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2011

23 Nov

"Measuring the value of planning"
Dr. Marcus Spiller, Director, SGS Economics & Planning Pty Ltd. Australia
Venue: NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth
Time: 4pm

28 Sept

"Indicator Development and Monitoring for the National Spatial Strategy and Regional Planning Guidelines"
ESPON Ireland Seminar
Venue: Morrison Hotel, Dublin City

25 May

"Mapping Spectral Traces" Symposium
NIRSA Symposium
Time: 9am
Venue: NIRSA Conference Room, Iontas Building

5 May

"International collaboration in geography and GIS to address issues of sustainability, climate change, and human rights"
Dr. Douglas Richardson, Executive Director, Association of American Geographers
Time: 1pm - 2:20pm
Venue: John O'Connell Room, St. Anne's, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

5 May

"Examining contact with general practitioners: Have the determinants of access changed over time?"
NCG Seminar
Prof. Mark W. Rosenberg, Queens University Kingston, Ontario
Time: 2:30pm - 4pm
Venue: NCG/NIRSA Conference Room, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth

5 May

"Metrocentrism and Postcolonial Geographies: a critical appraisal of Sartre's contribution to postcolonial and antiracist theories"
NIRSA Seminar
Prof. Audrey Kobayashi, President, Association of American Geographers
Time: 4pm - 5:30pm
Venue: NIRSA Conference Room, Iontas Building, NUI Maynooth

5 May

Book and Journal Launch and Reception
Launched by Prof. Audrey Kobayashi
President, Association of American Geographers
Time: 5.30pm, Reception 6pm
Venue: Top Floor, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

28 April

HSCA, NAMA & Planning Morning Event (Invitation Only)
Joint NIRSA-ICLRD Workshop
Venue: 9:30am-3.30pm
Venue: NIRSA Conference Room, Iontas Building

28 April

Seminar - David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego
Joint Sociology Dept-NIRSA Seminar
Time: 3pm-5pm
Venue: TBC

January 24th, 10am-1pm

Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) and Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI)
"The trouble with sharing: best practice in archiving qualitative data"
Venue: Centre for Effective Services, 9 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2

2010

November 25th

All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO)
Launch of the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO).
See here
for more details.

Venue: 3pm, Renehan Hall, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 24th

Dept. of Sociology and Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA)
"Ethics review system and researching minors "
Arja Kuula, Finnish Social Science Archives/University of Tampere, Finland
Venue: 4pm-6pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 22nd

Dept. of Sociology, Dept of Geography and NIRSA on behalf of Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
"Nature and urbanity"
Eric Swyngedouw, University of Manchester
Venue: 4pm-6pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 19th

Department of Geography and NIRSA on behalf of Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
"Flooding and climate change: a long-term geomorphological perspective on adaption and mitigation"
Prof. Mark Graham Macklin, Aberystwyth University, Wales
Venue: 4pm-6pm, Rocque Lab, Geography Dept, Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 9th

Dept. of Geography and NIRSA on behalf of Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
"Regional growth, creative innovation and cultural industries"
Prof. Dominic Power, Centre for research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics, Uppsala University, Sweden
Venue: 5pm-6pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 8th

Dept. of Sociology, Dept of Anthropology and NIRSA on behalf of Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
"Marx at the margins: Ireland, nationalism and class"
Prof. Kevin B. Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Venue: 4pm-6pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

October 5

NIRSA/Dept. of Geography Seminar
Innovation and Diffusion: Case Studies of How Knowledge Really Flows from West to East in Globalising Low- and Medium-Technology Sectors
Prof. Paul Robertson, David Jacobson
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Meeting Room, Iontas Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

April 28

NIRSA/ISSP seminar
Critical Reflections on Qualitative Research Praxis in Policy Commissioned Research on Crisis Pregnancy
Catherine Conlon, WERRC, University College Dublin
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

