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The latest news and research from Maynooth University Department of Psychology
Grief following the death of a pet can be as deep and as distressing as that for a person, new research by Professor Philip Hyland from
@mupsychology.bsky.social
shows. Read more here:
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#maynoothuniversityresearch
#research
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about 3 hours ago
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Congratulations to Natasha Joksimovic who successfully defended her PhD thesis. Thanks to examiners Prof Richard Roche
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, Dr. Susan Lagdon, Ulster University
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& to Dr. Mark Walsh for chairing. Natasha’s research was supervised by Prof Philip Hyland
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Warmest congratulations to Chiara Seery who successfully defended her PhD thesis yesterday. Chiara is pictured with Prof Damien Woods (Viva Chair), examiners
@emmaefarrell.bsky.social
, Dr Amanda Fitzgerald UCD & very proud supervisor
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4 days ago
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A study authored by Prof Philip Hyland
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on how people grieve the loss of a pet.
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Grief over pet death can be as strong as that for family member, survey shows
Researcher calls for guidelines for diagnosing prolonged grief disorder to be expanded to cover people mourning pets
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/15/grief-pet-death-family-member-survey
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6 days ago
📻Listen back: Dr Emma Farrell from
@mupsychology.bsky.social
on RTÉ Radio 1 today with David McCullagh speaking about the association between technology and brain rot/rage bait (Oxford Dictionary’s words of the year for 2024 and 2025).
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Brain rot and rage bait
Dr. Emma Farrell Assistant Professor of Mental Health at the Department of Psychology Maynooth University
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22574158/
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👏Congratulations
@rebeccamaguire.bsky.social
& Ms Mary McCusker MSIreland who have been awarded
@hrbireland.bsky.social
funding. They will work on Supporting Mental Health by Improving the Lives & Emotional Wellbeing of People with Multiple Sclerosis.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
11 days ago
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👏👏Congratulations to Prof. Sinead McGilloway and Colleagues on leading the first all-island mental health research network. Funded by the
@hrbireland.bsky.social
and launched today.
@maynoothuniversity.ie
#mentalhealthresearch
#mentalhealth
Read more:
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12 days ago
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📚⭐️The very best of luck to all of our students who are starting their exams in the coming days.
#youvegotthis
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12 days ago
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18 days ago
"We're getting into the 'uncanny valley,'" Dr Constance de Saint,
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referring to the phenomenon in which interactions with artificial objects are so human-like it triggers unease.
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AI resurrections of dead celebrities amuse and rankle
In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251222-ai-resurrections-of-dead-celebrities-amuse-and-rankle
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🎄We would like to wish all of our students, colleagues and friends a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous 2026! Nollaig shona daoibh go léir! 🎁
#Christmas2025
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28 days ago
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Applications for the @MaynoothUni John & Pat Hume Doctoral Awards 2026–27 are open until the 23rd January 2026 at 11.45am. Offers: • €25k stipend • €2k research expenses • EU fees (non-EU waiver available) Apply via:
maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...
#PhD
#Scholarship
about 1 month ago
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We were honoured to welcome MU alumna and PSI President Dr Sarah Cassidy as speaker at the final
#MUPsychologyAt25
event, introduced by
@maynoothuniversity.ie
Prof. Eeva Leinonen and Prof. Deirdre Desmond, followed by a panel discussion with Alumna Dr Anne Kehoe and Dr Ian O’Grady.
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Join us tomorrow, 16th December at 6.30pm as we host our final event of our 25th anniversary year.
#MUPsychologyAt25
@PsychSocIreland @MaynoothUni Ticket details below 👇
about 1 month ago
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🎉Huge Congratulations to Dr. Sadhbh Byrne and colleagues awarded the Mental Health and Disability Award at the Health Service Executive Open Access Research Awards 2025
#HSEOAAwards🏆#MaynoothUni
👉Read More here:
maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
about 1 month ago
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👏Congratulations to Joan Alaboson, who received the
@maynoothuniversity.ie
National PPI Ignite Network Award for Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in doctoral research! 👉Read more:
lnkd.in/dqbRMYys
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about 1 month ago
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📢We're
#hiring
as part of the PROMISE project (Improving Mental Health Supports for People with Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland) ➡️Full-time post-doctoral researcher ➡️Part-time (0.2 FTE) research assistant ➡️Learn more:
universityvacancies.com/.../postdoct...
