[Research Project] Class Conflict in Literature: The Role of University Settings in Understanding Social Dynamics (Mairead Maguire)

Article by Mairead Maguire (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, History and Political Science) The title of my research project is ‘Class Conflict in Literature: The Role of University Settings in Understanding Social Dynamics’. Through my analysis of three fictional texts, as well as my studying of existing research on the realities of class and education, I endeavouredContinue reading “[Research Project] Class Conflict in Literature: The Role of University Settings in Understanding Social Dynamics (Mairead Maguire)”

[Research Project] How did Covid-19 affect asylum seeking? (Beatrice Pistola)

Article by Beatrice Pistola (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilizations) I am a second year student in Trinity College Dublin studying Middle Eastern, Jewish and Islamic Civilisations and I am a member of the 2022 Laidlaw cohort in my university. My research project is about the impact of Covid-19 on the ‘EuropeanContinue reading “[Research Project] How did Covid-19 affect asylum seeking? (Beatrice Pistola)”

[Research Project] Why Exotic Matter Really Matters? (Sarah Tobin McGovern)

Article by Sarah Tobin McGovern (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, Theoretical Physics) My research project was titled “Exotic Matter: What can we understand about exotic states of matter and their properties under the strong interaction?” I carried it out under the supervision of Prof Sinéad Ryan with the School of Maths. The project aimed to use aContinue reading “[Research Project] Why Exotic Matter Really Matters? (Sarah Tobin McGovern)”

[Leadership-in-Action Project] The Development of Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Pulmonary Disease States Associated with Excess Mucus (Lucija Sili)

Article by Lucija Sili (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, Pharmacy) In Summer 2 of the Laidlaw Programme I have the opportunity to expand upon my pharmaceutical research from the previous Summer as part of the ‘In-field application of research’ component of the Leadership-in-Action (LIA). My objective this summer was to lead a more challenging project which wouldContinue reading “[Leadership-in-Action Project] The Development of Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Pulmonary Disease States Associated with Excess Mucus (Lucija Sili)”

[Leadership-in-Action Project] Getting to know Fiji! (Janina Knörzer)

Article by Janina Knörzer (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, History) It is a warm summer day. The sun is shining bright. I find myself in front of my laptop in the living room, which will be my “office” for the next few weeks. On the other side of the world in Fiji, it is a hot dayContinue reading “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Getting to know Fiji! (Janina Knörzer)”

[Research Project] Make It Up as You Go Along (Éamon Ó Catháin) 

Article by Éamon Ó Catháin (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Environmental science) You won’t know what to do until you start doing it. So the only logical thing to do is to begin. Then you can make sense of it afterwards.   During the summer of 2021 I carried out a research project in which I measured theContinue reading “[Research Project] Make It Up as You Go Along (Éamon Ó Catháin) “