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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Overjoyed that my book The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has won The Inner Temple Main Author Book Prize 2025! Great to celebrate with my fellow finalists Sean Coyle, Liron Schmilovitz & @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & the New Author winner Brooke Marshall.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Deeply honoured - and a bit taken aback - to discover that The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.cambridge.org has been shortlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize 2025, alongside Sean Coyle, @vmantouvalou.bsky.social & Liron Schmilovitz.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Nice delivery from @cambup-law.cambridge.org today: a box full of The Collaborative Constitution which has just gone into paperback! Good to know that it’s now available at a more realistic price point - and you can save 20% with code TCC2025. cup.org/4jQt1Ko

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Many thanks to Prof Jonathan Morgan @cambridgelaw.bsky.social for his insightful review of my book The Collaborative Constitution in the latest issue of the Cambridge Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Huge congrats to Daniel Gilligan on passing his doctoral viva with no corrections at TCD Law School! Pictures here with his two proud supervisors - Prof Des Ryan and I - & the brilliant examiners @colmocinneide.bsky.social & Mr Justice Gerard Hogan of the Irish Supreme Court.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Many thanks to @mhailbronner.bsky.social, James Fowkes & Niels Peterson for organising a terrific constitutional workshop at the University of Muenster last week with a great group incl Erin Delaney, Silvia Suteu, Sergio Verdugo, Nora Markard, Veronica Fikfak, @tarunkhaitan.bsky.social & more!

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Great to celebrate the new Scholars & Fellows at Trinity Law School, incl our new Fellow Dr Andrea Mulligan. An honour to meet Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, Chair of the Elders who received a Scholarship from @tcddublin.bsky.social 60 years ago.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Huge thanks to Dr @conorcrummey.bsky.social & Dr Hilary Hogan of the Irish Jurisprudence Society for organising this great symposium on The Collaborative Constitution on April 30th 4pm in Trinity Law School, supported by @maynoothlaw.bsky.social.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Great discussion about the links between crisis and constitutional social rights today at @tricondublin.bsky.social. Thanks to Dr @mariakotsoni.bsky.social for a terrific paper and Dr Hilary Hogan for insightful comments.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Great to connect with friends, colleagues & PhD researchers at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social for this seminar on research methods - the first of many ‘methods mixers and masterclasses’ across the Dublin area, we hope. Thanks to @benedettalobina.bsky.social & @profccostello.bsky.social for organising.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great to welcome Dr Paulina Konca to @tricondublin.bsky.social for her talk on dynamic statutory interpretation in comparative perspective, using Ireland, Poland and Spain as case-studies.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Many thanks to Prof @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social for hosting a discussion of The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social as part of his seminar series in constitutional theory at @imh-hauriou.bsky.social at @universitetoulouse.bsky.social. Great discussion!

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Many thanks to Prof @KalmanPocza for inviting me to talk about The Collaborative Constitution at the Centre of Constitutional Politics @MCC_CfCP today. Great discussion! Prof Kálmán Pócza has edited two volumes exploring judicial-legislative relations across Europe.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Well, good morning Budapest! Lovely to walk along the Danube and see the Hungarian Parliament - an architectural centrepiece of the city. Good preparation for my talk on The Collaborative Constitution later today at the Centre for Constitutional Politics at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Delighted to get a hard copy of the King’s Law Journal featuring a book symposium on The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social with brilliant comments by Lord Sales (UK SC), Grégoire Webber, Gavin Phillipson, Stephen Gardbaum & @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social. Thank you all!

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Looking forward to talking about The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social in this great webinar series on constitutional review organised by @pauldalyesq.bsky.social @uocommonlaw.bsky.social. Weds Feb 26th 16.30 IST/Dublin time. www.administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2025/01...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Excited - and somewhat daunted - to discuss The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social with Rosalind Dixon tonight Feb 19th at 10-11pm … aka bedtime! Hoping to stay alert for this webinar hosted by Sydney law schools. www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/events/gspl-...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Looking forward to discussing The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social with Rosalind Dixon as part of the Global Book Series organised by Sydney Law Schools. Webinar on Feb 19th at 10pm IST/GMT www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/events/gspl-...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

For anyone who has received negative student feedback, take heart from the fact that Samuel Beckett - winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1969 - was described by his students at @tcddublin.bsky.social as ‘boring’, a ‘dull lecturer’, ‘such a dull man’ and … a ‘tall, thin streak of misery’.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Great collection here on ‘constitutionally conforming interpretation’ edited by Matthias Klatt with great contributions by @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social @pauldalyesq.bsky.social & many more. Insightful essay by Fred Schauer on ‘constitutional avoidance’. Very sad he’s not here to discuss

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

One of my highlights of 2024 was connecting with my core at the Brazilian chapter of @icon-s.bsky.social annual conference. Great discussion, beautiful country, incredible food. Looking forward to @icon-s.bsky.social 2025 in Brasilia!

