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 “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Working with the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (Shane Coleman Macken)”
Category Archives: Laidlaw Scholars Projects
[Leadership-in-Action Project] Out of my comfort zone, here’s what I learned (Claire Morgan Busher)
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 “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Out of my comfort zone, here’s what I learned (Claire Morgan Busher)”
[Leadership-in-Action Project] Investigating Nature-Based Solutions (Bev Genockey)
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 “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Investigating Nature-Based Solutions (Bev Genockey)”
[Leadership-in-Action Project] Child Benefit Fiji (Ben McConkey)
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 “[Leadership-in-Action Project] Child Benefit Fiji (Ben McConkey)”
[Leadership-in-Action Project] Searching for Distant Supernovae (Ana Sainz de Murieta)
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 Project] Searching for Distant Supernovae (Ana Sainz de Murieta)”
[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)”
[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) “
[Research Project] Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates (Joe Linogao)
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 Project] Automatic Counting of Heterogeneous Bacteria Colonies on Contact Plates (Joe Linogao)”
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