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World Top 100 by Subject 2024
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World Top 100 by Subject 2024

SPIRe ranks in the QS top 100 in Politics

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What is Politics & International Relations?
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What is Politics & International Relations?

Why Study Politics & International Relations at UCD?

Associate Professor Joseph Lacey and a current student Joey McDonald explain.

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Publications by SPIRe Staff
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Publications by SPIRe Staff

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UCD 49th in the world and No 1 in Ireland for sustainability
UCD 49th in the world and No 1 in Ireland for sustainability

UCD has been playing a direct role in the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, ... through the advocacy of Prof Patrick Paul Walsh.

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Teaching Excellence & 10 year Long Service Awards
Teaching Excellence & 10 year Long Service Awards

Dr James Cross has won the Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr James Cross & Dr Alexander Dukalskis have received the 10-year Long Service Award.
UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2025 31Jan
UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2025

Applications now open!!
Deadline: Friday 31st January 2025
Dave Banks has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize
Dave Banks has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize

A SPIRe PhD student, Dave Banks, has been awarded the 2024 Basil Chubb Prize, an annual award to recognise the best PhD politics thesis in Ireland.
In memoriam: Tom Garvin MRIA
In memoriam: Tom Garvin MRIA

"His lively irreverence as much as the astonishingly wide range of his knowledge stimulated many generations of students"
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024
SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024

SPIRe Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2024 has just been published.

Autumn 2024 Seminar Series
Autumn 2024 Seminar Series

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