March 11

NIRSA/Dept. of Sociology
Cheating in Online Games: A Case Study of Online Social Research
Dr. Stefano de Paoli, Department of Sociology, NUIM
Venue: 3pm, Sociology Seminar Room, Auxilia Building, NUI Maynooth

March 10

NIRSA/Department of Sociology/ISSP Seminar
The permanent carnival: is life a comedy, or comedy a way of life?
Prof Arpad Szakolczai, University College Cork
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

February 3

NIRSA/ISSP Seminar
What is the role of qualitative research in policy development?
Liz Kerrins
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA/NCG Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

2009

December 2

NIRSA Seminar
The Significance of Qualitative Data in the work of the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative
Tara Murphy
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

November 18

NIRSA Seminar
Emerging Developments in Spatial Planning
Prof. Janice Morphet, University College London
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

November 11

NIRSA Seminar
From Wall Street to Their Street : The Global Crisis and the Australian and New Zealand Housing Markets
Prof. Laurence Murphy
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

November 3

DEN4DEK / OPAALS Seminar
Planning a Digital Ecosystem for the Biotech Industry
Speakers include: Anne English (LSE and Intel, Patrick Sullivan (CMI), Dr. Chris van Egeraat & Dr. Declan Curran (NUI Maynooth)
Venue: 9am-1pm, Dublin Regional Authority, 11 Parnell Square, Dublin

October 14

NIRSA Seminar
Industrial Clusters and Competitiveness in Ireland
Majella Giblin and Paul Ryan, National University of Ireland, Galway
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

October 7

NIRSA Seminar
The Pharma/Biotech Concentration in Cork : Industry Cluster or Satellite Platform?
John Hobbs, Cork Institute of Technology
Venue: 4pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

May 19

NIRSA / Geography Dept. Seminar
Surmounting City Silences:Knowledge Creation and the Design of Urban Democracy in the Everyday Economy
Prof. Nancy Ettlinger, Ohio State University, USA
Venue: 10.00am, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

May 7

NIRSA / NCG Seminar
Analysis of Life Paths and Time-Space Behaviour in the Urban Context: Geovisualization and Geocomputational Approaches
Prof. Mei-Po Kwan, Ohio State University, USA
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

May 6

NIRSA / Geography Dept. Seminar
The Region, Meaning and Power
Prof. Ansii Paasi, University of Oulu, Finland
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

April 28

NIRSA Seminar
The Global Financial Crisis and the Australian City
Prof. Brendan Gleeson, Griffith University, Australia
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

April 8

NIRSA Seminar
Everyday regionalizations. Theoretical framework and empirical research perspectives
Prof. Benno Werlen, University of Jena
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

April 7

NIRSA / Geography / Sociology Depts. Seminar
From the post-national to the national: citizenship anxieties in the expanded EU
Prof. Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University
Chaired by Dr Ronit Lentin (Trinity College Dublin)
Venue: 4.00pm, John O Connell Room, St. Anne's, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

April 1

NIRSA Seminar
The new spatial planning: territorial management with soft spaces and fuzzy boundarie
Dr. David Counsell, University College Cork
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

March 25

NIRSA / Sociology Dept. Seminar
Ireland's haunted landscape: from the deserted homes of the 'faithful departed' to the cultural desert of consumerism
Dr. Kieran Keohane, University College Cork
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

March 4

NIRSA / Sociology Dept. Seminar
Greening the Economy on the Island of Ireland
Dr. John Barry, Queens University
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

February 24

NIRSA / IQDA Seminar
How can they say that? Re-using qualitative data for different purposes
Libby Bishop, Timescapes (University of Leeds) and Qualidata (UK Data Archive)
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

February 11

NIRSA Seminar
Institutional boundary spanning in the UK
Dr. Paul Williams, Cardiff University, UK
Venue: 4.00pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

2008

December 5

NIRSA Masterclass
Theorizing scale in human geography: the recent debates
Professor John Paul Jones III, University of Arizona
Venue: 11.00am, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

