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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Do the Humanities Actually Matter? Public Policy and the Humanities
Description: Recorded November 19th, 2025.
The Trinity Long Room Hub was delighted to launch a new seminar series - Bridging the Gap between Policy and Research - exploring how scholarship in the Arts and Humanities can shape and inform public policy for the common good.
The opening seminar, Do the Humanities Actually Matter? Public Policy and the Humanities hears from Peter MacDonagh, a former senior advisor in the Taoiseach’s Office whose career has bridged government and academia, and includes considerable experience in public policy and research in different countries.Â
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A former senior advisor in the Taoiseach’s Office, Peter MacDonagh has h...