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ISSP/NESC Conference 11th May 2016 - Eventbrite registration now open

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A day conference organised by the Irish Social Sciences Platform (ISSP)
in collaboration with the National Economic and Social Council (NESC)

Which Path Ahead? Perspectives on Policy from Irish Social Science*

Conference Venue: Atrium, Department of Justice
Date: 11th May 2016

Since 2008, Ireland has experienced a painful period of recession and austerity as the country sought to deal with the wider consequences of the national and international fiscal crisis in the property and banking sectors. During these years there has been a great deal of reflection on the reasons why Ireland’s economy and society was so vulnerable to the fiscal crisis and the effects that certain policy choices during the economic boom of 1995-2008 may have had on the likelihood and depth of the subsequent crash. More urgently still, Ireland’s history of a series of recoveries from crisis has always lead back to a new, different crisis. How might this cycle be broken?

One force that be mobilised to help design a better and stronger recovery and avoid ‘the next crisis’ is the high quality social science research undertaken in Ireland. Historically, the research which is produced is only partially integrated into the policy development process and ongoing engagement between researchers and policy makers can be weak or inconsistent.

On the 11th of May, 2016, The Irish Social Science Platform in collaboration with the National Economic and Social Council will hold a day-long conference which will showcase ten outstanding pieces of Irish social science research which have important policy implications. A series of research papers exploring the policy options available in Ireland, in key areas, will be presented. In the process, the potential for new research collaborations and networks can be explored.

For further details and registration please follow the link below:

https://isspnescconference.eventbrite.ie/

The audience will be composed of academics, policy makers, politicians, NGO’s, community groups and professionals from across diverse range of areas, all with the aim of enriching engagement and bringing new insights and empirical analysis to bear on complex public policy issues. Papers for the conference that reflect current and recent research being conducted in Social Science disciplines are invited, including from researchers located in social science research institutes in Ireland, such as:

  • The Whitaker Institute, NUIG
  • Institute for Life Course and Society, NUIG
  • The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) and the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MU-SSI), MU
  • The Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21), UCC
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
  • The Geary Institute, UCD
  • The Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning (ISEP), QUB
  • University of Limerick
  • DCU
  • CRISP, Sligo IT

Information about the ISSP:

ISSP is an island of Ireland platform of integrated social science research and graduate education focusing on the social, cultural, economic and spatial transformations affecting Ireland in the 21st Century.

The initiative was funded to the order of €16.5 million by the Higher Education Authority under the Fourth Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions. Today the platform brings together 11 institutions and over 19 disciplines in the social sciences.

The ISSP partners are Queen’s University Belfast, Maynooth University, NUI Galway, University College Cork, Dublin City University, Sligo Institute of Technology, Mary Immaculate College, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and University of Limerick.

The platform aims to develop and give visibility to Irish social science in the national and international context through events, advocacy work, networking, policy submissions and funded research.

Website: www.issplatform.ie

Conference co-ordinators:

Profesor Sean O Riain, ISSP/MU

Professor Richard Layte, ISSP/TCD

Professor Linda Connolly, ISSP

Dr. Rory O’Donnell, NESC

* Advance booking is essential for this event