UCD Newman Centre Membership
UCD Newman Centre for the Study of Religions is based in UCD School of Philosophy but has associate members from across the different Schools and Colleges in UCD, including Archaeology, English, History, Sociology, Social Justice, and Politics and International Relations (SPIRE). The Centre also has members from other Irish universities including DCU, Maynooth University, and Trinity College Dublin. The Centre's Advisory Board has members from different UCD Schools as well as other Irish universities and external stakeholders.
If you are interested in joining the Centre as an associate member, please email the Director at daniel.deasy@ucd.ie.
Chair of the Advisory Board
Dermot Moran (Professor Emeritus, UCD).
Director
Daniel Esmonde Deasy (Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCD): Director; Project Leader for Newman Studies and Religion & Science.
Project Leaders
Angelo Bottone (Newman Trust & Society): Project Co-Leader for Newman Studies.
Dragos Calma (Associate Professor, UCD School of Philosophy): Project Leader for Neoplatonism and Abrahamic Faiths (2018-2023).
Joseph Cohen (Associate Professor, UCD School of Philosophy): Project Leader for Jewish Thought and Contemporary Philosophy.
Maeve Cooke (Full Professor, UCD School of Philosophy): Project Co-Leader for Religion & Society.
Daniel Esmonde Deasy (Associate Professor, UCD School of Philosophy): Director; Project Co-Leader for Newman Studies and Religion & Science.
Áine Mahon (Assistant Professor, UCD School of Education): Project Leader, Newman's Philosophy of Education.
Katherine O'Donnell (Professor of Philosophy, UCD): Project Co-Leader for Religion & Society.
Researchers
Cathy Darling (MA in Philosophy): Newman Studies Researcher.
Cosmas Iyamu (PhD in the Philosophy of Education): Newman Studies Researcher.
Dr. Francesco Quatrini (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow): Religion and Society Researcher.