UCD Research
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UCD is a leading European research-intensive university. Learn more at www.ucd.ie/research
7 projects have been awarded over €2.1M under the Research Ireland - Innovating in Health & Wellbeing Challenge.
UCD researchers will co-lead on:
🔵 CHECK-ME: Cancer Health Embedded ChecKs for MEntal health services
🔵 Moving Well-Being Well Computer Vision Assessment Tool
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD researchers will co-lead on:
🔵 CHECK-ME: Cancer Health Embedded ChecKs for MEntal health services
🔵 Moving Well-Being Well Computer Vision Assessment Tool
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
€2.1M in funding to drive solutions focusing on prevention, equity, and continuity of care
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February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
7 projects have been awarded over €2.1M under the Research Ireland - Innovating in Health & Wellbeing Challenge.
UCD researchers will co-lead on:
🔵 CHECK-ME: Cancer Health Embedded ChecKs for MEntal health services
🔵 Moving Well-Being Well Computer Vision Assessment Tool
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD researchers will co-lead on:
🔵 CHECK-ME: Cancer Health Embedded ChecKs for MEntal health services
🔵 Moving Well-Being Well Computer Vision Assessment Tool
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD researchers from the #REALLOCATE project have developed an innovative way to allow children to meaningfully contribute to traffic safety and urban-design decisions in their neighbourhood using #Minecraft.
➡️Read the case study here: lnkd.in/dtEb2DPJ
youtu.be/lb3KzFfAqQI
➡️Read the case study here: lnkd.in/dtEb2DPJ
youtu.be/lb3KzFfAqQI
From play to policy: a new way for children to reimagine traffic safety using Minecraft
YouTube video by UCD Research
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February 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
UCD researchers from the #REALLOCATE project have developed an innovative way to allow children to meaningfully contribute to traffic safety and urban-design decisions in their neighbourhood using #Minecraft.
➡️Read the case study here: lnkd.in/dtEb2DPJ
youtu.be/lb3KzFfAqQI
➡️Read the case study here: lnkd.in/dtEb2DPJ
youtu.be/lb3KzFfAqQI
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👨🔬🏅 Warmest congratulations to Assistant Professor Alan Seltzer, who has been named this year’s recipient of the F.G. Houtermans Award by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).
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👏 @eageo.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
👨🔬🏅 Warmest congratulations to Assistant Professor Alan Seltzer, who has been named this year’s recipient of the F.G. Houtermans Award by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).
👏 @eageo.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
👏 @eageo.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
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🌊✋ Is the planning system broken, or is the solution to flooding less engineering and more nature-based? UCD Assistant Professor Fiachra O'Loughlin of
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
🌊✋ Is the planning system broken, or is the solution to flooding less engineering and more nature-based? UCD Assistant Professor Fiachra O'Loughlin of
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
@ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.
#CitizenScience Find out how members of the public are getting involved in urban planning and climate action research through games like #Minecraft!
📅 17 Feb, 10.30am-12.30pm. 📍UCD & Online.
All welcome! Register here: lnkd.in/dN_MCVu6
#urbanplanning #climateaction #geogames #UCD
📅 17 Feb, 10.30am-12.30pm. 📍UCD & Online.
All welcome! Register here: lnkd.in/dN_MCVu6
#urbanplanning #climateaction #geogames #UCD
February 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
#CitizenScience Find out how members of the public are getting involved in urban planning and climate action research through games like #Minecraft!
📅 17 Feb, 10.30am-12.30pm. 📍UCD & Online.
All welcome! Register here: lnkd.in/dN_MCVu6
#urbanplanning #climateaction #geogames #UCD
📅 17 Feb, 10.30am-12.30pm. 📍UCD & Online.
All welcome! Register here: lnkd.in/dN_MCVu6
#urbanplanning #climateaction #geogames #UCD
🔬Microscopy underpins much of modern science, but globally, access to advanced imaging is expensive and technically complex.
Research led by Dr Mark Pickering has expanded access to advanced imaging through the development of low-cost, open-source microscopes.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/research/imp...
Research led by Dr Mark Pickering has expanded access to advanced imaging through the development of low-cost, open-source microscopes.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/research/imp...
Democratising discovery: open, accessible imaging and microscopy tools for all
YouTube video by UCD Research
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February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🔬Microscopy underpins much of modern science, but globally, access to advanced imaging is expensive and technically complex.
