Event Program

9:30 am: Registration

10:00 am: Welcome to Event by Director of WIRI Eva Woods

10:10 am: First round of research talks chaired by Dr. Roisin McMackin

     Exploring Resilience in Education: English Language Teachers' Responses to Crisis-Induced Challenges for Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Education by Monireh Mokhtarzadeh

    The Role of Microglia, the Brain Immune Cells, in Sex Differences Seen in Alzheimer’s Disease by Anupa Sara Paulose

  The Iconography of the Cat in Early Modern Dutch Art by Claire Brasseur

  ‘A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small!’ The Chinese Translation of Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! and Children’s Literature in China by Caitríona Osborne

  From Love to Litigation: The Legal Fate of Embryos After Divorce by Natasha Richardson

  The Effect of Internal States on Olfactory Perception in Drosophila melanogaster by Katie Marquand

  The Mother Lode: An Examination of the Social Construction of Motherhood in Ireland Across Time by Roisin Freeney

  Speaking Out, Seeking Justice: Do Social Movements Influence Sexual Violence Responses? by Kim McLoughlin

  What’s the (Moynagh) Point? by Deborah Buchanan

11:05am: Coffee Break

11:15am: Keynote Speaker Professor Pat O'Connor

"Continuity or Change in Gendered Practices in Higher Education?" with Cathy Corcoran 

11:45am: Refreshment Break

12:10pm: Second round of research talks chaired by Julianna Aitken

  Cerebrovascular Haemodynamics in Individuals with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus by Emma Curtain

 Constraining Large Igneous Province Volcanism and Global Weathering Rates During Super-Greenhouse Climates by Giorgia Ballabio

  How Do Women Patients Experience Use of Electronic Medical Records? A “Jeevan Yapan” Perspective by Ayushi Tandon

  Mobilise: Low Carbon Futures and Energy Efficiency for Disadvantaged Communities by Michelle O'Keefe

  The Challenges of Generative Artificial Intelligence for the Female Research Supervisor by Angela Wright

  The Price of Performance: Economic Sustainability for Theatre and Performance in the 21st Century by Miriam Haughton

  The Impact of COVID-19 Visiting Restrictions on Families of Hospitalised Older Adults by Tracy McGuinness

  Policy Performance: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion in the Irish Insurance Sector by Sandra Nolan

1:15pm: Closing Remarks

1:30pm: Event Close