Banning smartphones in schools is good for learning and well-being. New study of 400+ middle schools in Norway: after smartphone bans, girls had fewer mental health issues & better grades. Boys and girls were less likely to be bullied. Smartphones belong at home or in lockers.

The higher education minister Patrick O'Donovan wants to see an end to single-sex schools, stating "society would be better" with a co-educational model of learning as it is not right that the first time the genders are mixed is when they get to college. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4145…

Important to note possible use of gdpr .. looks innovative and realistic

Holland follows Denmark in approving significant public money for rewilding and scaling back livestock farming. Will Ireland be next? agriland.ie/farming-news/e…

Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms. According to Dr Eileen Culloty, the DSA mandates that platforms “must have structures in place to respond when they’re made aware they’re hosting illegal content”. Read more on The Irish Times: launch.dcu.ie/3SSxRMu

Thanks to all for such stimulating contributions to our DemocracyNext & University College Dublin workshop on institutionalising deliberative assemblies, co-organised with david farrell & Ieva Česnulaitytė 🙌❤️

It was interesting to hear Gordon Brown praise Ireland’s constitutional convention for bringing people together to tease out answers to knotty political problems. He suggested that this model could play a useful role in overcoming partisan divisions elsewhere.

Looks like Zuckerberg attempting a James Comey-style entry into presidential politics?

If you’re interested to hear more about it, we discussed the same topic with Inga Springe and Ilya Lozovsky at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project's recent podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=svbjm0…

My first interrail was at 16. But we used the ferry then. Eye opening in best possible way.

Great time in New Ross. Great speakers. Lovely venues. Beautiful weather

Brazil leafing way tackling disinformation on this platform bbc.com/news/articles/…

Broadcast moratorium in regulator's sights. Prof Jane Suiter Jane Suiter, School of Comms DCU FuJo, says the existing moratorium in her opinion creates "an unlevel playing field" between broadcast media and social media. Read more here on RTÉ News: launch.dcu.ie/4dKz9l4

Just saying: the Minister for Enterprise could amend the Consumer Information (Advertisements For Concert Or Theatre Performances) Order, 1997, at the stroke of a pen, requiring full transparency about *all* ticket prices for shows and how many are available at each price point.

Live Nation? The new vampire squid. Would love an explanation about how one company owning artist management, promoter, venue, ticket seller is not by definition anti competitive

Nabila Abbas Yago Bermejo Abati DAY 2: ⚖️ Governance with Jane Suiter: Exploring diverse and balanced governance. 🛤️ The Road to Recommendations with Ione Ardaiz Osacar: Turning debates into concrete actions. 🔄 Follow-up with Mark Hessellund Beanland: Tracking the implementation of recommendations.

Reimagining Climate Governance: Are Climate Assemblies Reshaping Climate Policy? Disappointed not to make it to #APSA2024 as today's panel I organised with Maija Jäske, Paulina Pospieszna, Matt Ryan, Jane Suiter, Kévin Saudé will be great Check it out: allacademic.com/one/apsa/apsa2…

Great papers!

@lInterested in mini-publics? Check out our special issue edited by Dr Anastasia Deligkiaouri and Jane Suiter . It explores #democratic #innovations and the legitimacy of extending the outcomes of small-scale #deliberation to the public School of Comms DCU tandfonline.com/toc/rrep20/59/1

This morning, we were delighted to welcome and engage with the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission alongside Irish Foreign Ministry. 🤝 A meaningful discussion on fostering dialogue and democracy!