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LiA Project – Working with the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF)

Article by Shane Coleman Macken (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, English Literature and History) When conducting research within an academic setting, I have always found that research within the Arts and Humanities can often come across as conducted within a vacuum. In my disciplines of English Literature and History, my work is concerned with looking into theContinue reading “LiA Project – Working with the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF)”

LiA Project – Out of my comfort zone here’s what I learned

Article by Claire Morgan Busher (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, Ancient History, Archaeology and Latin) This summer, I was forced out of my comfort zone – here’s what I learned…! I have been an outsider in all the countries I have lived; ever the foreigner, the one learning to adapt and assimilate into cultures, rarely having aContinue reading “LiA Project – Out of my comfort zone here’s what I learned”

Summer 2 Leadership In Action Reflection – Investigating Nature-Based Solutions

Article by Bev Genockey (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, Zoology) My summer two work on my Laidlaw project was both exciting and challenging, and has presented me with great opportunities to engage with individuals and groups relevant to my research interests, as well as reaffirming my desire to extend my work in this research area beyond theContinue reading “Summer 2 Leadership In Action Reflection – Investigating Nature-Based Solutions”

LiA Project Reflection – Child Benefit Fiji

Article by Ben McConkey (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, PPES) My Summer 2 on the Laidlaw Programme was spent working with ThinkPacific, an NGO set up as a connecting body for a series of charities in Fiji. Typically, scholars would visit Fiji and help local communities on the ground, however this year the experience more too theContinue reading “LiA Project Reflection – Child Benefit Fiji”

Leadership In Action: Searching for Distant Supernovae

Article by Ana Sainz de Murieta (Laidlaw Scholar 2020, Theoretical Physics) At the end of last century measurements of distant exploding stars, or supernovae, showed us that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. This led to the discovery of dark energy. During my first summer of Laidlaw, I worked on a machine learningContinue reading “Leadership In Action: Searching for Distant Supernovae”

Laidlaw ’22 Cohort LEAD 1 & 2 Review

Article by Mia Brzakovic (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, Biomedical Engineering) On the 20th and 21st of June, the newly chosen Trinity Laidlaw cohort had a chance to meet each other and enjoy great workshops carefully chosen by the Career Service team. On the first day, we had an opportunity to listen to interesting sessions such asContinue reading “Laidlaw ’22 Cohort LEAD 1 & 2 Review”

Research – Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates

Article by Joe Linogao (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Engineering with Management) One of the main components of the Laidlaw Programme was the 6 weeks dedicated to the Summer research project. This, as is for many people, was the main appeal of the programme and I was super excited to get into researching. My project was titled,Continue reading “Research – Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates”

Research – The Development of Natural Sustainable Materials for CO2 Capture

Article by Aoife Donohoe (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Chemistry) This summer I spent 6 weeks working in a research lab and realized that I was exactly where I wanted to be. Since secondary school I knew I wanted to do something “sciencey” but was unsure about the exact career path I wanted to go down. ThisContinue reading “Research – The Development of Natural Sustainable Materials for CO2 Capture”

Research – Ionic Liquids: A novel green approach to the development of anti-inflammatory drugs

Article by Isabella Stein (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, Pharmacy) I’ve had six weeks of mayhem. Beautiful mayhem. Some things work, some things don’t. However, to quote The Mandalorian “This is the way”, and rightly so. The six weeks of research have flown. I find that when you are working in a lab-based environment you feel aContinue reading “Research – Ionic Liquids: A novel green approach to the development of anti-inflammatory drugs”

Research – Women as Survivors of Civil War Violence: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Spain

Article by Mairéad Butler (Laidlaw Scholar 2022, European Studies) One of the major things that I have learned over the course of the last six weeks of my Summer 1 research project was the importance of reflection. In this blog post I hope to give you an insight into my Laidlaw research journey thus farContinue reading “Research – Women as Survivors of Civil War Violence: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Spain”