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Dublin City University this week launched the DCU Volunteer Strategy 2025-2028.
DCU was the first university in Ireland to publish a volunteer strategy in 2020.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4a9DorB
#WeAreDCU #DCUVolunteer

Prof Debbie Ging

Hustle, muscle and grift: how the manosphere has grown into a money-making machine.
Piece co-authored by Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social, Professor of Digital Media and Gender at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/491M2Hw

Colin Barrett

Booker Prize longlisted author Colin Barrett @colinbarrett.bsky.social has been announced as the Arts Council @artscouncilireland.bsky.social English-language Writer in Residence at DCU.
The position, jointly funded by the Arts Council and DCU, will begin in January 2026.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/4pvMpQL

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#Opinion: DCU's Dr Pia O’Farrell, Prof Catherine Furlong, and Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons @sabrinafitzsimons.bsky.social, say interactions with parents can contribute to burnout - but teachers are primarily focused on the wellbeing of children. Read in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/4iRCHFG

Dr Eileen Culloty

#Opinion: DCU's Dr Eileen Culloty says a functioning public media institution is not a luxury, it is part of the basic infrastructure that supports a democratic society. Read more in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/4aIwFoF

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Why we can't help but love cheesy Christmas movies.
Piece by Laura O'Flanagan, PhD candidate at the DCU School of English, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4pBRFlJ

Why we can't help but love cheesy Christmas movies The real magic of Christmas films is they come at us at precisely the moment we want to believe in something warm and uncomplicated

Why we can't help but love cheesy Christmas movies. 'The real magic of Christmas films is that they come at us at precisely the moment we want to believe in something warm and uncomplicated'. By Laura O'Flanagan @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Prof Debbie Ging

DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social was among the first to start researching the manosphere more than a decade ago.
Prof Ging collaborated with the @aunz.theconversation.com Digital Storytelling Team on a piece about how boys get sucked into this online world.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/4pW9gEE

Destress table with jisaw, affirmation tree, earplugs, qr codes for playlists etc

Feeling the exam pressure? Pop by our exam destress stations for chocolate, tea, jigsaws, playlists & earplugs.
Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social

How your family dog is more than just a friend to sick children The emotionality that accompanies spending time with your dog is what makes family pet therapy stand out from traditional therapy dogs

How your family dog is more than just a friend to sick children. The emotionality from spending time with your dog is what makes family pet therapy stand out from traditional therapy dogs. By Lorraine Boran, Neila McElfresh & Veronica Lambert @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Sebastian Barry reads from 'Old God's Time' at DCU Book Club

Ferdia Lennon in Belvedere House on DCU's St Patrick's Campus

Marcella Bannon and Author Sarah Gilmartin at DCU Book Club

Louise Kennedy at DCU Book Club

How 'Ireland's Best Book Club' has created a Community of Readers at DCU.
Leading authors share their work and engage with readers at a book club with a difference.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4qhgzqX

How boys get sucked into the manosphere It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.

A cracking piece by Prof Debbie Ging from @dublincityuni.bsky.social & the digital storytelling team at
@aunz.theconversation.com It's called 'How boys get sucked into the manosphere'. Take a look stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...

How your family dog is more than just a friend to sick children.
Piece by DCU's Dr Lorraine Boran, Neila McElfresh, and Prof Veronica Lambert, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/48sbUfy

Tommy Meskill

A huge congratulations to DCU Alumnus @tommymeskill.bsky.social who has been announced as the new co-presenter of @rte.ie's Six One News.
Tommy is the current London Correspondent for @news.rte.ie.
Tommy studied Communications in DCU.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/4oKEbTA

Dr Dónal Mulligan

Ireland will not compete in #Eurovision2026 after Israel allowed to remain in competition.
DCU's #Eurovision expert Dr @donalmulligan.com said it was a welcome decision for most people in Ireland on ABC Australia.
Listen to the full interview here: launch.dcu.ie/49YYby4

Dr Roman Birke

Ukraine peace talks reveal a world slipping back into an acceptance of war.
Piece by Dr Roman Birke @romanbirke.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in Modern European History at DCU's School of History and Geography, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4pUgVU8

