🎉Congratulations to Matthew McKenna who successfully defended his PhD thesis.
📸with examiners Dr. Maria Giulia Bernardini (Unife) & Prof Mac MacLachlan (MU), Chair Prof. David Malone (MU) & proud supervisors Prof Deirdre Desmond & Prof Delia Ferri.
@advance-crt.bsky.social #PhDresearcher
#PhDone

We are delighted to host the All-Ireland Psychology Careers Event 2026 on March 7th.

Registration is now open, see www.psychologicalsociety.ie/.../AllIrela.... for details.

@maynoothuniversity.ie #networking #psychology #maynoothuni

Applications for the Sanctuary Scholarship is now open! The online application form for this scholarship is now live and the deadline to submit this form is 5pm on Friday 20th of March 2026.

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/edi/excellen...

🎓 Applications Now Open: Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology (D.Ed. Psych)

✅ Apply MU Apply: lnkd.in/dbZeMY3Q
✅Course Code: MHW09 (Under the Research Application Tab)

🔗 Find full course details here: lnkd.in/dHSagmhn
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🗓Closing date: 27th February 2026

We're delighted to announce Prof Christine Parsons (Dept of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark) as our first speaker for Semester 2 of @MUpsychdept #MUPsychologyat25 seminar series! Join us for her seminar, "Parenting, Myths, and Mental Health", on Monday 9th Feb @ 12pm, JHL7"

Assistant Professor post in Maynooth (joint between Psychology and Education) is now advertised - closing date of March 4th, full details via: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
#jobsfairy #irishResearch
@mupsychology.bsky.social

🌟 The 6th Arqus PhD Career Week is coming to MU in June 2026. If you're a postgraduate researcher looking to explore career paths beyond academia, this 5‑day international programme is for you.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
#PhD #Careers #postgraduate #PhDLife

Applications for the @MaynoothUni John & Pat Hume Doctoral Awards 2026–27 are open until the 23rd January 2026 at 11.45am.

Offers: • €25k stipend • €2k research expenses • EU fees (non-EU waiver available)

Apply via: maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...

#PhD #Scholarship

We were honoured to welcome MU alumna and PSI President Dr Sarah Cassidy as speaker at the final #MUPsychologyAt25 event, introduced by @maynoothuniversity.ie Prof. Eeva Leinonen and Prof. Deirdre Desmond, followed by a panel discussion with Alumna Dr Anne Kehoe and Dr Ian O’Grady.

🎉Huge Congratulations to Dr. Sadhbh Byrne and colleagues awarded the Mental Health and Disability Award at the Health Service Executive Open Access Research Awards 2025 #HSEOAAwards🏆#MaynoothUni

👉Read More here: maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...

👏Congratulations to Joan Alaboson, who received the @maynoothuniversity.ie National PPI Ignite Network Award for Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in doctoral research!
👉Read more: lnkd.in/dqbRMYys

@allinstitutemu.bsky.social @mupsychology.bsky.social

Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni! The Department of Psychology at Maynooth University is delighted to mark the 25th anniversary of its psychology teaching programmes this year! As part of our… ... Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni! The Department of Psychology at Maynooth University is delighted to mark the 25th anniversary of its psychology teaching programmes this year! As part of our c...

Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni - join us to celebrate Maynooth Psychology at 25
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#MUPsychologyAt25

Looking forward to chairing this, should be fun and interesting! Please do come along if you are interested in how the professional discipline of psychology operates within our society and health services.

For our final seminar this semester, we're delighted to welcome Dr Laura Coll-Planas (Assoc Prof. in Public Health, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya) & our own Dr Joanna McHugh Power, who will discuss their research exploring "Loneliness from a micro/meso/macro perspective".

We were delighted to welcome Dr Richard Lombard Vance back to @maynoothuniversity.ie on 1st December as a guest speaker for our #MUPsychologyat25 seminar series.

#ResearchEthics #assistiveTechnology

AI videos could turn people off social media - expert Reporter, Aaron McElroy analyses the rise of AI-generated content on social media.

Listen back to RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland with Dr Constance de Saint Laurent on why AI could turn people off social media - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Join us on campus on Friday and Saturday 28th & 29th of November for our next MU Open Days. Find out more about studying Psychology at Maynooth by visiting our stand or attending one of our talks.

Register now: buff.ly/ma5I88s

#Psychology #MaynoothUniversity

Building a community and how to tackle loneliness Sarah Finnan, Freelance Journalist and Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University

Check out Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University discussing how to tackle loneliness with David McCullagh on RTE Radio 1 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr Richard Lombard-Vance from @DCUPsychology.

Join us for Dr Lombard-Vance's seminar, Life after Amputation: Psychoprosthetics, Cognition, and Adjustment, on Monday @ 12pm!

Staff and students of the department were treated to a very exciting talk by MU Alum Dr. Conor Thornberry (TCIN) who shared his research into the neural mechanisms underlying successful spatial navigation using a new gamified task and magnetoencephalography. #MUPsychologyat25

👏👏Congratulations to our colleague Prof. Philip Hyland on making it onto the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List !! Learn more here:
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...

Not even the bad weather and a fire alarm could put a damper on #ScienceNight at @maynoothuniversity.ie tonight! Well done everyone, thanks to Ilia, Carina, Niamh and Aisling for helping on the @mupsychology.bsky.social stand!

‘1 in 1,000’: 27 scientists in Ireland on Highly Cited Researchers list 27 researchers in Ireland have been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list 2025.

Congratulations to Prof Philip Hyland of the Dept of Psychology and ALL Institute on making it onto the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List 👏👏👏

@mupsychology.bsky.social

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We are excited to welcome our next seminar speaker Dr Conor Thornberry, Research Fellow at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. Dr Thornberry's seminar will take place on Monday 17th November @12pm! #MUPsychologyat25

👏Congratulations to Prof. Katriona O'Sullivan and team on the launch of the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education
@MaynoothUni
#opportunity #inclusion #potential #TalentIsEverywhere

Welcome back Dr Ross Brannigan @rcsi.bsky.social for today's @maynoothuniversity.ie Psychology Departmental Seminar as part of our #MUPsychologyAt25 series

Delighted to support MU Psych Soc's invited lecture on Forensic Metascience by departmental alum, Dr Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social whose work in this area seeks to enhance rigour & accuracy in scientific reporting.

Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins. #MUPsychologyAt25

We are delighted to announce Dr Ross Brannigan, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology @RCSI_Irl, as our next seminar series speaker! Join us for his seminar "Psychiatric Epidemiology and Healthcare: Identifying Groups at Risk" #MUPsychologyat25

We were delighted to host Prof. Claudio Nigg as part of our #MUPsychologyat25 celebrations! Prof. Nigg, a leading expert in physical activity promotion & Chair of Health Sciences at Bern, delivered a fascinating talk on “Promoting physical activity in different cultures.”

Great to welcome back Dr Austin Fahy for this week's Departmental Seminar @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie #MUPsychologyAt25