🎉We are welcoming 2 new assistant professors this coming Michaelmas Term!!! - Dr Nicole Kapelle Nicole Kapelle - Dr Annatina Aerne Annatina Aerne

The third Trinity College Dublin Alumni Meeting in the Philippines took place tonight (after October 2018 and January 2024). Great conversations and a clear roadmap to further support education in Ireland for Filipino students. Thank you Ambassador Irish Ambassador to the 🇵🇭 William Carlos Trinity College Dublin Global 🇮🇪🇵🇭

Professor Taha Yasseri has been appointed the inaugural Workday Professor of Technology and Society at Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath. This role sits at the intersection of technology and society, focusing on AI, online behaviour, and the societal impacts of digital innovations.

Arnie Cordero Trinidad and Daniel Faas use Bourdieusian class analysis to examine the nuances in the upward mobility of Filipino nurse migrants in the Republic of Ireland as they move from the Philippines to Ireland. Read #OpenAccess below. doi.org/10.1177/003803…

Delighted to announce the publication of “Upward Mobility and Class Inequities Among Filipino Migrant Nurses in the Republic of Ireland” w/ Arnie Trinidad in Sociology Journal, discussing class conditions and mobility from a transnational frame 🇵🇭🇮🇪 Read at: doi.org/10.1177/003803…

Trinity Provost @lindadoyle calls for further higher education funding, warning that Irish universities risk a quiet and gradual decline due to funding shortages. Read more tcd.ie/news_events/to… #budget2025 #InvestInHigherEd

Ambassador Emma Hickey was delighted and very honoured to present Letters of Credence to President Marcos in Malacañan Palace. Looking forward to deepening the strong economic, cultural and people-to-people ties between our two nations

Here is a podcast we recorded at Workday to discuss my Workday Chair of Technology & Society at Trinity College Dublin & TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath It was good fun to do this! ‘Decoding AI & Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Society’ on.soundcloud.com/jMxYGwZxJx4ohc… @TCD_SSP TCD Sociology #TrinityResearch

Don't miss tomorrow's #TCDSocSeminar by Dr Nicole Kapelle (Nicole Kapelle), currently at TCD Sociology, affiliated Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Nuffield College: "Uncovering What Matters: Family Life Course Aspects and Personal Wealth in Late Working Age"

Congratulations Sorcha Mellon on winning a highly competitive Research Ireland PhD scholarship. Very proud of you & look forward working w/ you & Aimie Brennan on this innovative project examining school-community links & dynamics of DEIS schools in Ireland TCD Sociology Trinity College Dublin

Here is the link (shorturl.at/xjQG2) to the recording from yesterday’s live info session for those who could not make it. Looking forward welcoming you to Dublin in September 2025 for the MSc Comparative Social Change programme delivered by TCD Sociology and UCD Sociology

Great to read the success story of Aaron Koay who graduated from our unique MSc Comparative Social Change delivered jointly by TCD Sociology Trinity College Dublin & UCD Sociology University College Dublin. Several of our MSc graduates embark on research careers at top international universities.

🎓 This month in Graduate Stories we talk to Thomas Williamson (MSc in Comparative Social Change, 2023), who is currently working as a Social Research Interviewer for the National Centre for Social Research (UK). 🎯 Learn more here: tcd.ie/sociology/alum…

The 4th Trinity College Dublin Alumni Meeting in the Philippines took place last night at the Residence of the new Irish Ambassador Emma Hickey. Thank you also to DHoM Erica Duffy and Team Irish Ambassador to the 🇵🇭. Great to catch up with Filipino & Irish TCD alumni 🇮🇪🇵🇭

Well done Aaron Koay, graduate of our MSc Comparative Social Change offered jointly by TCD Sociology & UCD Sociology Great to see the impact of your research & joint article w/ Camilla Devitt of Trinity College Dublin @TCD_SSP in Qualitative Health Research journal doi.org/10.1177/104973…

💫New Research 💫 Professors Camilla Devitt and Daniel Faas have published a new paper, co-written with Claudia Peroni, in International Journal of Comparative Sociology. Read the paper 👉tinyurl.com/mt8ucbsf Trinity Research @TCD_SSP Sage Sociology

🚨New Research ✍️ Our colleague Daniel Faas has co-authored a new paper appearing in Irish Educational Studies on parental school choice 🏫👨‍🎓 tinyurl.com/2ew58v45 @TCD_SSP Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Interested in a fully-funded PhD position? Join me Trinity College Dublin TCD Sociology @TCD_SSP to work on an exciting new interdisciplinary project comparing Ukrainian and non-European refugee children in Irish schools. For more information and to apply click here: tinyurl.com/dc94e6rw

Trinity climbs to 75th place in 2026 QS QS World University Rankings up 12 places from last year, its highest ranking in a decade. The increase is due in large part to strong performance in the Academic Reputation and the Employer Reputation categories. Read more at tcd.ie/news_events/ar…