📚✨ Delighted to share details of “The Ironies That Structure Scholarly Life: Playfulness, Reflexivity and the (Re)Construction of Scholarly Identity” — an hashtag#ECSB-funded PDW, supported by INTRE, taking place on 14 May 2026 at Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin.
This thought-provoking event will explore the realities of building and sustaining a scholarly career in entrepreneurship and the wider business and management fields, particularly within higher education systems shaped by metrics, performance pressures, and institutional expectations.
👥 Designed for early-, mid-, and later-career scholars and researchers, the day will create space for reflection on:
✨ academic purpose
✨ wellbeing
✨ scholarly identity
✨ agency and academic futures
We are delighted to have sessions from:
🎓 Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy (University College Dublin)
🎓 Dr Briga Hynes (University of Limerick)
🎓 Dr Gary Kerr (Atlantic Technological University)
The event will be facilitated by:
🎓 Dr David Higgins (University of Liverpool, Board Member of ECSB/INTRE Secretary)
🎓 Dr Trudie Murray (Munster Technological University, Country VP of ECSB/INTRE Board Member)
🎓 Gavan Drohan (Trinity College Dublin/INTRE Champion)
📍 Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin
📅 14 May 2026
🕙 10.00am – 4.00pm
✅ The event is free and open to all
⚠️ Places are limited to 35 and we are already half full, so early registration is strongly encouraged.
📢 Registration and more details for the event can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dnikEAZ6
✅️ We encourage non-members to join hashtag#ECSB and connect with its wider scholarly community: https://lnkd.in/dCH8k_aZ
✅️We also welcome new members to hashtag#INTRE.
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