Dr. Lilian Alweiss -
Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
The Possibility of Metaphysics.
This study explores Kant's claim that our knowledge is
limited. Against the German idealist tradition it defends
Kant's distinction between knowledge and thinking.
It argues that what lies beyond the limits of knowledge
is not senseless but remains central to experience
and metaphysics itself.
Ms. Oonagh B. Breen -
Faculty of Law, University College Dublin
A European Framework for
Civil Society: Lessons to be learnt from US Non Profit
Organisations (in the legal and political development
of the Third Sector in Ireland).
This project will focus on the development of a regulatory
blueprint for the non profit sector in Ireland, in light
of developing policy in the EU with regard to the role
of civil society and based on the US experience of non-profit
organisations. It will seek to map out the field that exists
beyond legal charities and in doing so will re- examine
the existing legal definition of charity. In particular
it will seek to identify best practices abroad in relation
to governance and legal issues, such as incorporation,
registration and charitable status.
Dr. Michael J. Breen -
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
An Analysis of Framing
in Media Coverage of Sexual Abuse in Ireland
Sexual abuse generally, particularly child sexual abuse,
is a significant social problem. Recent research indicates
that the public in Ireland are misinformed in relation
to the prevalence, nature and source of sexual abuse (McGee
et al., 2002). This project examines the contribution of
Irish media to public perceptions by analysing media framing
of sexual abuse.
Dr. Daniel Carey - Department
of English, National University of Ireland, Galway
The Paradox of Travel,
1580-1700
This project examines the paradoxical status of travel
and travel literature in the early modern period. Journeys
undertaken for trade, education and colonial purposes were
both embraced and rejected by commentators, while controversies
emerged over the merits of consuming exotic commodities,
and the truth value of narratives describing human nature
and the natural world around the globe.
Dr. Linda Connolly - Department
of Sociology, University College Cork
Theorising Ireland: The
Legacy of Social Research
This project will provide the first integrated historical
survey of social research produced in the Irish context,
over the course of the twentieth century. A new and alternative
perspective in contemporary Irish studies, embedded in
the sociological tradition of researching social and cultural
life, will be advanced.
Dr. Colm Harmon - Institute
for the Study of Social Change, University College
Dublin
The Impact of Schooling
on Lifetime Labour Market Outcomes
Individuals who are educated typically earn more and participate
in the labour market to a greater extent, and hence are
less likely to suffer problems of social exclusion. Despite
this it is still unclear why many individuals choose to
leave school early and fail to capture the returns that
schooling brings over the lifecycle. In this project we
will firstly consider the economic returns to schooling
based on the analysis of large scale datasets and focus
on existing problems in that literature. Secondly, and
informed by the research on returns to education, we widen
the scope to consider the educational choice and in particular
the impact of family background on educational choices.
We model the causal effects of public policy in a range
of areas in determining the level of education an individual
chooses and the manner of transition from school to work.
Finally we examine the impact of labour market structures
on the returns to education.
Dr. Nicola McLelland -
Department of Germanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin
SCHOTTELIUS: 'FATHER OF
GERMAN GRAMMAR'?
A book on J.G. Schottelius (1612-1676), a central but difficult
figure in history of linguistics. It will:
- be the first ever comprehensive treatment
of Schottelius' ideas
- be the first monograph available in
English on the subject
- include an annotated edition of Book
1 of Schottelius' Ausführliche Arbeit (1663).
Dr. Dorren McMahon - Marino
Institute of Education, Dublin
A study of the distribution
and determinants of literacy in Ireland
The projects will use the OECD’s PISA data set, a
cross-national study of 15 year olds. The project will
examine the distribution of teenagers below the accepted
level of literacy and what interpretations of these distributions
mean. Family background and literacy will be analysed.
Finally, Ireland will be compared with Sweden.
Dr. Muiris Ó Laoire
- Institute of Technology, Tralee
The project, called 'The
Language Situation in Ireland' is a documentation
and analysis of the language profile of the State,
(English, Gaeilge/Irish and, in the context of inward
migration, newly introduced allochthonous community
languages); including an analysis of language spread,
language policy, language planning, language maintenance
and prospects.
Dr. William O’Reilly
- Department of History, National University of Ireland,
Galway
Reconquista and the Austrian
Lands
This project proposes to examine the adaptation and application
of Spanish and Spanish- American methods of government
in the lands of central and south-central Europe after
1711. How did the co1onisation that took place in Europe
compare with that which had already been implemented in
the Americas? Were methods employed in Central Europe similar
to those employed during the Reconquista of Spain?
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