Archive for the ‘Talks & Debates’ Category

  • May 15

    Dublin’s Garden Birds
    with Niall Hatch

    Niall Hatch, of Birdwatch Ireland, Ireland’s largest wildlife charity, will be talking about the birds…

  • May 12

    Dublin’s Rich Scientific Heritage by Enda Leaney

    This lecture from Enda Leaney presents a neglected aspect of Dublin’s cultural history, i.e. the popularisation of science among the general public during the Victorian era. Dubliners became, in the words of one observer, ‘all agog for science’ through highly extravagant exhibitions, scientific displays, and public lectures. For Dubliners, a weekend trip to a museum [...]

  • May 09

    Futureproof at the movies

    The show is a fresh take on how…

  • May 05

    Physics High Flyers

    The Institute of Physics in Ireland (IOPI) are proud to announce

  • May 02

    Wildlife in Dublin City
    with Éanna Ní Lamhna

    Join Eanna Ni Lamhna for a talk on Dublin’s Wildlife…

  • Apr 20

    ISTA’s
    50th Annual Conference

    Facilitating dialogue in science education…

  • Apr 19

    Debating Science Issues All-Ireland Finals

    Debating Science Issues is a cross-border schools science debating competition…

  • Apr 13

    How they split the atom and brought the news to the world

    This event marks the 80th anniversary of the ‘splitting of the atom’

  • Mar 28

    Mini Med School Open Lecture Series

    Mini Med School Open Lecture Series….

  • Mar 10

    Today’s Women In Science

    A panel of women scientists discuss their work and experiences working in the science community in Ireland. Participants will come from a variety of scientific backgrounds and professions. Chaired by Dr. Fiona Bligh, who is the programme manager with Centre for Women in Science & Engineering Research (WiSER) Guests are: Professor Máire Cassidy, State Pathologist Professor Tia E [...]

  • Mar 09

    Social Change Through Experimental Design

    As Associate Professor of Visual Art and Director of xDesign Environmental Health Clinic at New York University, Natalie Jeremijenko blends art, engineering, environmentalism, biochemistry and more to create real-life experiments that enable social change. She speaks at Science Gallery on March 8th as part of the SFI Speaker Series. Jeremijenko is an artist whose background includes studies in biochemistry, [...]

  • Mar 07

    Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink

    This is a free public event as part of ….

  • Mar 07

    Dr Dorothy Price

    Dr Dorothy Price: the scientific approach to tackling tuberculosis in Ireland,1930-1960 Tuberculosis was arguably Ireland’s greatest public health problem in the first half of the twentieth century. This talk will focus on the work of Dr Dorothy Price, a Dublin-based paediatrician and international expert on childhood tuberculosis. Dr Price was an advocate of the use [...]

  • Mar 06

    Detecting climate change impacts on plants and animals

    An evening of talks by international and national guest speakers exploring the impact that climate change is having on plants and animals: The National Botanic Gardens: Signs of change – Matthew Jebb (National Botanic Gardens) Global impacts of climate change on the biosphere – Martin Parry (Imperial College London) The effects of changing climate on [...]

  • Mar 06

    Ingenious Irishwomen

    Meet Maude Delap who solved the puzzle of jellyfish, Annie Maunder who travelled the world chasing solar eclipses, Kathleen Lonsdale who discovered a new form of diamond and Alicia Boole Stott who created shapes in four dimensions. Just some of our historic Irish women scientists – you can learn a little of their lives and [...]