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Professor Daniel Faas

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Professor Daniel Faas

Professor in (Sociology)
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Daniel Faas is Professor in Sociology (full professor), Director of Postgraduate Studies, and founding Director of the MSc Comparative Social Change (an inter-institutional partnership and joint degree programme with University College Dublin). Born in Pforzheim, Professor Faas has lived and worked in Germany, the UK, Greece, USA and Ireland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Monash University Migration and Inclusion Centre (2024), University of South Australia, Adelaide (2024), Beijing Foreign Studies University (2018), University of the Philippines Diliman (2018), Universidade de São Paulo (2017) and University College London, Institute of Education. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge (PhD, MPhil), University of Stuttgart (MA) and Trinity College Dublin (MA jo). His research and teaching interests are in the sociology of migration with specific emphasis on the intersection of migration and education. His work focuses on youth identities in relation to immigrant integration, national identity, multiculturalism and social cohesion, religion and schooling in Ireland and Europe, curriculum design and development, as well as comparative case study methodologies. He has published widely on these topics in high-impact peer-reviewed international journals, as well as a sole-authored monograph (Negotiating Political Identities: Multiethnic Schools and Youth in Europe). In 2015, Professor Faas was elected to Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin in recognition of his scholarship and research achievements and his contribution to College and to the School. Daniel Faas is winner of the Trinity Global Engagement Award (2016) in recognition of outstanding global relationship building, collaboration, outreach and cultural understanding, winner of the Provost's Teaching Award at Trinity College Dublin (2012) in recognition of his contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence and innovation, and recipient of the 2009 European Sociological Association award for best journal article. Professor Faas served as an elected Board Member (2019-22), University Council Member (2012-18) and Head of Department of Sociology (2012-16) at Trinity College Dublin. He was Fulbright-Schuman Fellow in the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley (2009) and Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy in Athens (2006-2008). At Trinity, Professor Faas has served as College Tutor, inaugural Director of Global Relations in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy (2010-15), Member of the College International Committee (2012-18), Member of the Equality Committee (2016-17), and Convenor/Champion of the interdisciplinary research theme "Identities in Transformation" (2018-21). He has been strongly involved in the university's Global Relations Strategy development and implementation, including chairing a Task Force on Mobility leading to the publication of a policy report on "Barriers to Inward and Outward Student Mobility" (2013), developing an International Foundation Programme (2015), as well as international student recruitment and partnership building delegations in India, China, Brazil and the Philippines (since 2012). Externally, Professor Faas has acted as expert evaluator and panel vice-chair for the Research Executive Agency (REA) and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission, and the following national funding agencies: Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus; Swiss National Science Foundation; Qatar National Research Fund; Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal; Luxembourg National Research Fund; Research Council of Finland; Research Council of Norway; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Israel Science Foundation; National Science Centre Poland; Volkswagen Foundation; the Slovak Research and Development Agency; and the Czech Science Foundation.
  Case-study research   Citizenship   Community and School Relations   Comparative Education   Comparative Sociology   Educational Planning/Policy   Ethnicity & Nationalism in Central Europe   EU developments   European minority cultures and identities   Globalisation   Identity politics and social change   Knowledge Based Society   Migration   Migration and Employment   Multicultural Education   Multiculturalism   Qualitative methodologies   Race and ethnic studies   Social Policy   Teacher Education Issues
Project Title
 COMPARING REFUGEE CHILDREN'S RESILIENCE IN IRISH SCHOOLS: EU TEMPORARY PROTECTION AND OTHER REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS
From
2025
To
2029
Summary
This innovative project explores how cultural identity and institutional practices shape refugee children"s educational experiences and resilience-building capacity in Irish schools. While Ireland has one of the highest school enrolment rates for Ukrainian refugee children in the EU, preliminary evidence suggests varying support experiences among refugee children based on their cultural background and migration status. Through an interdisciplinary lens combining education, sociology and psychology, this project examines how cultural recognition and inclusive practices manifest in two primary and two post-primary schools in high-refugee concentration urban areas. The methodology includes focus groups with European (Ukrainian) and non-European refugee children to explore how different cultural groups navigate identity formation, resilience and intercultural friendships within the Irish education system. Semi-structured interviews with teachers and parents will analyse how school communities can foster inclusive environments that celebrate cultural diversity. Through this comprehensive approach, the project aims to understand how educational institutions can become models of inclusive societies where cultural diversity and refugee resilience mutually strengthen communities. This project leverages Prof Daniel Faas"s expertise in migration-education intersectionality and cultural integration, alongside Prof Rachel Hoare"s extensive clinical experience with child and adolescent refugees and research on their friendships, cultural adaptation and resilience.
