Jackie Gorman is a poet from Athlone whose work has been published in a number of publications, including The Honest Ulsterman, Poetry Ireland Review, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, The Lonely Crowd, and Obsessed With Pipework. She was runner-up in the Waterford Poetry Prize 2025. She won the Listowel Writers Week…
Margaret Organ is the Waterford County Arts Officer with Waterford City and County Council. Based in Dungarvan, her areas of responsibility include Festivals and Events, Rural Arts, Arts in Education, Community Arts, Public Art, Arts in Health, and several other artforms. She is responsible for the Old Market House Arts Centre…
Dr Jennifer O’Mahoney is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford, and a Chartered Member of the Psychological Society of Ireland. She is also Co-Director of the Crime and Justice Research Group at SETU and a Senior Researcher at INSYTE (the Centre for…
Dr Lorraine Bowman-Grieve is a lecturer in Psychology at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford, as part of both the Analysing Social Change Research Group and the Crime and Justice Research Group. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from University College Cork, her Master’s degree from the University of…
Regius Prof. Rose Anne Kenny is the founding Principal Investigator of TILDA, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. TILDA is Ireland’s largest adult population study which investigates the experience of ageing in Ireland, which compiles biological, social, and economic measures. It is also a designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Longitudinal Studies in Ageing and…
The Robert Boyle Winter School happened at the RDS Dublin, on the 24th of January 2026 from 9:30 am – 4 pm. Taking place at the Minerva Suite at the RDS in Dublin, this year's Winter School addressed the topic of Mind and Matter.
Dr Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he has also been Dean of Undergraduate Studies since 2018. His research seeks to understand how genes map out brain connectivity and influence individual human faculties, as well as psychiatric and neurological disease. He…
Professor O’Shea is the Head of School of Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD), having been a lecturer since 1992. He is also the Reviews Editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies and the Treasurer of the International Irish Philosophical Club. Alongside his continuing work on systematic issues in the…
Dr Wilson is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD), and is also the Director of the MA in Philosophy of Mind and Embodied Cognition, and Co-Director of the UCD interdisciplinary Cognitive Science programme, as well as being a member of ADAPT, the world-leading Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology. His work concerns the…