Call for papers! @sociologyireland.bsky.social Annual Conference, 2027 SETU (Waterford Campus) 6th – 7th May 2027 Sociology, Technology, and the Future of ‘the Republic’ Follow the link for full details: sociology.ie/event/2027-a... @setupresident.bsky.social

Michael Tobin@michaeltobin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣Call for Papers The Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 📍South East Technological University (Waterford Campus) 🗓️6th – 7th May 2027 Sociology, Technology, and the Future of ‘the Republic’ lnkd.in/dDM57-ud

New anxiety just dropped.

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Salty seas get saltier and world ocean more acidic as heatwaves bring ‘profound change’ ft.trib.al/e5oRq5R

PSA: blackberries are small and hard and not ready yet, despite what the Saturday supplements chefs would have you believe.

📣Call for Papers The Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 📍South East Technological University (Waterford Campus) 🗓️6th – 7th May 2027 Sociology, Technology, and the Future of ‘the Republic’ sociology.ie/event/2027-a...

Presentations & videos from the 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference, 26 May, SETU Waterford. Presentations in the areas of AI, Climate, Earnings, Future Forty Report (2025-2065), Unemployment & Workers Rights'. Details here - www.nerinstitute.net/events/2026/... @raygriffin.bsky.social

Presentations & videos from the 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference

The 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with the South East Technological University (SETU) Waterford  provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market is...

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Looking forward to hosting the 14th Annual @neriresearch.bsky.social Labour Market Conference tomorrow at @setu-research.bsky.social - a full day of labour policy debates, research findings, and probably at least one argument about welfare statistics. www.nerinstitute.net/events/2026/...

14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference

The 14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with the South East Technological University (SETU) Waterford will provide a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market...

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The UK Treasury is urging supermarkets to put price caps on key items as Rachel Reeves seeks to ease cost of living concerns. “The idea that the government can set prices better than the market is for the birds,” said someone close to the discussions. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/hatSMaC

14th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - 26 May - SETU Waterford. Presentations on Inequality & Work, Workers' Rights & The Welfare State. More details & registration - www.nerinstitute.net/events/2026/... #inequality #work

Announcement 🥁 The Management Learning Best Book Review 2025 goes to… Ray Griffin, South East Technological University, Ireland🎉 Please join us in congratulating Ray. The book review has been made free-to-view for a limited period of time. Access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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NERI online seminar on Inheritance Tax in Ireland, presented by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell & Dr. Micheál Collins, UCD. This will be held on Wed 18 Feb at 15:30. Details & registration - www.nerinstitute.net/events/2026/...

Taxation and Intergenerational Fairness: Exploring the role and reforms to inheritance taxes in Ireland

The NERI seminar titled 'Taxation and Intergenerational Fairness: Exploring the role and reforms to inheritance taxes in Ireland' will be presented by Dr. Micheál Collins, UCD and Dr. Tom McDonnell, N...

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Ireland keeps planning for the long term without the tools to do it properly. In today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social , with Donncha Kavanagh, we argue for building real foresight capacity so we can stop lurching from crisis to crisis. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

To plan properly for the next four decades, we should copy Finland

The Future Forty plan is a start, but it is based on incorrect assumptions

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CFP: 6th SLB2026 Conference. From street-level to code-level bureaucracy: digital platforms, algorithms & welfare encounters. Submissions on digital welfare, discretion & resistance welcome. www.cubb.aau.dk/6th-street-l...

6th Street-level Bureaucracy Conference

Aalborg University invites researchers to the 6th SLB Conference in Copenhagen in June 2026. Bringing together leading international scholars in street-level bureaucracy, the conference explores how f...

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On the final day of Michael D. Higgins’s Presidency, I’m reminded of his inspiring speech to @setu-research.bsky.social and @ucc.ie Economy and Society PhD Summer School in 2015—welcoming him at the gates was an honour. www.president.ie/en/media-lib... Thank you, Uachtarán.

Regional imbalance: How Ireland’s regional cities’ funding compares to Dublin – and why it matters

We say unemployment “scars” people. Is it a damaging metaphor that limits how we think about labour & worth. New piece in Social Europe asking: 🔗 www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou... #Work #Welfare #SocialEurope #FutureOfWork #NarrativePolitics

The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment "Scarring"

The concept of "scarring" in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.

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Great to be at the Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2025 to present a panel on our new publication “Digital Public Employment Services in Action” (open access doi.org/10.51952/978...) #SAIcon25 #SociologyIreland @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SociologyUCC #SAI2025 #SETU @ucc.ie

An underappreciated global trend, is the spread of basic welfare-state institutions to middle and lower-income countries. For more insight, visit Chartbook Top Link. Subscribe here: tinyurl.com/3ezpyy2b

Irish Social Welfare needs new thinking- is the new government up to the challenge? With Tom Boland m.independent.ie/business/new...

New social protection minister will manage around a quarter of state spending – it’s a job that requires fresh thinking

As ministerial posts are divvyed up between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, one which is unlikely to attract much attention is the social welfare portfolio. Despite almost a quarter of state spending being...

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Congrats to Dr Niall Egan, Assistant Sec. Gen. of Dept of Social Protection on passing his viva🏆 🥳 👏 Many thanks to supervisors Dr @nessawinston-ucd.bsky.social and Michael Mulreany (IPA); and exam panel Dr Ray Griffin, Prof. @michellenorris.bsky.social & @naokody.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Back to work I suppose.

Thrilled to be able to catch the Nevin lecture by the always brilliant Prof. Mary Murphy.

NERI@neriresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dónal Nevin Lecture & launch of Studies quarterly journal take place this Thurs in the RIA at 6pm. Prof Mary Murphy, Maynooth Uni presents on 'A new all island social settlement; An eco-social future of care & equality' followed by launch - www.nerinstitute.net/events/2024/...

Delighted to be presenting at this symposium in a couple of weeks. All welcome: email Diana (email in poster) for tickets. ‘The problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public – a Symposium’, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065 #socialtheory

My opinion piece on how Government has failed the Irish technological universities... the promised transformation agenda of new programmes, disciplines, capital, funding framework, lecturer contracts, borrowing framework & student accommodation.... are all stalled. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Fiercely dark & uncomfortably funny theatre about family grief and spectral encounters with lost children… I saw #AudreyOrSorrrow at the Abbey Theatre this weekend— a Christmas gift from my sister. Now left in tatters.... unpacking the semiotics of that gift.

Speaking at the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on how positive #datafication can improve governance and oversight of public capital spending. With Máire Henry dhb architects.