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Programme
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund
Project Title
 THE INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION STRATEGY IN IRELAND: OLD WINE IN A NEW BOTTLE?
From
2010
To
2012
Summary
This project, directed by Dr. Daniel Faas, aims to evaluate the implementation of the new Irish Intercultural Education Strategy, launched in September 2010. Ireland has experienced large-scale immigration since 1996, particularly since the 2004 eastern enlargement of the European Union. With immigration presently slowing down as a result of the economic downturn, the issue of how to integrate those already residing in Ireland is now a pertinent issue. Drawing on interviews with two management staff in two primary, two post-primary and two third-level institutions in Dublin, the study analyzes how these define and operationalize interculturalism. The area of how schools and (young) universities like Dublin City University transpose intercultural guidelines into practice merits further research. Although the recent Department of Education and Science-commissioned report 'Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students' identified some of the issues at stake and has informed the development of the Intercultural Education Strategy, little is known about the impact this new initiative will have on schools and how school management and staff understand and respond to migration-related diversity. This study arises out of consultation meetings organized by the Department of Education and Skills and forms the pilot of European collaborative work.
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Programme
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund
Project Title
 CIVIC INTEGRATION IN NORTHWEST EUROPEAN MIGRATION SOCIETIES (CIVITURN)
From
2008
To
2011
Summary
The CIVITURN project engages with the thesis by Christian Joppke that Western European migration policy is converging towards a liberal consensus of anti-discrimination rights and labour market participation. While these tendencies are undisputable, the project endeavours to demonstrate that migration policies - comparatively studied in Denmark, Britain, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands across a range of policy areas including education and citizenship aspects - are not just 'liberal' but reflective of a civic or republican turn emphasising activity, autonomy, and 'good' citizenship. This turn is manifested in different ways according to national trajectories and public philosophies of integration (which are not the same as fixed archetype 'national models') in part to do with national conceptualisations of citizenship as a response to questions of unity, diversity and Islamic religion. Moreover, these citizen integration strategies are not only nationally diverse, but indicative of national identity concerns/nationalism. The research is in continuation of an EU-funded project (A European Approach to Multicultural Citizenship: Legal, Political and Educational Challenges) which focused on the experiences of Muslim and other migrant minorities in Europe. The project is at dissemination stage (please see articles co-authored with Mouritsen, Meer and de Witte).
Funding Agency
Aarhus University Faculty of Social Sciences
Programme
Globalization Inititative
Project Title
 GLOBAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
From
2009
To
2010
Summary
This new interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research programme in Ethnicity and Education, directed by Dr. Daniel Faas, studies the responses to cultural and religious diversity primarily in education but also related areas such as the labour market. With inward migration to Ireland and Europe slowing down as a result of the global economic downturn, the focus has shifted from migration studies to issues of integration. The main initiative includes an analysis of the impacts of the new Irish Intercultural Education Strategy in primary, post-primary and tertiary education and in particular how school management staff, including teachers and students, understand and respond to interculturalism in our knowledge-based society. Related actions to be implemented include the preparation of an international collaborative project on balancing diversity and social cohesion. Part of the funds will also be used to invite renowned speakers to Trinity and produce and launch two books. The project relates to the activities of the Trinity Immigration Initiative but with a stronger focus on education, thereby also strengthening and developing a key subdiscipline in the Department of Sociology. Several of my PhD students (working on return migration; racialised discourses in schools; and diversity management in the workplace) are attached to this research programme.
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Programme
Start-Up Fund
Project Title
 IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION AND CIVIC COHESION IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
From
2009
To
2009
Summary
During the first years of the 21st century, national citizenship identities on both sides of the Atlantic are being challenged by devolution and regionalisation on the one hand, and ever-increasing processes of European integration, globalisation and migration on the other. Minority ethnic communities, especially Muslims, have come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the terrorist events in the United States, Spain and England. Politicians and academics have been intensively debating what should be done to enhance civic cohesion in contemporary societies, and some of the latest efforts have focused on the role education and training systems play in the process of mediating the tensions between national majorities and migrant minorities. This project informs the preparation and implementation of new teaching units in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of European Studies, notably through developing a transatlantic perspective in existing University of Berkeley undergraduate and graduate modules on 'Immigration, Incorporation and Citizenship'. It also promotes comparative and interdisciplinary research with a view of strengthening the transatlantic research and policy community; fosters student exchanges and contributes to the debate on how to balance cultural and ethnic diversity with civic integration approaches.
