We presented our poster on #loneliness in Ireland based on #ESS data on Research and Engagement Day hosted by #UCD College of Social Sciences and Law on today

A paradox of perception: autonomy, work, and ICT in Europe Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enhance flexibility but blurs work–life boundaries—a phenomenon termed the “autonomy paradox.” Using the European Social Survey Round 10, we investiga...

We are happy to announce that our team members published an open acces article based on #ESS Round 10: A paradox of perception: autonomy, work, and ICT in Europe www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #UCD #ResearchIreland

A paradox of perception: autonomy, work, and ICT in Europe Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enhance flexibility but blurs work–life boundaries—a phenomenon termed the “autonomy paradox.” Using the European Social Survey Round 10, we investiga...

Publication alert. I am happy to announce our latest article based on European social survey Round 10 - It is open access: A paradox of perception: autonomy, work, and ICT in Europe www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌿 Postdocs & Research Staff — Let’s Take a Walk!
Join us for a relaxed Lunch Walk to connect with fellow postdocs and research staff
🗓 26th February 2026
⏰ 13:00–14:00
📍 Meet at the Chess Garden
We look forward to seeing you there! ✨
#UCD #PostdocLife #Siptu

Despite some scepticism (27%), most (47%) favour further European unification. 61% of the Irish population feel emotionally attached to Europe, contrasting with 22% expressing low attachment.
#EuropeanUnion #Ireland #Research #ESS11 #ResearchIreland #UCD ess.ucd.ie
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Our latest survey reveals key issues that UCD Research Staff - including postdocs - are facing. 🫵We want to take these issues further and raise them to #UCD with the support of SIPTU reps, but we can’t do it alone – join RSA-SIPTU to make our voices heard. #postdoc #ireland #siptu www.ucd.ie/rsa/

Workers Voices 2026 - GFTU Educational Trust Workers’ Voices 2026

Have your say today! the GFTU Educational Trust and SOAS Economics Department have launched a workers' survey on #tradeunion education in Britain & Ireland
And share with colleagues, friends, and family: gftuet.org.uk/workersvoice...

www.labourstartcampaigns.net/solidarityfo... support for Turkish teachers unionising

Join us for A Social Bachata Dance (for Beginners) — a fun, welcoming event where movement meets community!

📅 20th January 2026
⏰ 17:00–18:30
📍 The Harmony Studio (Student Center)

Hosted by the UCD Research Staff Association (RSA SIPTU)

QR code or the link for registration. tinyurl.com/9vbxhc5z

Uber wants to disrupt Ireland's taxi regulation. Here's how and why it's being resisted Uber's ‘platform economy’ mission is being met with resistance in Ireland and elsewhere. DARRAGH GOLDEN unravels the story behind the recent Dublin and Cork taxi protests

Uber playbook: By creating downward price competition, the livelihoods of taxi drivers will become untenable. by Darragh Golden - UCD 👇

Osman Kavala: Turkey’s Defining Political Prisoner at Its Ninth Anniversary Behind Bars His trial has been a sham from the start, flagrantly ignoring the rule of law and judgment from the highest European court.

open.substack.com/pub/yavuzbay...

Paul Kearns: UN commission’s genocide finding has changed little here in Israel I want to ask the people I see in cafes: ‘Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but what do you think about Palestinian children dying of starvation?’

Paul Kearns: UN commission’s genocide finding has changed little here in Israel

WE ARE BACK!

With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.

Find our 2025/26 programme below.

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Rebels with a Welfare Cause: Turkey’s Youth Rising against Authoritarianism | Review of Democracy After Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s imprisonment in March 2025, youth-led protests swept Turkey. Fueled by digital activism and pop culture, this new resistance converges with social policy innovati...

The protests following İmamoğlu’s imprisonment have brought into focus a new generation of politically active youth, shaped by economic hardship, digital connectivity, and life under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Here is our op-ed with Elifcan Celebi revdem.ceu.edu/2025/08/22/r...

Labour Between Revitalisation and Autocratisation Editor's Note: In the last two years, a group of organisations and collectives from countries around the world came together to produce the International Strike Reports for 2022 and 2023, offering str...

Alpkan Birelma from the Labour Studies Collective shared insights on working-class militancy, the strike wave & movement revitalisation in Turkey.

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Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...

Hello #isaforum25. So we finally meet!

Petition to include services in the Occupied Territories Bill What is the occupied territories bill? The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 (commonly known as the Occupied Territories Bill) is a proposed Irish law that would ban and cr...

Action Alert for Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill #Ireland. Please sign it too, we have to take real action. #StandWithPalestine act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...

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Pocket (bookmark app) is leaving, here are other alternatives. I haven’t decided what to choose yet

UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

19 Mart eylemleri ve gençlik – Ebru Işıklı Tarihçi Marc Bloch "İnsanlar ebeveynlerinden çok zamanlarının çocuklarıdır" der. Bu yüzden X, Y, Z kuşağı gibi kavramları bağlamı

19 Mart eylemleri ve gençlik – Ebru Işıklı

@DKAmbTurkiye
We as scholars, activists concerned in labor/environmental issues find the double standards applied in the subsidiary company of the prestigious Danish company #QueensFlowers in Turkey inacceptable. According to @BHrightsPy those practices are not allowed.
@btosen2014.bsky.social

Sendika.org is 24 years old. Support independent press in Türkiye

Londra'dan Dublin'e forumlarda, eylemlerde bir araya gelmeye devam ediyor, Saray Rejimi'ne karşı yükselen sesi tüm dünyaya duyuruyoruz.

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From London to Dublin, we are coming together in forums and demonstrations, amplifying the voice against the Palace Regime in Turkey.

@tipirlanda.bsky.social

Those in İstanbul, don’t miss it

Turkey’s Students Demand the Future Students have taken the lead in the struggle to defend Turkish democracy. Their activism reflects anger at the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu but also a long erosion of social rights which h...

proletariat young protesters are against Islamic neoliberal government elites jacobin.com/2025/04/turk...

Meet the Cork-based Turkish writer inspired by our countries’ shared stories of independence “Something else you might find interesting,” the man across from the coffee table says to me, “both of my parents have been diagnosed with cancer. My dad has been diagnosed with stage 4. I got to see ...

www.independent.ie/regionals/co...

The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has forced it into a more activist posture as it faces a growing mass move...

Highlights from my analysis of the resistance and how it is pushing Turkey's mainstream opposition to the left. Published by @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/03/turk...
"Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/

Ireland's Turkish community protest İmamoğlu arrest Around 200 people have gathered in Dublin to show support for Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu who has been jailed in Turkey pending a trial over corruption allegations.

www.rte.ie/news/regiona...