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30 Jun 2025
Dr Julius-Cezar Macarie's project NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT receives Research Ireland Pathway Programme award
Congratulations to Dr Julius- Cezar Macarie, Department of Sociology & Criminology, Collective Social Futures and ISS21 who is one of six early stage researchers at UCC to receive a Research Ireland Pathway Programme award announced last week by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD. For full details on the award announcement to Dr Macarie's project NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT: A Synthesis of Contemporary CapitalismS Across Nightshift Cities, and the other awards across UCC, visit €3.8m funding awarded to six UCC early career researchers in Research Ireland Pathway Programme awards
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05 Jun 2025
Migration, Place/making and Belonging Conference
The ISS21 Migration and Integration Research Cluster hosted a two-day conference on the themes of migration, place/making and belonging on 5-6 June 2025.
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02 May 2025
Community or Custody?
Seminar hosted by the ISS21 Crime and Social Harm Research Cluster.
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04 Apr 2025
Marketisation of Care: Current and Emerging Approaches
On Friday 4th April the ISS21 SHAPE and CARE21 research clusters hosted a seminar on the marketisation of care and emerging approaches to care.
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