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 – Class Conflict in Literature: The Role of University Settings in Understanding Social Dynamics”
Category Archives: Research Projects
Research – Make It Up as You Go Along
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 – Make It Up as You Go Along “
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 – How did the digital LGBTQ+ community use nostalgia and social media to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic? (Kyle Ginsberg)
Article by Kyle Ginsberg (Laidlaw Scholar 2021, TSM English and Sociology) My research project investigated how the LGBTQ+ community on Twitter utilised nostalgia and social media to cope during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. By looking through tweets from March – August 2020, media consumption, social wellness, and lockdown fatigue can all be retrospectively analysed. FourContinue reading “Research – How did the digital LGBTQ+ community use nostalgia and social media to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic? (Kyle Ginsberg)”
Laidlaw Scholars at Trinity 