AWARDS AND PRIZES IN 2019/2020
PROFESSOR KAREN TILL AND PROFESSOR PHILIPP ROSEMANN ELECTED TO ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY
PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND PETER SAVILLE AWARD
PROFESSOR KAREN TILL AND PROFESSOR PHILIPP ROSEMANN
DR NUALA WHELAN
Professor Karen Till, Department of Geography and Professor Philipp Rosemann, Department of Geography
Professor Karen Till and Professor Philipp Rosemann were accepted to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). Professors Till and Rosemann were among the 29 new members admitted by Dr Mary Canning, President of the Academy. Membership of the RIA is awarded to persons who have attained the highest distinction by their unique contributions to education and research. Professor Till, Professor of Cultural Geography, is a leading international figure in the interdisciplinary field of Memory Studies through her scholarly explorations of place, memory and care, and her collaborations with practicing artists. Her research, curatorial work and creative writing include: The New Berlin, Mapping Spectral Traces, The Textures of Place and the forthcoming co-edited book series Earth Writings. Professor Rosemann, Professor of Philosophy, has won recognition for his work at the intersection of the Christian tradition and contemporary thought. His publications include studies of Thomas Aquinas and Peter Lombard. His most recent book, Charred root of meaning: continuity, transgression, and the other in Christian tradition (Eerdmans Publishing, 2018), develops a philosophy of religion that is at once biblical and Foucauldian.
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Dr Nuala Whelan, Department of Sociology and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)
Dr Nuala Whelan (MUSSI and Department of Sociology) has been awarded the prestigious Division of Work and Organisational Psychology (DWOP) Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Early Career Researcher Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology. The award comprises the Peter Saville medal, the award certificate and a €2,000 research or career development bursary. The award is for Dr Whelan’s work titled What works and for whom in Employment Services: the case for a Capability-led Work-Life Inspired Public Employment Guidance Service. This work has been developed through the Irish Research Council (IRC) funded Coalesce ACAPES project, A Collaborative Approach to Public Employment Services. The project is led by Principal Investigator, Professor Mary P Murphy (Department of Sociology), and based in Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute.
