Conference on shaping public policy on the challenges ahead. Flagship event of UCD Economics Society But can we afford not to? If so, we’d better Think Big.
Thinking Big is a one and a half day forum on some of the greatest challenges of this century. It features talks and panel discussions on energy sustainability, climate change, global food security and planning development. Workshops focus on the impending Pensions Crisis, Water Scarcity and Irish integration within the EU. Thinking Big seeks to inform delegates, provide potential solutions and to
Don't forget, Positive Equity and UCD Economics Society are running a trading event this afternoon at 3pm in the Fitzgerald Chamber. Do not miss out on this valuable oppurtunity. Link to the event is: Trading Event with Positive Equity. Click going to launch your career as a trader! Here is a fantastic video put together by Positive Equity as a taster...
23/08/2015
The 10 Friendliest (and Unfriendliest) Cities in the World "Like nowhere else in Europe," this world's most northerly capital city is "an eye-opening experience as to the Icelanders' ability to make the most of an inhospitable climate" with their "deep sense of culture, intellect, sophistication, and friendliness." &quo…
04/08/2015
"As a society we have, over the past 40 years or so, made it easier and cheaper to be less healthy."
An interesting piece by Jeanne Teshler on how a healthy lifestyle can be encouraged through incentives and marketing strategies.
How Did We Get So Fat And Is There Hope? Illustration by Yuri Teshler with image © iStock.com/angelhell While I will be writing on Forbes mostly about the technology and the Human Internet of Things (HIoT) in health and wellness, I thought it was really important to get at the fundamental reasons we are so fat. Earlier, I wrote an article…
09/07/2015
http://www.boredpanda.com/bicycle-escalator-cyclocable-trondheim-norway/
Norway Has World’s First Bike Escalator Bicycling is a cheap and healthy way to get around, but a steep hill can become a casual cyclist's Achilles' heel. Luckily, the Norwegian city of Trondheim has a solution to this problem – a bike escalator.
05/06/2015
Renouned behavoural economist speaking at the Dalkey book Festival next week. Thanks to Fergal McGovern for pointing out!
Dan Ariely: The Honest Truth About Why We Lie - Zurich Dalkey Book Festival Ticketsolve is ticketing in your hands, with complete control over your ticketing operations, both online and at your box office.
05/06/2015
They're Rethinking Equality in a New Age of Inequality at the RIA next Wednesday. Well worth going to:
Professor Pierre Rosanvallon, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Politics, Collège de France will be here on Wednesday 10th of June at 6pm to discuss "Rethinking equality in a new age of inequality".
He will be talking about the crisis in the very notion of as a key factor of the present incapacity to seriously challenge inequalities. And propose a new direction for understanding equality issues.
Booking is essential for this event. Order your ticket here: http://ria.ie/events/events-listing/academy-discourse-(3)
Royal Irish Academy | Events | Events Listing | Academy Discourse The Royal Irish Academy, the academy for the sciences and humanities for the whole of Ireland will vigorously promote excellence in scholarship, recognise achievements in learning, direct research programmes and undertake its own research projects, particularly in areas relating to Ireland and its h…
18/05/2015
Climate Change ... on Mars.
The latest public lecure by the UCD Earth Institute taking place in the RIA.
http://www.ucd.ie/earth/newsevents/events/titlestory,236611,en.html
08/04/2015
'The only organism that can curb climate change is us' – Prof Jennifer McElwain, UCD With climate change being one of the dominant issues facing our planet right now, Professor Jennifer McElwain is working with the UCD Earth Institute by looking to the past to talk about our climate future.
03/04/2015
Designing Private Cities, Open to All How the company town offers an alternative model of urban development.
13/07/2015