SPIRe Seminar Series Programme - Autumn 2025
All seminars are on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the SPIRe boardroom, F301 Newman.
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep | Monika de Silva (University of Gothenburg) | The stigma of European colonialism in EU's external relations |
| 17-Sep | Emine Ay (Dublin City University) | The Politics of Denunciations in Authoritarian Hybrid Regimes: State Control and Citizen Participation in Turkey |
| 24-Sep | Farsan Ghassim (UCD) | How the world wants to be governed: International public opinion on global issues and governance |
| 1-Oct | Sara M. Hassan (Cranfield University) | Integrating ESG into SME Strategy: A Framework for Overcoming Barriers in Innovation-Driven Enterprises |
| 8-Oct | Elisa D'Amico (UCD) | From Drought to Dispute in the DRC: Climate’s Role in Resource Wars |
| 15-Oct | Pauline Cullen (Maynooth University) | Pathways to Political Candidacy for Minoritized Women in Ireland : From Exclusion to Inclusion |
| 22-Oct | Aykut Ozturk (Glasgow University) | Keep Positive and Defend Democracy: Building Democratic Support Under Authoritarianism |
| 5-Nov | Matti Ylönen (University of Helsinki) | From exchange of access goods to power resources: Conceptualizing Big Tech lobbying in the European Union |
| 12-Nov | David Farrell & Jos Dornschneider-Elkink (UCD) | The differing impacts of knowledge of citizens’ assemblies on referendum outcomes: A difficult Irish case |
| 19-Nov | Volkan Yilmaz (Ulster University) | What does a longue durée lens reveal about the politics of healthcare reform? The Turkish Health Transformation Programme (2003–2023) |
| 26-Nov | Lucas de Melo Prado (UCD) | How Liberal Are Political Elites in Western Democracies? An Assessment of Electoral Discourses of Inequality in the USA and Brazil |