Ray Griffin
@raygriffin.bsky.social
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Researching the organisation of labour markets | SETU Ireland Lecturer in Management + Organisations
On the final day of Michael D. Higginsâs Presidency, Iâm reminded of his inspiring speech to
@setu-research.bsky.social
and
@ucc.ie
Economy and Society PhD Summer School in 2015âwelcoming him at the gates was an honour.
www.president.ie/en/media-lib...
Thank you, UachtarĂĄn.
3 days ago
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Business Post
4 months ago
Regional imbalance: How Irelandâs regional citiesâ funding compares to Dublin â and why it matters
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Regional imbalance: How Irelandâs regional citiesâ funding compares to Dublin â and why it matters
Dublin is receiving nearly four times the average investment per person across all other regions, according to the governmentâs own capital tracker. Business Post subscribers can read: ⢠How Dublinâs capital funding compares to Cork, Limerick, Galway, and the rest of the country ⢠Why balanced regional development is essential for economic growth, according to a leading infrastructure expert ⢠What teh government said about its regional investment plans when the âŹ165bn plans were unveiled â and how the results could affect the latest update due this week
http://dlvr.it/TM27SP
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We say unemployment âscarsâ people. Is it a damaging metaphor that limits how we think about labour & worth. New piece in Social Europe asking: đ
www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerou...
#Work
#Welfare
#SocialEurope
#FutureOfWork
#NarrativePolitics
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The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment "Scarring"
The concept of "scarring" in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-dangerous-metaphor-of-unemployment-scarring
4 months ago
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Antoinette Jordan
6 months ago
Great to be at the Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2025 to present a panel on our new publication âDigital Public Employment Services in Actionâ (open access
doi.org/10.51952/978...
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#SAIcon25
#SociologyIreland
@sociologyireland.bsky.social
#SociologyUCC
#SAI2025
#SETU
@ucc.ie
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Adam Tooze
9 months ago
An underappreciated global trend, is the spread of basic welfare-state institutions to middle and lower-income countries. For more insight, visit Chartbook Top Link. Subscribe here:
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Irish Social Welfare needs new thinking- is the new government up to the challenge? With Tom Boland
m.independent.ie/business/new...
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New social protection minister will manage around a quarter of state spending â itâs a job that requires fresh thinking
As ministerial posts are divvyed up between Fianna FĂĄil and Fine Gael, one which is unlikely to attract much attention is the social welfare portfolio. Despite almost a quarter of state spending being...
https://m.independent.ie/business/new-social-protection-minister-will-manage-around-a-quarter-of-state-spending-its-a-job-that-requires-fresh-thinking/a1420721486.html
10 months ago
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UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
10 months ago
Congrats to Dr Niall Egan, Assistant Sec. Gen. of Dept of Social Protection on passing his vivađ 𼳠đ Many thanks to supervisors Dr
@nessawinston-ucd.bsky.social
and Michael Mulreany (IPA); and exam panel Dr Ray Griffin, Prof.
@michellenorris.bsky.social
&
@naokody.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
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Back to work I suppose.
10 months ago
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Thrilled to be able to catch the Nevin lecture by the always brilliant Prof. Mary Murphy.
add a skeleton here at some point
11 months ago
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Jonathan G. Heaney
over 1 year ago
Delighted to be presenting at this symposium in a couple of weeks. All welcome: email Diana (email in poster) for tickets. âThe problem of Critique and Truth-Telling in Public â a Symposiumâ, 26-27th April 2024, University of Galway, Arts Millennium Building, G065
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My opinion piece on how Government has failed the Irish technological universities... the promised transformation agenda of new programmes, disciplines, capital, funding framework, lecturer contracts, borrowing framework & student accommodation.... are all stalled.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
over 1 year ago
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Fiercely dark & uncomfortably funny theatre about family grief and spectral encounters with lost children⌠I saw
#AudreyOrSorrrow
at the Abbey Theatre this weekendâ a Christmas gift from my sister. Now left in tatters.... unpacking the semiotics of that gift.
over 1 year ago
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Speaking at the
@oireachtasnews.bsky.social
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on how positive
#datafication
can improve governance and oversight of public capital spending. With MĂĄire Henry dhb architects.
almost 2 years ago
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