Dr Emma Farrell

Jane Goodall – What It Means to Be Human For Thanksgiving, a beautiful conversation with the legendary primatologist — on her spiritual and moral wisdom, and the hope that sustains her.

“A story, an anecdote, can be a carefully recorded observation […]. Those anecdotes are sometimes the key to unlocking a puzzle. They are terribly important and the collection of anecdotes, stories, has been very very important in my research”

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My new children’s book is available in bookshops from today!

Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.

It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

⚠️Scientist at work!⚠️

Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds

Remarkable to see five of my @mupsychology.bsky.social colleagues listed amongst the world’s top 2% of scientists rankings. Congratulations to all 👏

After 25 years of university teaching I have some advice for new students I’m listening to my son and his friends making their final decisions about where and what to study at university. Mostly, I keep quiet; on the rare occasions when teenagers want your opinion, they’ll ...

“If your situation allows you to do what delights you, do it; following healthy delight rarely leads to misery”

Excellent advice from Sarah Moss in today’s @irishtimes.com

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YouTube video by Young Academy Ireland Dr Emma Farrell shares her experience of being a member of Young Academy Ireland

Applications for Young Academy Ireland (YAI) are still open.

We're sharing reflections from Dr Emma Farrell, inaugural Co-Chair of YAI. Emma talks about what it means to be part of a community that values collaboration, curiosity, and impact.
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#earlycareerresearchers

This event is a must for researchers and policy makers alike - an opportunity to come together to consider how ERCIs and policy makers can best support each other to produce effective evidence for public policy. A small number of spaces have become available- don’t miss it!

Looking forward to sharing a paper on applying phenomenology to understand the lived experience of mental health and distress at this conference later this month. Still time to register👇

“Schools involved in the DEIS programme are already creating a school context that is of positive influence on their students’ well-being”

It was a pleasure to work with ESRI colleagues Dr Caoimhe Dempsey and Prof. Selina McCoy on this important evidence paper.

No, we Wexford people are too hardy for flip flops 😂. But I was glad of your tip to bring a towel ☺️

It is!! It was wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration (and top tips) ❤️

@mulibrarycat.bsky.social is surely a bigger celebrity draw than Paul Mescal 😂

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“Boasting has become the new normal [in HE]”

Bruce Macfarlane getting the PaTHES ‘Creative University’ conference off to a rousing start with a thoughtful paper on educational leadership, the neoliberal university and the duty to serve in academia.

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Two puffins standing on a grassy cliff top with the sea and some sea stacks visible in the background.

One puffin, side on, on a grassy cliff top

Sitting on a cliff looking out to sea through binoculars at the hundreds of thousands of birds (not visible) on the water surface.

Magical day on Saltee Mór.

It’s taken quite a while for this Wexford woman to get there but it was a visit to remember.

Puffins, guillemot, razorbills, kittiwakes, Manx shearwater, gannets, every type of gull and tern, and all in great numbers.

Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools

I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.

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Assistant Professor/Lecturer Post in any area of psychology in the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University (Fixed Term, 2 years). Sunday, 22nd June 2025. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

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If you’re in #Blackrock be sure to take a moment to marvel at this fabulous literature map of the world. The wonderful team @ravenbooks.bsky.social have read and can recommend all 80 ❤️

Framed Certificate of Fellowship Award

Delighted to receive a Teaching & Learning Fellowship with
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social for our project: Sense & Sensitivity - Exploring emotionally-complex topics in higher ed.

Wonderful collaboration across
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Interesting episode.

“The implicit purpose of education has been to get a good job […] We’ve asked people to behave like a machine of a kind and now we’ve created machines that can act or mimic as people of a kind. And so the whole [education] transaction has been thrown into chaos”

Gently used is such a lovely way of putting it @draftery.bsky.social

It isn’t in fairness. We love our ‘almost to scale’ atlas 🌍

There was a mini option?! You mean I didn’t have to lug the 5kg maxi version all the way home?! Sigh.

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Maurice Merleau-Ponty Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought

🧑‍🎓🧠 Phenomenal: @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social Associate Professor Timothy Mooney joins Melvyn Bragg to discuss French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty on the latest BBC Radio 4 In Our Time #TheresAReadingListToGoWithIt #philosophy #inourtime www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges and Supports Seminar exploring the challenges and opportunities of supporting student mental health in higher education. Followed by book launch.

I have the great privilege of hosting a seminar entitled ‘Mental Health in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges & Supports’ in the Royal Irish Academy on 31st of March. With a wonderful keynote, expert panel & book launch, it’s set to be a great day.

Register here:
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I have just been sent a shareable link so this article can be accessed for free:

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Great to see Young Academy Ireland colleague and friend Dr Deirdre Robertson featured in today’s Irish Times @esri.ie

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We are recruiting a Post Doctoral Researcher (Level 2) in Gender-Based Violence and Harassment. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines including sociology & psychology. Closing date Feb 7th. Based in UL, see my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... for details. Recruitment Ref: 073688

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Presentation by Kevin Daly

Fantastic workshop on Narrative CVs for ECRs, hosted by the Young Academy Ireland.

Kudos to Kevin Daly (@gingerhowley.bsky.social) for coordinating the event.

A follow-up online workshop is planned, and we’ll also publish a document with helpful resources.

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Congratulations Stefan 👏