December 10

NIRSA Seminar
State developmentalism and late development in Ireland
Dr. Maura Adshead, University of Limerick
Venue: 2.30pm, NIRSA Seminar Room, John Hume Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

December 5

NIRSA / Geography Dept. Seminar
Challenging the boundaries of the nation-state: exploring the nexus between memory, territoriality and power
Dr Sara McDowell, University of Ulster
Venue: 4pm, Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 21

Lost in Translation: difficulties experienced in transferring community-led initiatives from one cultural context to another
Prof. Stephen Owen, University of Gloucestershire
Venue: 4pm, Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 14

Neighbourhood Effects and Educational Attainment
Dr. Valerie Ledwith, NUI Galway
Venue: 4pm, Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 7

Moving beyond the public-private debate: Uncovering the multiple roles of the public sector in urban regeneration
Dr Niamh Moore, University College Dublin
Venue: 4pm, Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

November 3

NIRSA / Sociology Dept. Seminar
The social construction of Information Technology: An overview and some examples
Dr. Stefano de Paoli, Dept. of Sociology & NIRSA, NUI Maynooth
Venue: 2pm, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

September 3

NIRSA Seminar
Research on Trip Distribution: Models & Potential Applications to Irish Commuting
Professor Morton O'Kelly, Dept of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Venue: 16.00, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

August 20

NIRSA Seminar
The Remaking of Rural Australia
Professor Tony Sorensen, University of New England, Australia.
Venue: 16.00, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

July 15

NIRSA Seminar
The Amenity Principle: The causes, incidence and implications of amenity-led rural settlement in Australia
Dr. Neil Argent, University of New England, Australia.
Venue: 2.30, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

June 18

NIRSA Seminar
Creating Child Friendly Cities
Brendan Gleeson, Professor of Urban Management and Policy, Director - Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Australia
Venue: 13.00, Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

May 21

Irish Qualitative Data Archive Seminar
Sharing audio-visual data for social research and policy making: Methodological and ethical challenges
Dr Dirk Schubotz of the ARK Agesim Archive
Venue: 14.00 - 16.00, Room CS1, Callan Building, NUI Maynooth

May 7

Seminar
"Lithuanian migration studies: historical and sociological insights"
Prof. Egidijus Aleksandravicius, Professor of History at the Department of History, Vytautas Magnus University and Director of the Institute of Lithuanian Emigration and Ms. Daiva Kristina Kuzmickait, Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, at the School of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University
Venue: 4 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth Poster

April 30

Seminar
Heritage Development, Transitional Justice and Negotiated Transitions: Case-Studies from South Africa & Northern Ireland
Dr. Kate Flynn (visitor), University of West of England.
Venue: 4 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

April 22

Seminar
Rural Development Policy and Practice in Canada and Ireland: Selected Comparisons and Challenges
Prof. David Douglas (visitor), Guelph University, Canada
Venue: 4 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

April 17

Seminar (with Department of Sociology)
Love, lust and the quest for the affectionate Irish male in Angela Macnamara’s problem page 1963-80
Dr. Paul Ryan, Department of Sociology & NIRSA, NUI Maynooth
Venue: 3 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

April 8

Seminar
Putting Terrorism in its Place: The Case of Beslan
Dr. Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech University
Venue: 4 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

April 3

Seminar (with Department of Sociology)
The Fifth Estate: Through the network of networks
Prof. William Duttom, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford
Venue:3 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

April 2

Seminar (with Department of Geography & ISSP)
Serbia and Kosovo: Unsolved Question, Grey Area? A Discussion on the Transition from Regions to States
Lucian-Boian Brujan, Institute of Geography, University of Tübingen, Germany
Venue:1 pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

March 13

Seminar (with Department of Sociology)
Al-Qa'ida and the 'Old Wave': A comparison of terrorism and societies
Stephen Vertigans, School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Venue:3 - 4.30 pm, Room 110, St. Annes, NUI Maynooth  
                                                           

