The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dr. Katherine Zappone T.D. launched the ‘UN Sustainable Developmental Goals Through the Lens of a Child joint report’ on 25 March 2019. The report outlines the activities, outcomes and deliberations of a workshop entitled ‘SDGs through the Lens of a Child’ organised by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs … Continue Reading
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Prof Paul Walsh took part in panel discussion on Climate Change for UCDSU Green Week
UCD Students Union and the Literary & Historical Society hosted a panel talk on climate change on 6 February as a part of UCDSU’s first ever Green Week. The panel considered on academics and politicians attempted to present and debate practical solutions to the climate crisis. Moderator Professor Patrick Paul Walsh introduced the talk by … Continue Reading
Membership of Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh has been appointed as International Academic Committee member to the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University (TUSDG). Founded in April 2017 at Tsinghua University, TUSDG is the premier institution in China aimed at conducting interdisciplinary research and collaborating with global partners to address challenges in implementing UN Sustainable Development … Continue Reading
UN Sustainable Development Transition Forum (SDTF)
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh spoke at the UN Sustainable Development Transition Forum (SDTF) in Incheon, Republic of Korea on 29th – 31st October, 2018. The focus of the event was “Accelerating Progress towards the SDGs: Enhancing the Role of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)”. Prof Walsh spoke in Session 1: How can HLPF provide the … Continue Reading
Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of the child
The Centre for Sustainable Development Studies were part of a Geary Institute for Public Policy and Department of Children and Youth Affairs organised workshop on the Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of the child on 9th November 2018. Prof Patrick Paul Walsh, Prof Enda Murphy, Dr Aparajita Banarjee, Caitriona Devery and Charlotte Thumser were … Continue Reading
Ninth annual Ibadan Sustainable Development summit (ISDS), August 2018
Prof. Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Director, Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV), hosted the Ninth annual Ibadan Sustainable Development summit (ISDS), August 2018, August 27 – 30, 2018. The Theme of this year’s summit was “Megatrends that will shape National and Global Prosperity by 2030”. The Summit was opened by Prof. Labode Popoola, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network … Continue Reading
UCD to present at UN HLPF side event on digital governance, stakeholder engagement and the SDGs
Prof Patrick Paul Walsh, Prof Enda Murphy and Dr David Horan of UCD are presenting at the UN High Level Political Form 2018 side event on Digital Governance and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Development on July 18th in New York, alongside International Monetary Fund, UN SDSN and SDSN Youth, UN Library and UN DESA. The event … Continue Reading
Ireland’s Voluntary National Review on SDG Implementation
Ireland’s first Voluntary National Review (VNR) on SDG implementation was approved by government in June this year. The report will now be presented to the UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York in July 2018. The VNR considers Ireland’s performance against each of the 17 SDGs and, includes a statistical annex using Eurostat indicators. The … Continue Reading
New paper: Competition and Welfare Effects of Differentiated Taxation: Evidence from the Irish Automobile Market
Competition and Welfare Effects of Differentiated Taxation: Evidence from the Irish Automobile Market Anna Bennato, Franco Mariuzzo and Patrick Paul Walsh (2018) Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Working paper 18-5. Background In recent years, policy makers in developed countries have adopted taxation systems that attempt to curb consumers’ behavior away from a harmful … Continue Reading
Student Paper “A Space Oddity: The Impact of Emerging Space Nations on International Security”
Seréna Pilkington, a former student of SPIRe, has had a paper published by Cornell University’s Cornell Cosmic journal. The paper is called A Space Oddity: The Impact of Emerging Space Nations on International Security. Seréna Pilkington is a recent graduate from the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) at the University College Dublin, Rep. of … Continue Reading