Funding Agency
Fulbright Commission
Programme
Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship

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Expert Evaluator, Czech Science Foundation [Panel EX6 Social Sciences] 2025 - to date
Programme Reviewer, Dundalk Institute of Technology Department of Humanities (School of Business and Humanities), Re-validations and new validations of BA programmes 2019-2019
Board Member of SAGE Sociology textbook series "New Approaches to Sociology" 2018-2020
Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Social Sciences Committee (invited to join the Social Sciences Committee for a 4-year term, and invited to join the RIA conference organizing committee to develop the content for an event on 27 February 2020 on the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland) 2018-2022
Associate Editor, Intercultural Education (Journal) 2018-to date
Associate Senior Fellow, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (PhD Mentor of Project: Including the Marginalized: The Case of Children of Migrants and Education in Ghana) 2017- 2019
Expert Evaluator, Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) [Social Sciences and Humanities SH2 Panel] 2017-to date
Board Member, European Sociological Association (Research Network 10: Sociology of Education) 2017-to date
Advisor to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), in the context of the Education about Religions and Beliefs (ERB) and Ethics curriculum, and the Review of the junior "Goodness Me, Goodness You" religious education programme in Community National Schools 2017-to date
Vice-Chair, Rapporteur & Expert Evaluator, European Commission Framework Programme Horizon 2020 [Societal Challenge 6] 2015-2020
Convenor of the Special Interest Group "Belief Systems, Ethics and Philosophy in Education" (Educational Studies Association of Ireland) 2016-2017
Expert Evaluator, Slovak Research and Development Agency [Panel SOC2] 2024 - to date
Expert Evaluator, Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA, European Commission) [Erasmus+ programme, as well as CERV Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme] 2015-to date
Editorial Board Member, British Educational Research Journal 2014-2017
Consultant for the Network Migration in Europe, invited to write research-based policy briefs for example on Muslims in Germany for their information platform Migration Citizenship Education" 2015-2018
Editorial Board Member, Irish Journal of Sociology 2014-2017
External Examiner of PhD dissertations 2014-to date
Expert Evaluator, Volkswagen Foundation [Challenges for Academia and Society] 2013-to date
Editor of Education Inquiry Journal (Special Issue: "Ethnic diversity and schooling in national education systems") 2012-2013
Expert Evaluator, European Commission, FP7 and Horizon 2020 [Cooperation] as Remote Evaluator and Panel Member 2012-to date
Expert Evaluator, Foundation for Science and Technology Portugal [Social Sciences and the Humanities] 2012-to date
Expert Evaluator, Swiss National Science Foundation [Humanities and Social Sciences] 2012-to date
Chair and Member of External Evaluation Committees, Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA), Quality Reviews and Accreditations of BA, MA and PhD programmes at public and private universities in Cyprus 2022-to date
Expert Evaluator, Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus [Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities] 2010-to date
Advisor to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Washington DC (on effects of education reforms on outcomes of migrant youth in North America and Europe) 2010- 2012
Advisor to the Irish Department of Education and Skills (DES), consulted on the development of the Intercultural Education Strategy (2010-2015), the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector, and the development of policies for Community National Schools (since 2017) 2008-to date
Advisor to the European Commission, DG Education and Culture [Education and Training 2010 Programme], invited to contribute to policy development notably the 2008 production of the Green Paper on "Migration and Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities for EU Education Systems" 2007-2010
Chair and Discussant at major national and international Sociology and Education conferences 2008-to date
Referee of Journal Articles for over 30 leading international journals in the areas of sociology, education and ethnic studies; Book Reviewer; Book Manuscript Reviewer for Palgrave and Routledge 2007-to date
Vice-Chair, Rapporteur & Expert Evaluator, European Commission Framework Programme Horizon Europe [Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions] 2021-to date
Expert Evaluator, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) [PRIN] 2021-to date
Expert Evaluator, Israel Science Foundation [Personal Research Grants] 2021-to date
Expert Evaluator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [Insight Grants] 2021-to date
Expert Evaluator, National Science Centre Poland [Panel HS6] 2020-to date
Expert Evaluator, Qatar National Research Fund [National Priorities Research Program] 2020-to date
Expert Evaluator, Research Council of Finland [Education Panel] 2020-to date
