UCD Geary Institute
Irish Universities Study
Seminars/Events
Seminars/Events

The Geary Institute runs an active seminar programme and organises multiple events around research projects that take place in the Institute. Below are seminars and events taking place in the Institute that are relevant to the Irish Universities Study.

(In Reverse Order)

November 14th, 2008. Charles Larkin, Trinity College Dublin, "Governance, the Irish Education System and Innovation". 
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September 9th 2008. Michael Coehli (University of Melbourne). "Returns to Education in Australia"

15th April 2008: Geary Conference on Higher Education Research  

18th March 2008: Vani Booroah (QUB). Comparing Levels of Job Satisfaction in the Countries of Western and Eastern Europe

 

5th February 2008:  Matthias Parey (University College London) “Maternal Education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents”.

 

December 10th 2007 (4pm), Dr. Liam Delaney, "Oveview of Higher Education Research at UCD Geary Institute".

 

2nd November 2007, James Heckman (Chicago) “Economics and Psychology of Personality”  

 

23rd October 2007: Sylke Schnepf, (Southampton) "Educational inequalities of immigrant children in industrialised countries"  

 

25th October 2007: Robert T. Michael (University of Chicago) "Child's reading and math skills, the influence of family caring"

 

May 25th (11am), 2007, Martin Ryan and Liam Delaney, UCD Geary Institute. "Anchoring Vignettes and Mental Health - Evidence from a Survey of College Students

March 20th, 2007, Leon Feinstein, University of London. "Inequality in Human Development in the UK: The Role of Education".

March 27th, 2007, Emla Fitzsimmons, Institute for Fiscal Studies. TBC

November 2nd 2006, Martin Ryan, Geary Institute, UCD. "Participation in Higher Education in Ireland - Evidence from the Household Budget Survey".

October 26th, 2006, Jane Williams, The SIA Group. ''Some considerations on conducting research for the state sector''.