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
📻Listen back: Prof Andrew Coogan from the
@mupsychology.bsky.social
joined Karl Henry on the Real Health Podcast to explain why sleep is a core pillar of health and shared his top tips for a better night’s sleep.
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Real Health podcast: The sleep science episode with Professor Andrew Coogan
What is sleep pressure? How can you spot the symptoms of insomnia? And why does temperature matter for sleep?
https://m.independent.ie/podcasts/real-health-podcast/real-health-podcast-the-sleep-science-episode-with-professor-andrew-coogan/a435063025.html
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about 1 month ago
Delighted to talk all things Sleep with Karl Henry on the Real Health Podcast
@maynoothuniversity.ie
@mupsychology.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/podcasts/rea...
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Real Health podcast: The sleep science episode with Professor Andrew Coogan
What is sleep pressure? How can you spot the symptoms of insomnia? And why does temperature matter for sleep?
https://www.independent.ie/podcasts/real-health-podcast/real-health-podcast-the-sleep-science-episode-with-professor-andrew-coogan/a435063025.html
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about 2 months ago
Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni - join us to celebrate Maynooth Psychology at 25
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#MUPsychologyAt25
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Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni! The Department of Psychology at Maynooth University is delighted to mark the 25th anniversary of its psychology teaching programmes this year! As part of our… ...
Calling all Maynooth Psychology Alumni! The Department of Psychology at Maynooth University is delighted to mark the 25th anniversary of its psychology teaching programmes this year! As part of our c...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maynooth-psychology-alumni-95698611a_calling-all-maynooth-psychology-alumni-ugcPost-7399410746884857857-yA4-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAANJdWwBB7rc7TlN56leJE1fMVWXEYP9F9s
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about 2 months ago
Looking forward to chairing this, should be fun and interesting! Please do come along if you are interested in how the professional discipline of psychology operates within our society and health services.
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about 1 month ago
I was delighted to talk on Saturday to the Parkinson’s UK South East Parkinson's Research Interest Group on our recent work on sleep in PD - recording available here.
parkinsons-org-uk.zoom.us/rec/play/a-W...
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For our final seminar this semester, we're delighted to welcome Dr Laura Coll-Planas (Assoc Prof. in Public Health, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya) & our own Dr Joanna McHugh Power, who will discuss their research exploring "Loneliness from a micro/meso/macro perspective".
about 1 month ago
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We were delighted to welcome Dr Richard Lombard Vance back to
@maynoothuniversity.ie
on 1st December as a guest speaker for our
#MUPsychologyat25
seminar series.
#ResearchEthics
#assistiveTechnology
about 2 months ago
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Listen back to RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland with Dr Constance de Saint Laurent on why AI could turn people off social media -
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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AI videos could turn people off social media - expert
Reporter, Aaron McElroy analyses the rise of AI-generated content on social media.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22552033/
about 2 months ago
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For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr Richard Lombard-Vance from @DCUPsychology. Join us for Dr Lombard-Vance's seminar, Life after Amputation: Psychoprosthetics, Cognition, and Adjustment, on Monday @ 12pm!
about 2 months ago
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Join us on campus on Friday and Saturday 28th & 29th of November for our next MU Open Days. Find out more about studying Psychology at Maynooth by visiting our stand or attending one of our talks. Register now:
buff.ly/ma5I88s
#Psychology
#MaynoothUniversity
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Congratulations to Prof Philip Hyland of the Dept of Psychology and ALL Institute on making it onto the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List 👏👏👏
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www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/2...
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‘1 in 1,000’: 27 scientists in Ireland on Highly Cited Researchers list
27 researchers in Ireland have been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list 2025.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/27-scientists-ireland-highly-cited-researchers-list-clarivate
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Check out Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University discussing how to tackle loneliness with David McCullagh on RTE Radio 1
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Building a community and how to tackle loneliness
Sarah Finnan, Freelance Journalist and Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22559519/
2 months ago
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👏👏Congratulations to our colleague Prof. Philip Hyland on making it onto the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List !! Learn more here:
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
2 months ago
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Staff and students of the department were treated to a very exciting talk by MU Alum Dr. Conor Thornberry (TCIN) who shared his research into the neural mechanisms underlying successful spatial navigation using a new gamified task and magnetoencephalography.
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2 months ago
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We are excited to welcome our next seminar speaker Dr Conor Thornberry, Research Fellow at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. Dr Thornberry's seminar will take place on Monday 17th November @12pm!