March 11

Seminar (with Department of Geography)
Constructing Regional Advantage:Platform policies based on related variety and differentiated knowledge bases
Professor Bjørn Asheim, University of Lund, Sweden
Venue:5pm, Forfás, Wilton House Wilton Place Dublin Poster     
                                                                                                                    

March 4

Seminar
Issues in qualitative data archiving and sharing:Tales from ESDS Qualidata and Timescapes
Libby Bishop, University of Leeds
Venue: 11 am, Conference Room 3rd Floor, Hume Building, NUI Maynooth Poster     
                                                                                                                      

Feb 22

Seminar
Climate Threat and Urban Response: an Australian Perspective
Prof. Brendan Gleeson, Griffith University, Australia
Venue: 4pm, Rocque Lab, Geography Department, Rhetoric House, NUI Maynooth Poster      
                                                           

2007

September 25

Seminar  
Greater Tel Aviv - A World City and a Dominant Entity in Israel:
the Prospects for a Two Anchors (Tel Aviv and Haifa) Polycentric World City

Prof. Baruch Kipnis Deptt of Geography the University of Haifa, Israel
Joinly Hosted by: NIRSA & DCU Business School
Jointly hosted by NIRSA and DCU Business Schoool
Venue: Conference Room 3rd Floor, Hume Building, NUI Maynooth                                                            

September 10

Seminar  
Explaining Spatial Patterns of Innovation: Analytical and Synthetic Modes of Knowledge Creation in the medicon Valley Life Sciences Cluster
Prof. Bjorn Asheim & Dr. Lars Coenen, University of Lund, Sweden
Joinly Hosted by: NIRSA & Dept Geography NUI Maynooth
Venue: Conference Room 3rd Floor, Hume Building, NUI Maynooth                                                            

June 18

Symposium 
Life Histories and Social Change
Julia Brannen, Professor in the Sociology of the Family, University of London and Dawn Lyons, University of Kent
Venue: John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth                                                            

May 24

Seminar  
Archival Techniques for Doctoral Research
Michael R. Hill, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jointly hosted by NIRSA and Sociology
Venue: Council Room, Riverstown Lodge, NUI Maynooth                                                            

April 17

Workshop
'The British Birth Cohort Studies: A unique resource for researchers'
Jane Elliott (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University of London) Jointly hosted by NIRSA & Dept. of Sociology
Venue: 10.30pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, Hume Building

April 16

Seminar
'Imagining a Gendered Future Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to the Analysis of Children's Essays'
Jane Elliott (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University of London)
Jointly hosted by NIRSA & Dept. of Sociology
Venue: 2.30pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, Hume Building

April 2

Seminar
'Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City’
Pete Shirlow (School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster)
Jointly hosted by NIRSA & Dept. of Sociology                                Venue: 2.30pm, Conference Room, Third Floor, Hume Building

 

2006

November 28 , 16.00

Seminar
Recent Developments in Public Participation GIS: Have we made
any progress?

Richard Kingston
Jointly hosted by NIRSA and NCG View poster (pdf)
Venue: Conference room, Third Floor, Hume Building, NUIM

November 17 , 16.00

Seminar
Addressing Issues in contemporary planning through an Applied Strategic Spatial Approach
Dr. William Hynes
Jointly hosted by NIRSA and Department of Geography
View poster (pdf)
Venue: Conference room, Third Floor, Hume Building, NUIM

June 21 , 15.00

Seminar
Geographies of Home Health Care in Ontario
Prof Kim England, University of Washington
Venue: Conference room, Third Floor, Hume Building, North Campus, NUIM

April 30

Seminar
Media Security and Diaspora Publics
Marie Gillespie (Department of Sociology, Open University)
Jointly hosted by NIRSA & Dept. of Sociology
Venue:

March 23, 16.30

Seminar - NIRSA and Department of Sociology
Social Change Through Generations: Theoretical Perspectives nd Some Empirical Examples
Prof Martin Kohli, European University Institute, Florence
View poster (pdf)
Venue: Computer Science Lecture Theatre 2, Callan building, North Campus, NUIM

