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Applications are now open for two Ad Astra Fellow posts (5-year tenure track) in Environmental Politics and Global Governance.
Closing Date: 21 February

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SPIRe Student Awards

Congratulations to SPIRe's Award Winners for 2023-24!

BSc Computational Social Science Students Wins Runner-Up for Technical Excellence

A team of five second-year BSc Computational Social Science students from University College Dublin has secured Runner-Up for Technical Excellence.

Spring 2025 Seminar Series

All seminars are on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the SPIRe boardroom, F301 Newman.

Dr Vincent Durac's Opinions on the Israel and Hamas Conflict in The Irish Times

Dr Lucia Tiscornia was the Finalist in UCD Research Impact Competition

IMPACT CASE STUDY: Understanding the behaviour of criminal gangs and influencing policymaking

Stefan Müller highly commended in Early Career Researcher of the Year Awards

Dr Stefan Müller was highly commended in the Early Career Researcher of the Year (IRC Legacy) Awards 2024, while Dr Krishna Vadlamannati was recognised as a “Research Ally”.

SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024

SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024 has just been published.