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26 Mar 2014: The ITORP project, headed by Dr Frank Madsen, is investigating the illicit trade and traffic in organs for transplantation. It examines aspects of ethical, medical, legal and policy dimensions of the problem with particular emphasis on the dignity

4 Mar 2014: The Irish Times reports on Professor Mary McAleese challenging and stimulating lecture, which she delivered last Friday at the University of Cambridge. The video of the event will be available soon! 

22 Sep 2014: Professor John Loughlin was interviewed on the topic of separatist and indipendence movements in Europe, including Scotland, Catalonia and Wales.

21 Nov 2014: The video of the panel discussion '

3 Feb 2014: ‘Habit Matters: The bodily Character of the Virtues’ by Professor Stanley Hauerwas

15 Jan 2014: On 24 July 2013 the British Council and Luce Foundation awarded Dr Sara Silvestri and Professor Peter Mandaville (George Mason University) a joint "Bridging Voices" grant for two transatlantic dialogues on religion in international affairs.

8 May 2014: VHI Director Professor John Loughlin was interviewed by Voice of Russia UK, along with representatives of different think-tanks, to discuss a recent report on Britain's ethnic minority groups. Read more:

1 Aug 2014: On 16 July 2014 Dr Elif Cetin will be working on this project as research assistant.

4 Sep 2014: The place of religion in the 'public squares' in Europe and in the European Public Square has become an increasingly contentious and urgent matter.

29 Aug 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri and Dr Francois Foret are amongst the speakers of the Cambridge Conference The Sacred in a Global Age, organised by the CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (CRASSH) on 4 September 2014 - 5 September 2014.

5 Mar 2014: We regret to announce that the sixth seminar in the 2013-14 Seminar Series Faith and Governance to be delivered by Professor Stefano Zamagni, which was scheduled for Friday 14 March, has unfortunately been cancelled. The VHI will try to reschedule

3 Feb 2014: VHI Research Associate Professor John Ryan published a new article on Eurozone Crisis Causes Swiss Policy Conundrum on the Social Europe Journal.

25 Mar 2014: Contemporary development theories emphasise the importance of increasing 'individual freedoms' without giving enough emphasis to what substantively means to have a good life.

1 Aug 2014: VHI Director of Research

26 Mar 2014: Sponsored by the Charles Plater Trust

5 Mar 2014: A Channel One (main Russian TV) interview with Dr Sara Silvestri on British counter-terrorism experiences in the context of a report on the ongoing Duma debates about increasing counter-terrorism powers in Russia, broadcast 15 January 2014.

29 Sep 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Philip McCosker gives paper at Rome Symposium 'Ascetical Practice in a Secular Age'. gave a paper on 'Music, Liturgy, and Paradox' at an interdisciplinary research symposium,

27 Mar 2014: The Institut de l’entreprise, an indipendent French Think Tank that conducts research on major economic and social issues, had launched a study on the UK's "Big Society".  In 2013 the institute conducted about thirty interviews in the UK

15 Jan 2014: VHI Director elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts 15 July 2013 Professor John Loughlin, Director of the Von Hugel Institute and Fellow of St Edmund's College, has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and

29 Sep 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. New book 'Capabilities, Gender, Equality' by Dr Flavio Comin. and Professor Martha Nussbaum are the co-authors of Capabilities, Gender, Equality. Towards Fundamental Entitlements,