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Fossil Fuel Interests in Environmental and Climate Policy: Evidence of Influence and Institutionalised Participation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)Do fossil fuel interest groups and companies engage in systematic participation in institutions of state-society relations such as public consultations in pursuit of policy influence in the area of environment and climate? ... -
Foundational Grounding and Creaturely Freedom
(2021)The argument from contingency for the existence of God is best understood as a request for an explanation of the total sequence of causes and effects in the universe (‘History’ for short). Many puzzles about how there could ... -
Four Categories - and More
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A Framework for Pension Policy Analysis in Ireland: PENMOD, a Dynamic Simulation Model
(2011)This paper describes a structural dynamic microsimulation model of the household that has been developed to explore behavioural responses to pensions policy counterfactuals in Ireland. The model is based upon the life-cycle ... -
Freedom's Values: the Good and the Right
(2022)How is freedom valuable? And how should we go about defining freedom? In this essay, I discuss a distinction between two general ways of valuing freedom: one appeals to the good (e.g., to freedom's contribution to well-being); ... -
Freedom, Self-Prediction, and the Possibility of Time Travel
(2020)Do time travellers retain their normal freedom and abilities when they travel back in time? Lewis, Horwich and Sider argue that they do. Time-travelling Tim can kill his young grandfather, his younger self, or whomever ... -
Frege 2.0. Was Frege gesagt hätte, wenn er gewusst hätte, was wir heute wissen (und was er vielleicht hätte sagen sollen).
(Logos, 2015)Der Widerspruch im Herzen des logischen Systems Freges zwingt zu einer Revision seiner Annahmen. Es fragt sich, wie er sein System hätte anders bauen können, wenn er von vorneherein die Gefahr ... -
Freud's psychoanalysis of religion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2000)Freud was part of a long tradition of non-believers who offered a story about how religions originated. Notable works in this tradition include Hume's The Natural History of Religion and Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity. ... -
From Catastrophe to Marginalisation: The Experiences of Somali Refugees in Ireland
(Trinity Immigration Initiative, 2010-09)This report outlines the experiences of Somali refugees in Ireland and charts the main issues of concern, including migration, settlement, housing, education, the young generation. The report ends with a set of recommendations. -
From Data to Policy Analysis: Tax-Benefit Modelling using SILC 2008
(2010)Policy makers and the body politic have a strong interest in ensuring that the tax transfer system functions well. This common interest in policies that are efficient in achieving their objectives ? including economic ... -
From Foreigner Pedagogy to Intercultural Education: An analysis of the German responses to diversity and its impacts on schools and students
(2008)Germany has been reluctant to adapt its education systems to the growing number of minority ethnic students, and politicians and policy makers have only recently officially acknowledged that Germany is an immigration ... -
From high skill migration to cosmopolitan service class? Irish migration policy in a European context
(International Migration and Diaspora Studies Project, New Delhi, 2009-09)European countries are increasingly trying to develop policies to attract skilled migrants even as they are trying to restrict the entry of unskilled labour. Skilled migrants are increasingly diverse in terms of who they ... -
From idea to institution: the European Commission at fifty
(European University Institute, 2008)This article examines the highs and lows of the European Commission from 1958-2008 -
From Leaving Certificate to Leaving School: A Longitudinal Study of Sixth Year Students
(The Liffey Press in association with ESRI, NCCA and Department of Education & Skills, 2011)Current debates about senior cycle education in Ireland have raised a number of crucial questions: What effect does the Leaving Certificate exam have on young people?s learning experiences? What helps students to do well ... -
From racial state to racist state? Racism and immigration in 21st century ireland
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Fuel Poverty and Policy in Ireland and the European Union
(Trinity College Dublin, 2003)Despite Government spending in excess of ?63m per annum on income supplements to mitigate fuel poverty, almost one-in-ten Irish households suffer from persistent fuel poverty. This paper review levels of fuel poverty across ... -
The Future of the Welfare State
(Social Justice Ireland, 2010)The welfare state is not an end in itself. It is a means to an end ? the wellbeing of all people. The future of the welfare state has been a topic of discussion and argument for more than 30 years on issues ranging from ... -
Future trends in housing tenure and the adequacy of retirement income
(Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022)In recent years, Ireland has experienced a notable decline in homeownership and a rise in the proportion of households in private rental accommodation. Concurrently, the cost of both rents and house prices have risen ... -
Gaming for Peace Interviews
(European Commission H2020Europe, 2019)