TEDx Carlow College
Carlow College will host Carlow’s first-ever TEDx event on Wednesday, 25 February, taking place at the GB Shaw Theatre in VISUAL. Under the theme “Rewriting the Narrative”, TEDxCarlowCollege will feature fourteen inspiring speakers, each bringing bold ideas and fresh perspectives to the stage. Full Details Here.
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List of Talks:
- Killian Mc Grath – Consciousness: Have We Been Asking the Wrong Question?
- Dr Dylan Colbert – Shackleton at 150: Polar Psychologist
- Aoden Ó Faoláin – Everything is terrible and it’s only going to get worse: A forecast from the IT department.
- Dr Judy Bolger – Breastfeeding has always been a social issue – a historical view
- Dr Derek Coyle – No Wandering Lonely: Journeying Toward Poetry with Others’
- Dr James Heaney – W.B. Yeats and the Pursuit of Ignorance
- Allison Stephens – What’s missing from science? The rest of us
- Adam Clarke – Influencers and the Irish Identity
- Donnchadh O Mahony – Most students don’t lack ambition, they lack permission.
- Regina Dunne – TBC
- Alibhe Gerrard – TBC
About the Speakers
Dr Dylan Colbert
Dylan is an experimental psychologist whose research at Maynooth University challenged long-held beliefs about intelligence, showing that cognitive performance can be improved through targeted training. His work has attracted wide interest and led to speaking engagements across Ireland and Europe.
He has over ten years of lecturing experience in Psychology and Data Analysis at Maynooth University, Dublin Business School, and Carlow College.
Beyond academia, Dylan runs a successful performance and sports psychology practice, supporting clients from students and musicians to CEOs and Olympic‑calibre athletes.