School Seminar Series, 2025-26
The seminars are organised on behalf of the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice (SPSWSJ) and, where indicated, also in conjunction with the three School's research centres, Equality Studies Centre (ESC), Centre for Gender, Feminisms & Sexualities (CGFS) and the Centre for Japanese Studies (UCD-JaSt) as well as the UCD Geary Institute. If you have any queries please email Maureen.Lyons@ucd.ie.
More details on upcoming seminars for new academic year will appear here over the coming weeks
| EVENT |
DAY & DATE |
TIME |
LOCATION & MODE |
| Webinar: Rethinking Long-term Care for Older Adults: Ethics, Culture, and Innovation. (opens in a new window)Assoc. Prof. Naonori Kodate, (opens in a new window)Assoc. Prof. Sarah Donnelly "Assistive technologies, robotics and gerontological social work practice" . (opens in a new window)Prof. Liu Xiaoting. "Long-term care insurance initiatives, smart devices utilization and caregivers’ well-being in the nursing homes in China". (opens in a new window)Prof. Cheung Mei-chun. "Factors associated with intentions of older adults to use home-care robots in China".(opens in a new window)Dr. Che Run-ping. "A systematic review of the effectiveness and usability of care robots in supporting frail older adults in their daily lives". (opens in a new window)Dr. Ruan Yong-xin. "Systematic review of the effectiveness of group interventions with socially assistive robot for older adults. " For more information please email: (opens in a new window)Naonori.Kodate@ucd.ie |
5/09/2025 (Fri.) |
08:30 -10:15 |
Format: Webinar via Zoom Language: English |
| (opens in a new window)Prof. Alison Phipps, Honorary professor at the Department of Sociology, University of York, UK. "The Coloniality of Sexual Violence". Pease register in advance at this(opens in a new window)link. For more information please email: (opens in a new window)Dorota.Szelewa@ucd.ie |
10/09/2025 |
16:00 -17:00 |
Room A201, Hanna-Sheehy Skeffington Building, UCD Belfield Campus. |
| (opens in a new window)Dr. Laura Garbes, Sociologist/Asst. Prof. at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA. Listeners like Who? Examining Public Radio's White Racial Organisat. Structure" Co-sponsored By: UCD School of Information & Communication Studies and UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. Registration details at this (opens in a new window)link For more information please email: (opens in a new window)ieva.zumbyte@ucd.ie |
16/09/2025 |
13:00-14:00 |
Room D101, UCD Newman Building, Belfield Campus. |
| (opens in a new window)Dr. Iñigo (opens in a new window)Aldama Castaño, Postdoctoral Researcher, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Investigating Social Rights Access by Non-Private Household Sub-Groups in European Welfare Regimes For more information please email: (opens in a new window)matthew.donoghue@ucd.ie |
23/09/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | Room B115, UCD Quinn School of Business, Belfield Campus. |
| Topic: Caring for Robots (CARO) - Two half day seminars exploring how AI and robotics are transforming healthcare. This includes a discussion of how these technologies address the care deficit, support disabilities, and enhance ageing care, while considering the ethical challenges they bring, such as privacy and AI transparency. Learn how robots and AI are reshaping ideas of good care and the values influencing healthcare practices. Summary: Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics into health and social care heralds a new era of innovation, promising streamlined work processes, and improved patient care. Robotics and AI can make positive contributions in policy and practice, dealing with the care deficit, empowerment of people with disabilities, vulnerable users, and an ageing population. However, this technological revolution is accompanied by intricate ethical implications that demand meticulous consideration. At these two half-day seminars, we will discuss the challenges, assets and pitfalls of care systems for the future. The focus of the seminar is to explore how ideas of good care reconfigure along with the use of robots and other advanced technology. We will not just discuss a good fit between technology and people but also elicit how this application brings controversies and influences values and practices. Speakers include: (opens in a new window)Assoc. Prof. Naonori Kodate, UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice. (opens in a new window)Prof. Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen Professor, Automatization of care, user involvement and learning. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, USN. (opens in a new window)Prof. Hilde Thygesen, Professor, Dementia care, Care Practice, Ethics. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-eastern Norway (USN). (opens in a new window)Yurie Maeda, Ph.D Student, UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice | Department of Business Technologies Retail and Supply Chain, Technological University Dublin. (opens in a new window)Dr Vivek Nallur, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UCD School of Computer Science. (opens in a new window)Berk Zafer, Ph.D Candidate, NetwellCASALA | Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). Please register in advance at this (opens in a new window)link: For more information please email: (opens in a new window)Naonori.Kodate@ucd.ie |
Day 1: 25/09/2025 Day 2: 26/09/2025 |
13:00-16:00 09:30-12:00 |
UCD Village, Meeting Room No. 5, Belfield Campus. |
Listeners like Who? Examining Public Radio's White Racial Organisat. Structure