Doctor Sarah Browne from TCD Business School explains why she moved away from a traditional, mainstream approach to teaching marketing, which included such subjects as micro-targeting and brand equity. Instead, Sarah and colleagues, both in the Business School and elsewhere, are now taking much a more critical stance which questions the prioritisation of demand generation,…
We have lost an inspiring leader, innovator, colleague and friend. Marius Buiting died last week aged only 64 and will be sorely missed (A personal reflection from David Somekh EHFF Director). Marius trained as a physician and a lawyer and was always closely associated with the town and province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While passionate…
EHFF Newsletter No.18 Updates, Progress… and Ideas Thoughts from the editor… The summer months are a time for relaxation and reflection. In our last Newsletter I signalled that our next strategy meeting was imminent. On the 4th of May, 12 of our 15 Trustees and Advisors met to review our mission and progress. While it was exciting that we still all felt…
David Somekh and Caroline Whyte spoke with Dr Mark Garavan, who is a senior lecturer in Social Care at the Atlantic Technological University in Ireland, and the author of the recently-published book ‘Care’. Topics discussed include the double-edged role of technology; the power of dominant narratives – including those concerning inequality and economic growth; modernity’s quest…
Interview by Seán Ó Conláin (FEASTA & EHFF) with Philip McDonagh. Philip is the author of several poetry collections and the Director of the Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations at Dublin City University. A former diplomat, he was involved in the Good Friday Agreement peace process in Northern Ireland, and he served…
Integrating conventional and traditional medicine (including research on herbs), while also making use of new technologies to help ensure that patient care is personalised as possible – these are some of the themes discussed by Takis Kotos, founder of the Cambridge Medical Academy, with David Somekh and Caroline Whyte. FEASTA and EHFF · Bridging the…