Research led by Dr Mark Pickering has expanded access to advanced imaging through the development of low-cost, open-source microscopes.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/research/imp...
Research led by Dr Mark Pickering has expanded access to advanced imaging through the development of low-cost, open-source microscopes.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/research/imp...
A new multinational study, just published in Lancet Digital Health, shows that AI-driven decision support could enable earlier and more precise identification of patients in need of blood transfusion - and reduce deaths from haemorrhage.
www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-D...
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Researchers validate AI tool that can predict which trauma patients need blood transfusions before they reach hospital
Study just published in Lancet Digital Health shows AI can enable earlier identification which could allow blood products to be prepared or delivered ....
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February 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
A new multinational study, just published in Lancet Digital Health, shows that AI-driven decision support could enable earlier and more precise identification of patients in need of blood transfusion - and reduce deaths from haemorrhage.
www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-D...
www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-D...
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Hurry and get your free ticket to #OpenResearch Week virtual events by this Friday 6th Feb at 3pm!
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Open Research Week is 9-11 February! Celebrate #CitizenScience, #RightsRetention, #OpenPublishing & more at this 3-day series of webinars for researchers & colleagues who support #OpenResearch.
Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
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Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
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February 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Hurry and get your free ticket to #OpenResearch Week virtual events by this Friday 6th Feb at 3pm!
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Prof Orla Doyle has been announced as this year's overall winner of the UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition for ‘Preparing for Life: changing children’s lives through early parenting support’.
🎉Congratulations to Prof Doyle & all the finalists announced today!
➡️ www.ucd.ie/research/new...
🎉Congratulations to Prof Doyle & all the finalists announced today!
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Preparing for Life: changing children’s lives through early parenting support
YouTube video by UCD Research
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January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Prof Orla Doyle has been announced as this year's overall winner of the UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition for ‘Preparing for Life: changing children’s lives through early parenting support’.
🎉Congratulations to Prof Doyle & all the finalists announced today!
➡️ www.ucd.ie/research/new...
🎉Congratulations to Prof Doyle & all the finalists announced today!
➡️ www.ucd.ie/research/new...
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Open Research Week is 9-11 February! Celebrate #CitizenScience, #RightsRetention, #OpenPublishing & more at this 3-day series of webinars for researchers & colleagues who support #OpenResearch.
Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
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Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
@ucdtl.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Open Research Week is 9-11 February! Celebrate #CitizenScience, #RightsRetention, #OpenPublishing & more at this 3-day series of webinars for researchers & colleagues who support #OpenResearch.
Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
@ucdtl.bsky.social
Find out more & register on the UCD Library Open Access guide: buff.ly/GokQv6k
@ucdtl.bsky.social
New research from Prof Judith Harford analyses the strengths and shortcomings of education policy in Ireland, proposing a pragmatic approach to help the education system meet the needs and challenges of society today.
The paper is published in Irish Educational Studies.
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
The paper is published in Irish Educational Studies.
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
New research from Prof Judith Harford analyses the strengths and shortcomings of education policy in Ireland, proposing a pragmatic approach to help the education system meet the needs and challenges of society today.
The paper is published in Irish Educational Studies.
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
The paper is published in Irish Educational Studies.
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
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Browse our free workshops and seminars scheduled for the Spring Trimester. Most workshops are held in-person and all are lead by librarians! You can register for the first few now; others will be available to book soon.
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdresearch.bsky.social
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Browse our free workshops and seminars scheduled for the Spring Trimester. Most workshops are held in-person and all are lead by librarians! You can register for the first few now; others will be available to book soon.
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdresearch.bsky.social
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdresearch.bsky.social
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A new study led by University College Dublin, Maynooth University and University of Glasgow explores the role of biofilms on human health during long-duration spaceflights.
UCD, Maynooth scientists lead study into biofilm behaviour in space
Space offers an 'invaluable testbed' to study biofilms, scientists say, adding, the research could help safeguard health during spaceflights.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A new study led by University College Dublin, Maynooth University and University of Glasgow explores the role of biofilms on human health during long-duration spaceflights.
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The UCD community is invited to join us on Thurs, 5th Feb in the JJL for a lunchtime talk by Hilary Hanahoe @researchdataall.bsky.social (RDA), where she will present on the results of an RDA global research community consultation related to #AI.
Please register at
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Please register at
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January 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The UCD community is invited to join us on Thurs, 5th Feb in the JJL for a lunchtime talk by Hilary Hanahoe @researchdataall.bsky.social (RDA), where she will present on the results of an RDA global research community consultation related to #AI.
