Paper Radio

This week I’m talking to Emily Kennedy, Emily did her degree in Social Science in UCC and wrote her paper entitled, “Trending #Repealthe8th – An Exploration of the Limitations and Opportunities of Digital Feminist Activism” in 2019.

This paper looks at online activism and uses the Repeal the 8th campaign of 2018 as a case study. Specifically Emily is looking at online Feminist Activism, and also gives a ...

This week I’m talking to James McElearney. James did a BA in Economic Politics and Law in DCU.

He wrote his paper this year entitled , “The Politics of the Irish Constitution: An obstacle to Irish Unity?”.

His very detailed paper outlines the question of northern partition as it was written into Ireland’s first constitution in 1937 and the developments in constitutional politics since then. James who is a beacon of knowledge on the...

This week I’m talking to Luke Gibbons. Luke did his Bachelor of Laws in Trinity College Dublin and wrote his paper in 2019 entitled “Corporate Criminal Liability for Environmental Wrongs”.

This paper is so important and outlines the problems when it comes to punishing corporations criminally for committing wrongs on the environment. Luke explains the issues that arise bringing the corporations to court in the first place, how the l...

This week I am talking to Johannah Lordan. Johannah did her degree in Visual Communications in IADT. She wrote her paper in 2018 entitled “Low Price but not at any price. Ikea’s engagement with social and environmental issues.” We talk about how Ikea used Swedish design principles to bring good and affordable design to the world, IKEA's sustainability branding and we also question whether its even possible to be a global corporatio...

This week I’m talking to Anna Miskelly.  Anna did her degree in Civil Law & Society in DCU. She wrote her paper this year entitled “Judicial Formalism versus Institutionalism: The Case of Judicial Enforceable Socio-Economic Rights in Ireland”. This paper looks at how Judges treat cases which may deal with Socio-economic rights in Ireland. Can a judge enforce these rights? How are they laid out in our constitution? What kind of ideo...

This week I’m talking to Calum Fabb. Callum wrote his paper in 2019 entitled “Investigating the effect of semantic relatedness on affective priming in multilingual individuals.”

Calum was the regional winner for Ireland under the linguistics category with this paper at the Undergraduate awards in 2019. Calum studied French and Hispanic Studies at TCD and is currently taking a Master’s there too.

Calum’s paper deals with the mind an...

Listen to this week's episode to hear about Mental Health Diagnosis narratives & how stigma affects how we think about certain disorders. 

From the paper "DSM-5 and the power threat meaning framework: Comparing mental health attitudes" written by Christina Seery in UCD in April 2020 as part of her Psychology Undergraduate Degree. 

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Listen to this week’s episode to learn about Paedophilia and Rehabilitation; with the Prevention Project Dunkelfeld, a Project which aims to rehabilitate paedophiles and child sexual abusers in Germany.

From the paper “Prevention Project Dunkelfeld: the Possibility of Rehabilitation for Paedophiles and Child Sexual Abusers.” Written by Helen Moynihan in 2017 (IADT, Dun Laoghaire).

To get a full PDF of Helen’s paper or any of th...

Listen to trace back drug use and it's influence on music from the early 30's American Jazz scene to Ireland's current contemporary music scene. 

From the paper "A Genealogical Perspective: An Exploration on the Relationship between Drug Use and Popular Music in Contemporary Irish Society" written by Niamh O'Carroll in Maynooth University in 2020. 

For a list of all music used in this episode, as well as a PDF download of Niamh's...

Episode one looks at Kate O'Connor's 2017 paper "The Factors which continue to hold Direct Provision in Place" (TCD)

Emma also speaks to Bod, an Asylum Seeker and Representative of MASI (The Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland) and John Lannon the Chief Executive Officer of Doras Ireland. 

Links which are discussed in the episode can be found below. 

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