February 22, 16.00

Seminar
Gold rush Governance:  Misgoverning a Booming City
Professor James Wickham (TCD)
Venue: Conference Room, 3rd Floor, John Hume Building

February 9, 16.30

Seminar
Asking the Same Question Twice
Dr Kate Fisher, University of Exeter
View poster for more details (.pdf)
Venue: Computer Science Lecture Theatre 1, Callan Building, NUIM

2005

November 17, 16.30

Seminar ( Department of Sociology and NIRSA)
What can the biographical and life course perspectives tell each other?
Dr. Robert Miller, Queens University Belfast
View poster (.pdf)
Venue: Lecture Theatre JH2, Hume Building, North Campus

November 15, 16.30

Seminar
'Policy approaches to developing the region in the information age: Evidence from Ireland and Europe'
Dr. Patrick Collins, from Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway
Venue: Hume Building conference room

October 26, 18.00 - 19.30

Seminar
From Spatial Development to Territorial Cohesion Policy
Prof. Andreas Faludi, Professor of Spatial Policy Systems in Europe, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Venue: LT6, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

October 14, 12 .00 - 14.00

Seminar
NIRSA Student Intern Presentations
Presentation of work carried out by Student Interns during placement in NIRSA Student Intern Scheme, 2005.
Venue: Hume Building conference room, NUI Maynooth

May 16, 16.00 - 18.00

Queries into chronic illness: ME, space and diagnosis
Prof. Pamela Moss, NIRSA Visiting Associate.
Venue: Hume Building conference room

April 14

Doing Empirical Research
Prof. Peter Taylor, Geography, Loughborough
Venue: Hume Building conference room

2004

December 15, 16.00

Rural housing and sustainable community development in the West of Ireland
Stephen McKeogh, NIRSA fellow, GMIT
Venue: Hume Bldg conference room, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

December 6, 16.00

Cultural and economic changes in the industrial districts of Vicenza (Veneto) and Macerata (the Marche), Italy
Prof. Costis Hadjimichalis, Economic Geography and Regional Planning, Harokopio University, Greece
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: Hume Bldg conference room, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

December 1, 15.00

The Stimulus of Urban Agglomeration. From Catalhoyuk to the Bus Riders Union
Prof. Ed Soja, Urban Planning, UCLA
Venue: Board Room, Top Floor, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

November 29, 16.00

"Local" illustrations for "international" geographical theory
Prof. Costis Hadjimichalis, Economic Geography and Regional Planning, Harokopio University, Greece
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: Hume Bldg conference room, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

November 25, 17.00

Book launch
'Differently Irish: A cultural history exploring 25 years of Vietnamese-Irish identity'
by Mark Maguire, with photographs by Thai Van Nga
Opening address by Frank Mullidan, Vice President, NUIM
See invite (pdf) and publishers website for more details.
Venue: John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

September 13

'It's our Daily Bread', Violence and South Africa's Transition to Democracy
Bronwyn Harris, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa
Venue: NIRSA seminar room, John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth

March 24 , 14.00

'Spatial Consequences for Transport: Where is demand generated?'
Prof. Lewis Lesley, Transport Science, Liverpool John Moores University
Venue: CS1, Callan Building, North Campus, NUI Maynooth

March 25

'Universal theories and the localisation of knowledge: the case of psychoanalysis in Ireland'
David Sibley, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Hull
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: NUI Maynooth

March 2

Celtic Football Club and Scottish Media discourses on the Irish in Scotland
Dr. Joe Bradley, University of Stirling
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: IT Sligo

February 26, 12.00

Territorial Governance, Planning and Management in the UK: Progress on a journey without a fixed destination
Prof. Peter Roberts, University of Liverpool
Venue: Gilmartin Room, St. Patricks, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

February 19

Celtic Football Club and Scottish Media discourses on the Irish in Scotland
Dr. Joe Bradley, University of Stirling
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: NUI Maynooth