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International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE) 2019 present
British Sociological Association (BSA) 2006 2011
American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2007 2008
Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) 2017 present
Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) 2012 present
European Sociological Association (ESA), honorary member since 2009 2007 present
British Educational Research Association (BERA) 2005 present
European Educational Research Association (EERA) 2005 present
American Sociological Association (ASA) 2012 2014
Council for European Studies (CES) 2010 2013
International Sociological Association (ISA) 2008 2011
FOLEY, A., FAAS, D. and DARMODY, M., Preserving Ethos: Facilitating Factors and Barriers for Implementing Ethos in Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland, Compare, 55, (3), 2025, p478 - 495, Journal Article, SUBMITTED  DOI
TRINIDAD, A.C. and FAAS, D., Upward Mobility and Class Inequities among Filipino Migrant Nurses in the Republic of Ireland, Sociology, 59, (1), 2025, p37 - 54, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
FOLEY, A., FAAS, D. and DARMODY, M., The Creation of Culturally Responsive School Environments in Ireland: Factors that Assist in Reducing the Gap Between Policy and Practice, Policy Futures in Education, 23, (1), 2025, p155 - 168, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
TRINIDAD, A.C. and FAAS, D., Familial Ties and their Impact on the Class Conditions of Migrant Nurses in the Republic of Ireland, European Societies, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Workers' Experiences in Non-Profit and For-Profit Managed Asylum Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Ireland, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Frames of Forced Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Political and Media Discourses in Italy and Ireland, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2025, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
FOLEY, A., FAAS, D. and DARMODY, M., Parental School Choice in Post-Secular Ireland: Insights from Irish Primary Schools, Irish Educational Studies, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
FOLEY, A., FAAS, D. and DARMODY, M., Negotiating Belonging in Irish Primary Schools: The Role of Childhood Agency, Educational Studies, 2025, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
PERONI, C., DEVITT, C. and FAAS, D., Street Level Bureaucrats in the Irish Privatised Asylum Regime: Experiences and Professional Identity, Sociology, 2025, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
HANNIGAN, A., FAAS, D. and DARMODY, M., Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Initial Teacher Education Courses: The case of Ireland, Irish Educational Studies, 43, (1), 2024, p125 - 140, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: CANCILIERI, M., 'O fim do eldorado Irlandes: A onda de medo entre brasileiros na Irlanda [The end of the Irish eldorado: The wave of fear among Brazilians in Ireland]'', (5 December), Berlin, Deutsche Welle (DW Brasil), 2024, -, Notes: [Interview with Deutsche Welle Correspondent Mauricio Cancilieri on experiences of discrimination among the Brazilian community in Ireland], Broadcast, RELEASED
FAAS, D., Religion and Education in Ireland, Europe and Beyond , Invited seminar at The Centre for Research on Learning and Life Chances (LLAKES), 15 June, 2022, UCL Institute of Education, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
FAAS, D. , Studying Sociology: Definitions, Challenges and Opportunities , Invited lecture to masters and PhD students at DLSU, 4 December, 2020, Behavioural Sciences Department, De La Salle University, Philippines. , Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: NORUM, B., Katolisk hospital bliver overdraget til den irske stat [Catholic hospital is handed over to the Irish state], 14 May, 2020, Notes: [Interview with UK/Ireland Correspondent Bjarne Norum (Kristeligt Dagblad daily newspaper in Denmark)], Report, PUBLISHED
FAAS, D., Migrant Youth Identity and Politics, Invited talks as part of a Visiting Fellowship in the Institute of Advanced Studies, 9-10 September, 2019, School of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: CROXALL, M., 'Ireland Abortion Referendum', (26 May), London, BBC News live at 8pm, replayed on the 11pm bulletin, 2018, -, Notes: [Live television interview of Prof Daniel Faas with Martine Croxall on the impact of the abortion referendum in Ireland and wider issues of social change], Broadcast, RELEASED
FAAS, D. , Religion and Education in Ireland: Child agency, ethos and leadership in Community National Schools , Invited lecture on the MA Sociology programme, 12 February, 2018, Department of Sociology, University of the Philippines (Diliman), Invited Talk, PRESENTED
FAAS, D. , Ireland in Europe: Sociological and Political Perspectives , Invited lecture as part of the St Patrick's Day celebrations at BFSU, 14 March, 2018, Centre of Irish Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
FAAS, D., The Migration Challenge: Comparative Educational Perspectives , Invited lecture to masters and PhD students at Minzu , 14 March, 2018, School of Ethnology and Anthropology, Minzu University of China, Beijing, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
