Clodagh Harris

Research Ireland Public Service Fellowship The Research Ireland Public Service Fellowship is an initiative which offers researchers a unique opportunity to be temporarily seconded to Government Depart...

Applications are open for the Research Ireland Public Service Fellowship. This initiative offers researchers the chance to be seconded into Government Departments to work on impactful projects. Dr Kristin Anderson, @uniofgalway.bsky.social, shares her experience: https://pulse.ly/gogtaolhxx

Mary Robinson and U2 to receive European Order of Merit Former president Mary Robinson and U2 are to be among the 20 first recipients of the European Order of Merit.

Former president Mary Robinson and U2 are to be among the 20 first recipients of the European Order of Merit www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

2 two-year postdocs on children’s political socialization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥

Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk
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Researchers Discover Catastrophic Litter Levels in the Mediterranean's Deepest Point A submarine dove 5,112 meters into the Mediterranean and uncovered a catastrophic plastic waste crisis.

Researchers from the University of Barcelona took a submarine to Calypso Deep off the coast of Greece and found “26,715 items of litter per square kilometer at the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea, with plastic making up nearly 90% of the debris.”

Fun fact: no Trump fought in any of the major wars of the 20th or 21st century.

That must be some kind of record.

Home heating retrofit targets unlikely to be met - ESRI A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute has found that Ireland is significantly behind, and unlikely to meet, the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan for decarbonising resi...

A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute has found that Ireland is significantly behind, and unlikely to meet, the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan for decarbonising residential heat

Where did the ball go?

This article reviews the rapidly growing literature on how corruption affects climate change mitigation, focusing on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the preservation of carbon sinks. Analyzing 200 studies, we argue that corruption hampers mitigation, i.e. increases emissions, and worsens the storage capacity of sinks through deforestation and overfishing. Reducing corruption is vital to successfully combat global warming, because corruption makes climate policies less ambitious in their formulation and less effective when they are implemented due to low rule compliance. The findings of the studies in our sample were established through various types of data, research designs, and methods. We mapped trends in this literature and highlight points of disagreement. Importantly, we suggest that research moves beyond using country-level indicators because of the limitations of such data. We propose several critical avenues for a future research agenda to further understand the linkages between corruption and climate change mitigation.

New review article!

The impact of corruption on climate change mitigation: a review article by Aksel Sundström, Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers & Marina Povitkina.

@mpovitkina.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2621602

The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work.

'A report by the Museum of Art in Public Spaces showed that 484 monuments in Denmark depict historically significant men, while only 43 are of women. Beyond statues of actual people, over 120 public sculptures are female nudes.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...

305 Day - our slogan is ‘Civic Pride Through Biodiversity’ and today we celebrate Miami, an incomparable city harboring manatees and other marine megafauna in its midst. Don’t take it for granted! Today we were graced by this absolute unit of a manatee!! 🤩〰️🐮〰️🌇 #305day #coralcitycamera

Boomer alert 🚨

But coming from Europe 📱 📢
this Japanese train sign is 🎯 🇯🇵 ❤️

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

Cork City Council to Give Away 5,000 Free Native Trees This Weekend Cork City Council is giving away 5,000 free native trees at three city locations on 9 and 11 March as part of National Tree Week 2026.

Cork City Council is giving away 5,000 free native trees at three city locations on 9 and 11 March as part of National Tree Week 2026. csalert.ie/y1nQjG

Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

😵‍💫 '24% of gen Z men think women should not appear too independent or self-sufficient, compared with 12% of baby boomer men' but also 'gen Z men were also the group most likely to believe women who have a successful career were more attractive to men' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The Government has missed its target for new-build social housing in 2025 – the construction target was 10,000, but Minister James Browne has told Labour's Conor Sheehan in the Dáil this morning that the total construction figure was 9,089. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Twelve women leading on climate action despite the headwinds It’s been a tough year for anyone working on the climate agenda. The Trump Administration’s repeal of the endangerment finding, the legal underpinning of U.S. climate regulation, was a coup de grace, after a litany of regulatory cuts and other moves to remove any impediment to unfettered fossil fuel development in the world’s largest economy.

Twelve women leading on climate action despite the headwinds reut.rs/3NjgswY

Policy-specific information and voter competence in direct democracy: Panel evidence from Danish EU referendums | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Policy-specific information and voter competence in direct democracy: Panel evidence from Danish EU referendums

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#VoterCompetence in direct democracy

Jannik Fenger looks at 4 Danish EU referendums to find out whether #Voters are more aware of policy during campaigns, and does this help with informed choices? ↔️

The scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’ Pregnant women prisoners are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

The scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’

Ballymore to Buenos Aires: Spotlight on Midlands links From Ballymore to Buenos Aires: For around 100 years, there was large-scale emigration from Ireland to Argentina.

This is basically my family story. My grandfather was born in Argentina then moved back to rural Longford as a child

But I hadn’t realised that the Longford Argentinians were responsible for Peron!

www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Galway Co Co asks public to record frog sightings Galway County Council's Biodiversity Office is asking members of the public to help record sightings of the common frog across Co Galway.

Galway County Council's Biodiversity Office is asking members of the public to help record sightings of the common frog across Co Galway

Research on the global climate movement underlines the importance of learning and diffusion processes for adopting similar master frames and movement tactics. At the same time, participation research suggests regionally different patterns of mobilisation and protest behaviour. Due to different historical socialisation processes, Western and Eastern European citizens show differences in political activity despite some signs of convergence. This article examines the sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes of climate activists from Eastern and Western Europe. Using protest surveys of Fridays for Future participants in 15 Western and Eastern European countries, we show significant differences between them. Western European climate activists tend to have stronger leftist attitudes, while in Eastern Europe apolitical stances are more common along with higher confidence in market solutions to solve environmental problems. Such differences are likely to affect the cohesion and success of the global climate movement.

New article!

Differences within global movements: insights from FFF climate protests in Western and Eastern Europe by Aron Buzogány, Dániel Mikecz & Piotr Kocyba.

@buzogany.bsky.social @piotrkocyba.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2623726

This thought will leave you in a serene state of mindlessness

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Colleges to be asked to cut on-campus days to ease student accommodation crisis Government to ask third-level institutions to condense students’ time on campus to minimise the number of commuting days

Student numbers have increased dramaticaly without any corresponding increaase in physical facilities for teaching etc, making timetabling impossible... and now the Govt wants universities to condense timetables because of accommodation shortsges. Go figure.

www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Congratulations to wonderful colleague @claireconnolly.bsky.social on her new book, Irish Romanticism: A Literary History, launched this evening by @jfcryan.bsky.social, VP for Research & Innovation @ucc.ie, and Prof. Clair Wills, King Edward VII Prof. of English Literature at Cambridge.

Please get him off LinkedIn...

Kathy Sheridan: Double standards in evidence over the Seamus Culleton case are hard to take We demand special treatment for our own while enacting laws that are all about ejecting immigrants with greater speed

Kathy Sheridan: Double standards in evidence over the Seamus Culleton case are hard to take

Ireland No. 1 in Europe - yet again. GHGs rose faster (+3.2%) in Ireland in Q3 2025 than ANYWHERE else in Europe.

#Climate action, my eye.

Missing climate goals risks significant fine, cttee told An Oireachtas committee has heard that Ireland will struggle to meet its national and EU obligations on climate, leading to "a significant call on the public purse".

An Oireachtas committee has heard that Ireland will struggle to meet its national and EU obligations on climate, leading to "a significant call on the public purse"

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is