Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Maynooth University

Peter McNamara is dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Maynooth University.

Featured Resources

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Beyond gut feeling: what should academic hiring panels consider?

Academic hiring often relies on gut feeling and bias. Olga Ryazanova and Peter McNamara show how evidence on early-career choices and research records can help panels make fairer, more informed decisions

Olga Ryazanova , Peter McNamara

Maynooth University

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Key questions to help universities measure societal impact

When societal impact has so many definitions, how can higher education institutions measure it without overlap or disengagement? This coordinated approach aims to find accepted, effective common ground

Olga Ryazanova , Peter McNamara , Tatiana Andreeva

Maynooth University