Early DIAS European Collaboration
Through its early international collaborations, DIAS strengthened Ireland’s academic standing by introducing expertise and methods that would have taken fair longer to develop domestically alone. The following slides highlight some of DIAS' collaborations in France, Italy, Austria and Sweden.
School of Theoretical Physics - Vienna
Walter E. Thirring
Walter E. Thirring was an Austrian physicist who made major contributions to quantum field theory and mathematical physics. After receiving his PhD in 1949, Thirring spent the next few years touring various research institutions across Europe including a period spent at DIAS. DIAS maintained links to the Vienna theoretical physics community through cross-channel exchanges of manuscripts, critiques, visitors and Schrödinger’s intellectual network.
James P.Carney
James P. Carney was an internationally respected Irish scholar of early Irish literature, early medieval history, and Celtic philology. Carney was one of the School of Celtic Studies’ most influential early scholars and later Professor. He was appointed ‘Visiting Professor in Irish Studies’ at Uppsala Universitet in 1950 which marked the beginning of close academic ties between Ireland and Sweden in the fields of comparative Indo-European philology and Irish Folklore.
The Strasbourg Seismological Institute (various researchers)
DIAS’ geophysics teams exchanged data and methods with the Strasbourg observatory, a major European seismological hub. This collaboration with French geomagnetic observatory scientists led the way to later collaborations on magnetometer calibration and long-baseline comparisons.
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Through its early international collaborations, DIAS strengthened Ireland’s academic standing by introducing expertise and methods that would have taken fair longer to develop domestically. The following slides highlight some of DIAS' collaborations.
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