Andrea Maynard, UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy Jennifer E. Symonds, UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy This paper is available in pdf here. Introduction Policy makers, practitioners and researchers have shown a growing interest in understanding how best to promote adolescent wellbeing. This is in part due to increased concerns around adolescent mental health…
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Anne Cleary, UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy This paper is available in pdf here. Introduction Suicide has been designated as a critical public health problem by the World Health Organisation (WHO 2014) as well as by successive Irish governments since the 1990s. According to the WHO (2022), more than 700,000 people die each year…
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Thérèse McDonnell and Eilish McAuliffe, UCD IRIS Centre, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems This paper is available in pdf here. Introduction The term “unscheduled” healthcare refers to care that is generally provided with less than 24-hour notice, with general practitioners (GPs) the most common first point of contact for this type of unplanned…
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Olive McCarthy, Mary Faherty, Noreen Byrne & Fergal Carton (University College Cork) Introduction This paper analyses the issues of financial inclusion, financial exclusion, and financial capability, and is based on research that took place between March and December 2020 that examined the levels of financial inclusion among social housing tenants. The study was conducted by…
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James Mulcahy Symmons (University College Dublin) Abstract In Ireland plastic packaging waste is causing serious environmental degradation and reducing this waste is essential for the development of a circular economy. The need to design packaging that is more conducive to a circular economy has led to an interest in biodegradable bioplastics as a tool for…
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Selina McCoy*, Delma Byrne and Pat O’Connor Introduction In their report on the Leaving Certificate results and the standardisation process undertaken, the State Examinations Commission (2021) note that research suggests that unconscious estimation bias in such contexts are generally in the direction of favouring female students. Further, they state “knowing that such unconscious bias might…
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Michael Byrne (School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD) The aim of this paper is to assess the challenges facing the Irish housing system in the light of the publication of the Government’s Housing for All strategy. One of the most remarkable features of this new strategy is its emphasis on homeownership,…
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Ursula Barry, Emeritus Associate Professor, Gender Studies, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD Introduction 1 The propensity to care and the work of caring are the lifeblood of our social and economic systems. Care is central to the reproduction of society, part of the fundamental social infrastructure which holds society together….
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Liam Delaney, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics 100 years since the start of the state, we are still left with many questions about how best to assess Ireland’s progress in terms of health and welfare. The 20th century in Ireland was characterised by high rates of urban infant mortality up…
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Darragh Flannery, Kemmy Business School, Economics Department, University of Limerick The impact of school closures in terms of learning loss or other education or labour market outcomes will most likely take years to assess accurately. However, a recent working paper by Zsuzsa Blaskó, Patricia da Costa and Sylke Schnepf of the European Commission’s Joint Research…
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Michael Byrne, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD Introduction The impact of Covid-19 on tenants in the private rental sector has been widely discussed in media and policy debates (see Byrne, 2021), but there has been very little discussion of its impact on investment in the PRS. This is an important…
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Robert Cazaciuc, University College Dublin1 Dr. Stephan Köppe, University College Dublin2 Key points UCD CoCo displays Covid-19 related restrictions globally. It is aimed at the general public and journalists. Benefits are simple and regularly updated graphs to initiate policy debates. Limitations are lack of nuance and inadequate display of policy interdependencies. Introduction The UCD CoCo…
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Professor Mary Murphy Department of Sociology, Maynooth University Expectations of paradigmatic change often overestimate the degree to which crises will result in change. The reality seems more consistent with Klein’s (2008 ‘Shock Doctrine’ which associates crisis with a reinforcement of neoliberalism. Our experiences of the 2008 crisis and subsequent austerity means we should not be…
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Patrick Malone Key Point: Income levels increased substantially between 2012 and 2019 following a number of years of contraction: with nominal median disposable household incomes increasing by €6,100 or 34% from over €17,900 in 2012 to almost €24,000 in 2019. The rise in direct income (i.e. income from employment and self-employment) has been the largest…
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Michael Byrne, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic emerged at a time in which the private rental sector (PRS) in many countries was already undergoing change and facing a variety of issues and challenges. PRS tenants are often most exposed to some of the major issues in…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a large section of the labour force who had been working in centralised locations to switch to home working. The switch to home working raises a wide range of questions about who can work from home and who wants to work from home; and about the consequences for workers’ wellbeing…
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A Testing and Tracing Chair Prof Orla Doyle Prof Alex Friedrich at University Medical Centre GroningenProf Patrick Wall, UCDProf Cliona O’Farrelly, TCDProf. Tomás Ryan (TCD) Video of the session here Note that the first presentation by Prof. Alex Friedrich is not publicly available as it contains previously unpublished data B SMEs, Innovators, and their recovery Chair…
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The first case of Covid-19 was observed in Ireland on February 29th. In the past month, we have had unprecedented change in every aspect of Irish society. The response to the pandemic progressed from warnings to school and pub closures, to a comprehensive shut down of non-essential workplaces, and strong guidelines on physical distancing, hygiene, and travel. …
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Session 1 – 10:00 – 11:30 A. Work and Organisations Video Has COVID19 changed our relationship to work? In this session, research around work, motivation and self-regulation in a crisis will be discussed, along with practitioner views of the challenges facing employees from different perspectives. Prof. Finian Buckley (DCU) SLIDESDr Deirdre O’Shea, (UL) SLIDESDr Nuala…
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The first case of Covid-19 was observed in Ireland on February 29th. In the past month, we have had unprecedented change in every aspect of Irish society. The response to the pandemic progressed from warnings to school and pub closures, to a comprehensive shut down of non-essential workplaces, and strong guidelines on physical distancing, hygiene, and travel. …
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A. Fiscal Policy Through The Crisis Video Dr. Stephen Kinsella (UL, Chair)Dr. Barra Roantree (ESRI),Minister Paschal Donohoe (Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform)Dr. Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government) B. Human Rights Video Covid-19 has pushed our most marginalised communities further into isolation – prisoners, people in social care settings, international protection applicants, Travellers,…
Continue Reading ...The first case of Covid-19 was observed in Ireland on February 29th. In the past month, we have had unprecedented change in every aspect of Irish society. The response to the pandemic progressed from warnings to school and pub closures, to a comprehensive shut down of non-essential workplaces, and strong guidelines on physical distancing, hygiene,…
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The first case of Covid-19 was observed in Ireland on February 29th. In the past month, we have had unprecedented change in every aspect of Irish society. The response to the pandemic progressed from warnings to school and pub closures, to a comprehensive shut down of non-essential workplaces, and strong guidelines on physical distancing, hygiene, and travel. …
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On-line Conference Announcement The first case of Covid-19 was observed in Ireland on February 29th. In the past month, we have had unprecedented change in every aspect of Irish society. The response to the pandemic progressed from warnings to school and pub closures, to a comprehensive shut down of non-essential workplaces, and strong guidelines on physical distancing,…
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