FAAS, D. , The Role of Religion, Religiosity and Identity in Schools, Spotlight Topic Keynote Speaker at 2nd Cultural Diversity, Migration and Education Conference, 24 August, 2018, University of Potsdam, Germany, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


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Award Date
Visiting Professor, Migration and Inclusion Centre, Monash University 2024
Election to Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin (in recognition of research excellence) 2015
European Research Council Finalist (ERC Consolidator Grant) 2014
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Education, University College London 2013
European Sociological Association Book of the Month 2013
Provost's Teaching Award, Trinity College Dublin (in recognition of teaching excellence) 2012
European Research Council Finalist (ERC Starting Grant) 2011
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Aarhus University 2010
Best Article Award and Honorary Membership, European Sociological Association 2009
Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley 2008
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy 2006
Visiting Professor, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia 2024
Cambridge European Trust Award, University of Cambridge 2005
Paul Mellon Award, Clare Hall College University of Cambridge 2005
British Economic and Social Research Council Scholarship 2002
Provost's Project Award, Trinity College Dublin (to recruit a fully-funded PhD candidate) 2019
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Lougborough University 2019
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, University of the Philippines (Diliman) 2018
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Universidade de São Paulo 2017
Visiting Professor, School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University 2017
Global Engagement Award, Trinity College Dublin (in recognition of global relationship building) 2016
Trinity Education Fellowship (in recognition of enhancing the Trinity undergraduate education) 2016
My research is in the sociology of migration and consists of three interlinked strands: (1) identities and integration, (2) comparative curriculum analyses, and (3) religion and schooling in Ireland and Europe. It strongly links to Trinity's interdisciplinary research theme "Identities in Transformation", of which I am the Convenor/Champion. My work creates new knowledge by asking fundamental questions: How do societies and institutions differ in the ways in which they integrate migrant students and what structural characteristics drive this? How do national school curricula address migration-related diversity and European issues? How is religion integrated in schools and education systems? My work is rigorous and policy-oriented, allowing me to build bridges between academic and policy communities at national and European level. My earlier body of works on identities and integration included a monograph, "Negotiating Political Identities: Multiethnic Schools and Youth in Europe", which provided the first analysis of within-country and between-country differences in identity formation, revealing the factors which shape contemporary identities. It offered innovative insights into the role of school dynamics in shaping youth identities, including school ethos, peer cultures and school-level policy approaches. My most recent work on religion and schooling includes the first study in Ireland on the new multi-denominational state-funded Community National Schools, and the first empirical study exploring school sector variation of the role of religion, inter-faith communication and religious education in Ireland. The outcomes of this research have shaped education policy-making and contributed to wider academic debates in Ireland and internationally. I have received numerous research grants (totalling EUR 1.3m) and highly competitive fellowships including a Fulbright Fellowship, Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, and other external funding as PI and Co-PI in European collaborative projects. In 2015, I was elected to Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin (FTCD). In 2019, I received a Provost's PhD Project Award, linked to my latest research strand on religion and schooling in Ireland and Europe. I have a substantial and sustained research output of around 70 publications including 34 journal articles, 13 book chapters, 9 reports, 3 (edited) volumes, and 10 reviews. I have supervised 50 postgraduates to completion (12 PhD, 38 MSc/MPhil) and mentored 5 postdocs. I have promoted research leadership in numerous ways: I have encouraged staff to engage in collaborative research through creating and deepening links with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), the university-wide interdisciplinary research theme "Identities in Transformation", the TCD-UCD Strategic Alliance, Marino Institute of Education, as well as international networks such as IMISCOE. In addition, I have mentored a number of junior staff and have discussed their research plans and publication strategies enabling them to expand their vision and operating successfully within Trinity and beyond. I consider this part of cultivating the next generation of Trinity scholars.