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Blue skies over @tcddublin.bsky.social today for the first week of the new semester. Great to meet the students on my postgrad course in comparative constitutional law & theory

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Listening to some early Bob Dylan in preparation for A COMPLETE UNKNOWN opening tomorrow. It’s hard to believe he was 21 or 22 when he recorded this. Blowin’ in the Wind written when he was 21.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Great to receive this edited collection on the Canadian Notwithstanding Clause today, full of interesting-looking pieces by a wide array of Canadian scholars n the controversial override. This will be really helpful as I finalise a paper called ‘Underuse of the Override’

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Very fond memories of this book launch symposium for The Collaborative Constitution @cambup-law.bsky.social this day last year at the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social with amazing speakers from academia & the bench incl (on bsky) @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It was a real privilege to meet Mary & Seamus McGee - the litigants at the heart of the Irish Supreme Court decision in McGee - at last year’s @tricondublin.bsky.social conference marking the 50th anniversary of the decision @tlrhub.bsky.social

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Leaving Scotland after a busy but hugely enjoyable week. Thanks for all the discussions about The Collaborative Constitution and … Taking Ambivalence Seriously! Always a pleasure to be at @uoelawschool.bsky.social in the Old School. First time seeing the beautiful Playfair Library.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

And we’re off! Thanks to Cormac Mac Amhlaigh for hosting the ‘Taking Ambivalence Seriously’ workshop on the ECtHR in the beautiful Raeburn Room at Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

And it’s a full Scottish breakfast with haggis for @rjjoconnell.bsky.social and I ahead of the workshop on ‘Taking Ambivalence Seriously’ re the ECtHR at Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thanks to Asanga Welikala, Elisenda Casanas Adam, Stephen Tierney, Cormac Mac Amhlaigh & Alison Seaman for their insightful comments and reflections on The Collaborative Constitution today @uoelawschool.bsky.social. Delighted to discuss the book at Edinburgh Law School.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Off to Edinburgh today for a discussion about The Collaborative Constitution at Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social with Asanga Welikala, Alison Seaman and others. Looking forward. www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Great discussion about The Collaborative Constitution today @uofglasgow.bsky.social with @proftomkins.bsky.social @paulfscott.bsky.social @chrismccork.bsky.social, Alex Schwartz, Michael Forman, Julian Scholz & ors.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

An early morning walk by the Clyde before heading over to the Glasgow Law School @uofglasgow.bsky.social later today for a discussion of The Collaborative Constitution at 3pm hosted by @proftomkins.bsky.social.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Well, good morning Glasgow … where I was gently mocked by a local Glaswegian for taking this photo by the Clyde! But he didn’t see what I saw. See you later @proftomkins.bsky.social

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Thanks to Asanga Welilala @uoelawschool.bsky.social & @proftomkins.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social for hosting discussions of The Collaborative Constitution Dec 3rd, Stair Building, Glasgow Law School, 3pm Dec 4th, Old College, Edinburgh Law School, 2.30pm www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great to see this Special Issue of King’s Law Journal on The Collaborative Constitution with brilliant contributions by Profs @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social, Stephen Gardbaum, Gavin Phillipson, Grégoire Webber & Lord Sales, UKSC. What an honour. www.tandfonline.com/journals/rkl...

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

@tricondublin.bsky.social has arrived on Bluesky! Follow to find out about upcoming events and scholarship on constitutional governance. Great to see TriCON members @orandoyle.bsky.social @dkennytcd.bsky.social & @suryaroy.bsky.social already here.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

So glad I took some time to go to the beautiful Seamus Heaney exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural & Heritage Centre showcasing treasures from Seamus Heaney’s archive which he donated to @nlireland.bsky.social. Five minutes from @tcddublin.bsky.social, free, and well worth a visit.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Great seminar today at the Trinity Long Room Hub focused on Prof Shreya Atrey’s fascinating new work on racism and the law. And look who I met there?! None other than Katherine Zappone, who was a pivotal figure - both as litigant & campaigner - in the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Ireland.

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Aileen Kavanagh @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Grey skies over Trinity College Dublin today. But it’s blue skies in my mind! Great to be here.

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