Please register at
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Please register at
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🚀A new study led by UCD, University of Glasgow and Maynooth University sets out a path to uncover the role of biofilms in health during spaceflight.
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
🚀A new study led by UCD, University of Glasgow and Maynooth University sets out a path to uncover the role of biofilms in health during spaceflight.
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
@ucddublin.bsky.social hosts one of Ireland's largest #HCI groups, doing human-centred technology research spanning mental health, intelligent speech interfaces, eHealth, ethical design & more.
Find their podcast & more on AI-focused research in the #SocialSciences at UCD
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
Find their podcast & more on AI-focused research in the #SocialSciences at UCD
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
@ucddublin.bsky.social hosts one of Ireland's largest #HCI groups, doing human-centred technology research spanning mental health, intelligent speech interfaces, eHealth, ethical design & more.
Find their podcast & more on AI-focused research in the #SocialSciences at UCD
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
Find their podcast & more on AI-focused research in the #SocialSciences at UCD
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
#UCD_Ai stories! Making #AI work for People #Digital #Policy #SocialSciences
UCD's leaders in digital policy & social sciences are testing the promises of #AI, defining its success and ensuring its applications benefit all society, while supporting a sustainable planet.
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
UCD's leaders in digital policy & social sciences are testing the promises of #AI, defining its success and ensuring its applications benefit all society, while supporting a sustainable planet.
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
#UCD_Ai stories! Making #AI work for People #Digital #Policy #SocialSciences
UCD's leaders in digital policy & social sciences are testing the promises of #AI, defining its success and ensuring its applications benefit all society, while supporting a sustainable planet.
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
UCD's leaders in digital policy & social sciences are testing the promises of #AI, defining its success and ensuring its applications benefit all society, while supporting a sustainable planet.
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
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Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres
www.irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
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💙💛 Three UCD-led projects will receive a share of €3 million in funding to support mental health research in Ireland. The investment will fund ten projects in total, advancing research in areas including youth mental health, adult ADHD, women’s mental health, and loneliness among older people.
January 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
💙💛 Three UCD-led projects will receive a share of €3 million in funding to support mental health research in Ireland. The investment will fund ten projects in total, advancing research in areas including youth mental health, adult ADHD, women’s mental health, and loneliness among older people.
📰Largest study to date demonstrating significant benefits of lifestyle interventions in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes.
UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
January 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
📰Largest study to date demonstrating significant benefits of lifestyle interventions in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes.
UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
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The story of Ireland’s peatlands are being told through a new series of illustrated beer mats celebrating the biodiversity and history preserved by Irish’s bogs.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The story of Ireland’s peatlands are being told through a new series of illustrated beer mats celebrating the biodiversity and history preserved by Irish’s bogs.
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🎄✨ Happy Nollaig na mBan! Each January 6, Women’s Christmas traditionally recognised the work of women during the festive period. On this day, men took on the household work, giving women the space to rest and spend time together.
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
🎄✨ Happy Nollaig na mBan! Each January 6, Women’s Christmas traditionally recognised the work of women during the festive period. On this day, men took on the household work, giving women the space to rest and spend time together.
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
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What OpenAI’s Leadership Changes Reveal About Its Strategic Direction. Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini speaks to @forbes.com
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What OpenAI’s Leadership Changes Reveal About Its Strategic Direction. Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini speaks to @forbes.com
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
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👨🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
👨🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.
🔬🧵Congratulations to UCD Associate Artist Lorna Donlon on winning a prestigious RDS Craft Award!
Lorna's body of work was praised by the judges as a ‘masterful blend of art and science’.
➡️https://ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ucdassociateartistlornadonlonwinsthe2025rdsestablishedmakercraftaward
Lorna's body of work was praised by the judges as a ‘masterful blend of art and science’.
➡️https://ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ucdassociateartistlornadonlonwinsthe2025rdsestablishedmakercraftaward
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔬🧵Congratulations to UCD Associate Artist Lorna Donlon on winning a prestigious RDS Craft Award!
Lorna's body of work was praised by the judges as a ‘masterful blend of art and science’.
➡️https://ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ucdassociateartistlornadonlonwinsthe2025rdsestablishedmakercraftaward
Lorna's body of work was praised by the judges as a ‘masterful blend of art and science’.
➡️https://ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ucdassociateartistlornadonlonwinsthe2025rdsestablishedmakercraftaward