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2 months ago
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👏Congratulations to Prof. Katriona O'Sullivan and team on the launch of the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education @MaynoothUni
#opportunity
#inclusion
#potential
#TalentIsEverywhere
2 months ago
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Our PhD student Rachel Brown will present “The Fantasy of Recovery” at this year's APPI congress. Rachel’s PhD is a critical investigation of the relationship between social class and mental health, and the mediating role of discourse, in this case, discourses of recovery.
appi.ie/congress-2025
2 months ago
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Delighted to support MU Psych Soc's invited lecture on Forensic Metascience by departmental alum, Dr Jamie Cummins
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
whose work in this area seeks to enhance rigour & accuracy in scientific reporting. Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins.
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2 months ago
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We are delighted to announce Dr Ross Brannigan, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology @RCSI_Irl, as our next seminar series speaker! Join us for his seminar "Psychiatric Epidemiology and Healthcare: Identifying Groups at Risk"
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2 months ago
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👏Congratulations to Dr Alexander Porshnev, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology on his recent MaynoothSparks Award 2025. 🏆 Read more here:
maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
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3 months ago
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"How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Being Wrong" Dr. Cummins on scientific trustworthiness, developing AI tools & how AI can mislead. Psych Society marks 25 years of psychology research & teaching at MU 📆Thu 6 Nov📷JHL2📷
#MUPsychologyat25
#PsychologyMU
#AI
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3 months ago
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👏Huge Congratulations to Dr Dermot Lynott, recipient of the Open Research & Scholarship Award 2025 & Dr Tadhg MacIntyre, recipient of the SDG Award 2025.🏆Pictured below with Prof Rachel Msetfi, Vice President of Research & Innovation. @MaynoothUni
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
Great to welcome back Dr Austin Fahy for this week's Departmental Seminar
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@maynoothuniversity.ie
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We were delighted to welcome back Dr Austin Fahy, postdoctoral researcher @RCSI_Irl Centre for Simulation Education and Research for his seminar today on "Defining core competencies for the delivery of simulation-based interprofessional education"
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
I talked to
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
about the relative merits of being a morning or evening chronotype.
@maynoothuniversity.ie
@mupsychology.bsky.social
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Should you be a night owl or an early bird? | Newstalk
Some of us are night owls, some of us are early birds. But, is it better to be one or the oth...
https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-moncrieff/should-you-be-a-night-owl-or-an-early-bird
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We were delighted to host Prof. Claudio Nigg as part of our
#MUPsychologyat25
celebrations! Prof. Nigg, a leading expert in physical activity promotion & Chair of Health Sciences at Bern, delivered a fascinating talk on “Promoting physical activity in different cultures.”
3 months ago
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For our next seminar, we're delighted to welcome Prof. Claudio Nigg, Institute of Sport Science, University of Bern & Adjunct Prof @MUPsychDept, who will present on 'Promoting physical activity in different cultures: Lessons learned from a program of research'
#psychologyat25
3 months ago
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@lornastaines.bsky.social
, we are delighted to welcome you to our department.
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3 months ago
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We were delighted to have our very own Dr Tara Kealy as part of our
#MUPsychologyat25
weekly seminar series. Tara discussed our new Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology & her own Ed Psych journey.
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3 months ago
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& I could not be more proud and delighted for Dr
@isaiahgitonga.bsky.social
who submitted the latest addition to
@mupsychology.bsky.social
thesis collection today 😀 💐💫💫💫
#ADVANCECRT
#PhD
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3 months ago
A wonderful evening to celebrate
@mupsychology.bsky.social
at 25 years with our alumnus Brian Pennie returning to give us an inspiring talk on how education gave him the life of his dreams
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Maynooth University’s Department of Psychology launched its 25th anniversary celebrations with a special keynote lecture from the popular neuroscientist, author and motivational speaker, Dr Brian Pennie.
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www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
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Great turnout last night for our public lecture by Dr Brian Pennie (
brianpennie.com
), popular neuroscientist and Maynooth Psychology graduate, who shared his inspiring journey of recovery from addiction and how the brain supports not just resilience, but growth and thriving.
#MUPsychologyat25
3 months ago
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We are delighted to announce Dr Tara Kealy (Asst. Prof in Educational Psychology, MU) as our next @MUpsychdept seminar speaker. Dr Kealy will discuss our new Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology & her own Ed Psych journey. Join us on Mon 13th Oct!
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3 months ago
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