maynooth, is a collaborative project between scholars from a number of social science disciplines, located in four partner institutions:
Ireland After NAMA
The Ireland After NAMA blog offers analysis of post-NAMA Ireland.
Recent posts: An estimate of vacant housing in Ireland.
Opportunites
Please click here to see available Jobs, PhD positions and other opportunities at NIRSA
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Forthcoming Events:
- NIRSA/ISSP Seminar
Proximity and duration in temporary organisations
Tobias Goessling, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Venue : NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, Third Floor
John Hume Building 17 February, 2010 @ 4pm
- NIRSA/Department of Sociology/ISSP
The permanent carnival: is life a comedy, or comedy a way of life?
Prof Arpad Szakolczai, University College Cork
Venue : NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, Third Floor
John Hume Building
10 March, 2010 @ 4pm
- NIRSA/ISSP seminar
Are we serious about regulation? The role of enforcement in spatial planning in Ireland
Jong Kim, Tallaght Institute of Technology
Venue : NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, Third Floor
John Hume Building
14 April, 2010 @ 4pm
- NIRSA/ISSP seminar
Critical Reflections on Qualitative Research Praxis in Policy Commissioned Research on Crisis Pregnancy
Catherine Conlon, WERRC, University College Dublin
Venue : NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, Third Floor
John Hume Building
28 April, 2010 @ 4pm
Publications
The Atlas of the Island of Ireland
Mapping Social and Economic Change
- Edited by: Justin Gleeson, Rob Kitchin, Brendan Bartley, John Driscoll, Ronan Foley, Stewart Fotheringham & Chris Lloyd
- People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland
- Edited by Prof. Jim Walsh, Vice-President, NUI Maynooth
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