February 13 , 16.15

Architecture, Space and Social Relations: Mies van der Rohe in Berlin
Prof. Dave Sibley, University of Hull
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: Rocque Lab (Dept. of Geography), Rhetoric House, NUI Maynooth

February 6, 16.00

Countryside Conservation in the City
Prof. David Douglas, University of Guelph, Canada
NIRSA Visiting Associate
Venue: Rocque Lab, Rhetoric House, NUI Maynooth

January 27, 15.00

Small Area Analysis and the UK Census
Prof. Dave Martin,
University of Southhampton
Venue: Crolly Room, Pugin Building, NUI Maynooth

 

2003

December 16, 16.00 - 17.30

Landscape, memory and performance in Fascist Rome
Prof. David Atkinson,

University of Hull
Venue: Crolly Room, Pugin Building, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

December 11, 16.00 - 18.00

The poetics of space in Joyce's Ulysses
Dr. Gerry Kearns,

University of Cambridge
Venue: Gilmartin Room, Pugin Building, South Campus, NUI Maynooth

October 15, 13.00

'In Defence of Being: Community Groups and the Regeneration of Ballymun'
Dr. Mark Boyle, University of Strathclyde
and NIRSA Visiting Associate
(Summer 2003)
Venue: Axis Centre, Ballymun

May 15, 11.00

'Broadband in the Coutryside: the new digital divide'
Dr. Sarah Skerratt, Senior Research Associate (University of Newcastle) and NIRSA Visiting Associate &
Martyn Warren, Head of Land Use and Rural Management Dept. (University of Plymouth)
Venue: CS1, Callan Building, North Campus, NUIM

May 12, 16.30

Is GIS for Women? A Critical Reflection
Mei-Po Kwan, Associate Professor (Ohio State University)
Venue: Rocque Lab., Rhetoric House, South Campus, NUIM

February 17, 12.00

'Is there a global ruling class?
Dr. Leslie Sklair (London School of Economics)
Venue: Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

February 10, 14.00

Clusters and Urban Economic Regeneration
Professor Ash Amin (University of Durham)
Venue: Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

January 23, 12.00

Spatiality, Temporality and the Construction of the City
Professor Kirsten Simonsen (University of Roskilde, Denmark)
Venue: Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

January 16, 12.00

Tensions and Responsibilities of Globalisation - A View from London
Professor Doreen Massey (The Open University)
Venue: Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

 

2002

December 5, 12.00

Irish Migration and Diaspora
Professor Mary Hickman, London Metropolitan University
Venue: The Crolly Room, Pugin Building, NUIM

November 28, 15.00

Redundant Masculinities? Young white working class men and labour restructuring
Linda McDowell (UCL)
Venue: The Crolly Room, Pugin Building, NUIM

October 21, 16.00

New Performs of the Commodity
Nigel Thrift (Bristol)
Venue: The Crolly Room, Pugin Building, NUIM

October 18, 10.00

The case of multiculturalism: kaleidoscopic and long term views
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
(Illinois)
Venue: Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

September 30, 16.00

Immigration and urbanisation in Canada: The case of the Hong Kong business migrant
David Ley
(UBC)
Venue: NUI Maynooth

September 12, 12.00

Industry Growth and Decline and Relative Wages
Paul Devereaux
Venue: Edgeworth Room (Rm.31), Dept. Economics, Rhetoric House, NUIM

April 18, 16.00

Women's Livelihood Strategies and Social Networks in Urban Mozambique
Dr. Margareta Espling

Venue: Physics Hall, South Campus, NUIM

20 February, 16.00

Cross Regional Equity in Health Care Funding
Professor Denis Conniffe
Venue:
Renehan Hall, Pugin Building, NUIM

7 February, 10.00

'Valuing the Benefits of Coastal Water Quality Improvements'
Professor Nick Hanley
Venue:
Top Loftus, South Campus, NUIM
More information on Valuing the Benefits of Coastal Water Quality Improvements is available.

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