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Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles

Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies writes for The Conversation about the violent unrest in Belfast this week.

11 Jun 2026

Culture|Research

“Brain health, equity, and our shared planet” -- Global Brain Health Institute celebrates a decade of leadership, research and impact

Global leaders, researchers and innovators gathered at Trinity this week to explore how new thinking and emerging research are reshaping our understanding of brain health.

12 Jun 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Society

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gives inaugural De Chastelain lecture at Trinity

"Trinity is much more than a university,” Prime Minister Carney said: “It is a veritable wellspring for ideas, inventions and enduring moral clarity. Some of the western world’s greatest contributions to science, art and literature have their roots here."

13 Jun 2026

Community|Society

Farmers are key to restoring native woodlands – here’s what’s holding them back

PhD candidates Laqiqige Zhu, Trinity Business School and Kate Harrington, School of Natural Sciences, explain in this piece for The Conversation why Ireland is struggling to meet its tree-planting targets.

15 Jun 2026

Business|Research|Science

Researchers achieve most precise measurement yet of the force that binds nuclear matter

Trinity's Prof. Stefan Sint, along with collaborators from Germany, Spain and Italy, has published the most precise determination to date of the strong coupling constant. This parameter governs the interactions between quarks and gluons, the fundamental components of nuclear matter.

15 Jun 2026

Research|Science

Humans bring gender bias to their interactions with AI – new study

Humans bring gender biases to their interactions with Artificial Intelligence, according to new research from Trinity and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) Munich.

20 Nov 2025

Research|Society

CONNECT Centre awards over €500,000 to fund women-led STEAM research projects

Four awardees will now lead innovative projects with goals that range from improving the communications systems used by autonomous vehicles to creating eco-friendly options for powering wearable technologies.

7 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Societal inequality linked to reduced brain health in ageing and dementia

The study reveals a direct link between structural inequality—such as socioeconomic disparities measured by a country-level index (GINI)—and changes in brain structure and connectivity associated with aging and dementia.

30 Dec 2024

Health|Research|Society

Cookies, identifiers “silently stored” on Android phones by Google apps

A recent measurement study by Prof. Doug Leith, Professor of Computer Systems in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, shows that advertising and tracking cookies and other device and user identifiers are sent by Google servers and stored on a handset, even when no Google apps have ever been opened by the user.

25 Feb 2025

Innovation|Research

Lecture series to help public channel their inner philosopher

From the value of truth and war & peace to the role of wonder and the importance of self-care, Trinity’s philosophers are asking the public to explore the relevance of philosophy in today’s world and offer fresh perspectives on some of our most pressing issues over six lectures.

9 Jan 2025

Community|Research