Conor Roddy

What if the British army had launched 'Z Day' in Ireland in 1921?
Piece by DCU's Conor Roddy @conorroddy.bsky.social for
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4pWB6Rr
#RTEBrainstorm

Dr Jenny Lawler

Hundreds of old landfills left in limbo despite risk of leaking toxic waste into waterways.
Dr Jenny Lawler, @dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social, tells @investigates.thejournal.ie that increased ammonia suggests "ongoing breakdown and biological activity happening" inside.
Read: launch.dcu.ie/4rw5ovJ

DCU Arts & Culture and the Fire Station Artists' Studios @firestationartists.bsky.social have announced two Visual Artists in Residence positions for 2026/27.
The closing date for applications is Friday, January 2nd, at 12.00pm.
For more information, click here: launch.dcu.ie/3XZR15h

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How Hollywood horror’s ‘killer wolf’ trope is sabotaging rewilding efforts.
Piece by Dr Cormac Cleary, Postdoctoral Researcher at DCU's Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4rvrNtj

Dr Ellen Howley

Dr Ellen Howley, Assistant Professor in the DCU School of English, recommends 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy, as the book that steered her through her twenties, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/48AQvQl

Dr Éadaoin Carthy

Will Ireland follow UK’s lead and ban plastic-containing wet wipes?
Dr Éadaoin Carthy, Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering @dcuengineering.bsky.social, said the UK move was “sensible and overdue”.
Read more in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4iT3O3n

Today at #UKSGForum: Don’t miss DCU Library’s Amanda Halpin & former colleague Claire Mason on the Print Journal Review. Hear how policy development and collaboration on retention, relegation & disposal are helping unify collections and shape research library spaces. bit.ly/4izDMSt

A much needed discussion on the accountability dimension of industrial policy. Thanks @christyapetit.bsky.social and @sebdiessner.bsky.social for their insightful contribution to our forthcoming @govjournal.bsky.social SI on the political foundations of market interventionism. Stay tuned for more ☺️

Aaliah Saeed

“I aspire to create a little bit of change,” says Aaliah Saeed of her journey to becoming a primary teacher through DCU’s Professional Master of Education @dcuioe.bsky.social.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4ok8b9h

Recent progress in probing small molecule interactions with DNA - Biophysical Reviews Nucleic acids are primary therapeutic targets, and understanding drug-DNA interactions is essential to the discovery of new clinical agents. In recent years, the desire to develop therapies with speci...

Delighted to share our recent review "Recent progress in probing small molecule interactions with DNA" published in Biophysical Reviews.

@akellett.bsky.social, @christinecardin.bsky.social, @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Delighted to discuss my new book "Unfinished Empire" before a large audience at Ireland’s PermRep to the EU 🇮🇪🇪🇺 - a timely conversation on Russia’s imperial project

Grateful for warm opening remarks from 🇺🇦 Ambassador to the EU and PSC Amb Luke Feeney + expert moderation by @shonamurray.bsky.social

Prof Claire Gubbins

Workplace Wellbeing: You get out of your network what you put into it.
Prof Claire Gubbins of DCU Business School says there are more benefits to bonding with colleagues.
Read more in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/43WNZCm

Zootropolis 2: this funny, heartfelt crowd-pleaser is a worthy sequel with something to say Behind all of the thrills and jokes of Zootropolis 2 lies a message of community and harmony between species.

Zootropolis 2: this funny, heartfelt crowd-pleaser is a worthy sequel with something to say.
Piece by Laura O'Flanagan, PhD candidate at the DCU School of English, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/3KtK0GK

Elphaba the ecofeminist: Wicked For Good casts its heroine as an icon of resistance In the Wicked sequel, Elphaba is an ecological and political disruptor, reclaiming agency for herself and for the natural world she strives to protect.

Elphaba the ecofeminist: Wicked For Good casts its heroine as an icon of resistance.
Piece by Laura O'Flanagan, PhD candidate at the DCU School of English, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/44xtpIO