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DCU Researchers including Dr Louise Fiztgerald, Dr Vijai Kumar Gupta and Dr Jimmy O'Keeffe secure over €1.6 million in EPA funding

Dr Michael Breen and Dr Danny Marks co-leading a project

Also Dr David O'Connor is on a fifth project led by TUD

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DCU Researchers secure over €1.6 million in EPA funding | Research Office
The funding is split across four projects led by researchers at Dublin City University. Dr Louise Fiztgerald, Dr Vijai Kumar Gupta and Dr Jimmy O'Keeffe are leading projects, with Dr Michael Breen and...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Two DCU researchers have secured over €872000 in SEAI funding

Prof Mary Pryce's project asks can we store green hydrogen using formic acid?

Dr Louise Fitzgerald will look at ensuring just green energy transitions for Irish communities:

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February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A great deal is known about the recognition of states, but less is known about why and how states withdraw recognition of other partially recognised states.

Dr Gëzim Visoka's new book 'The Derecognition of States', launched this week, addresses this ambiguity:

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February 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Employment across all regions in the Republic fell further during pandemic but recovered faster than in Northern Ireland

This is one of many key findings from a new
Ulster University and DCU employment data dashboard designed to facilitate such comparisons:

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Employment across all regions in the Republic fell further during pandemic but recovered faster than in Northern Ireland shows Ulster University & DCU employment data dashboard | Research Office
This key finding is one of the headline figures available on the All-Island Economic Intelligence Dashboard, a first-ever tool for seamless economic comparison between Northern Ireland and regions wit...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
‘The past shows we can deliver when we work together’

These are the words ex-EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness had for the recent DCU PROSPER conference

The event saw academics from 12 different EU member states gather to kick off a new Jean Monnet Network project:

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‘The past shows we can deliver when we work together,’ Mairead McGuinness tells DCU’s PROSPER conference | Communications Department
PROSPER project is co-ordinated by DCU’s Brexit Institute & Dublin European Law Institute
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February 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today, DCU Water announced the launch of the 2025 Water Café, featuring contributions from water enthusiasts, specialists, policymakers, citizens, academics, businesses, and NGOs

The cafe format has been running since 2015:

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DCU Water Institute Water Café Launches for 2025 - DCU Water Institute
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January 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This Monday, the DCU Institute of Education announced the launch of a new Research Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy

Professor in Education Mel Ainscow delivered a keynote address in the Seamus Heaney Theatre on DCU’s St Patrick's campus:

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January 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Five DCU researchers secure enterprise partnered research projects in Research Ireland Enterprise schemes

Congratulations to Luna Stockmann, Chloe Green, Yingru Zhou and Dr Lucy Hayden:

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Five DCU researchers secure enterprise partnered research projects in Research Ireland scheme | Graduate Studies
The funded projects span treatments for ovarian cancer and the implementation of digital mental health technologies, and draw support from a range of partner organisations and companies. They come as ...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
DCU researchers have developed a novel optical head that promises to revolutionise the monitoring and measurement of marine and aquatic environments

The team, including researchers from DCU Water
and DCU Engineering have carried out lab tests:

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January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last December saw the launch of a new research group at
Dublin City University

The Research Group in Biography and Life-Writing at DCU's launch event was marked with a lecture from Professor Julia Laite:

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Research Group in Biography and Life-Writing Officially Launched | biography-and-lifewriting
The Research Group in Biography and Life-Writing at DCU was officially launched on 12 December 2024 at the Heaney Lecture Theatre, St Patrick’s Campus, with a lecture by Professor Julia Laite, Birkbec...
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January 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Five Dublin City University researchers secure enterprise partnered research projects in Research Ireland scheme

The Research Ireland Enterprise Partnership Postgraduate and Postdoctoral schemes pair researchers with enterprise partners on projects of mutual interest

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Five DCU researchers secure enterprise partnered research projects in Research Ireland scheme | Research Office
The funded projects span treatments for ovarian cancer and the implementation of digital mental health technologies, and draw support from a range of partner organisations and companies. They come as ...
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January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Research Ally prizes mark outstanding contribution by researchers and higher education staff to the research community in Ireland

This year Research Ireland has recognised seventeen awardees from across DCU:

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17 DCU researchers and staff recognised by Research Ireland for contribution to research community | Research Office
Research Ally prizes mark outstanding contribution by researchers and higher education staff to the research community in Ireland. This year Research Ireland has recognised seventeen awardees from acr...
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January 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
By drawing students and staff from across Dublin, the country and the world, DCU contributes to the fabric of the city

Another way the university affects the city is through research

DCU research tracks Dublin's past and present

Read more here:
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January 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I am very excited about the launch of the DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy on Monday, 27th January, @6pm - keynote by the eminent Prof Mel Ainscow.

Please join us! Register here: tinyurl.com/ycy6d85n

@dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Further details below:
January 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Lack of effective sewage treatment is a huge issue affecting billions of people

Very few studies have examined the role of geotextiles in the field. This DCU research collaboration takes this step:

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January 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘Changing physical features may provide short-term relief, but not always long-term’

DCU's Dr Ciara Mahon speaking to the Irish Independent about male cosmetic surgery

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January 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Delighted to share our @NAR_Open paper on a click chemistry-derived DNA damaging agent 🧬✂️👏 Congrats to @westerlundlab.bsky.social @alicepyne.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @sspc.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
January 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In 1966 Donogh O'Malley announced plans for free secondary education in Ireland

DCU's Grainne McKenna and UG's Sheila Garrity say it's time early years education had a similar moment

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January 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Health literacy is the ability to get, understand and use healthcare information

DCU's Hannah Goss spoke about this crucial skill on Supercharged @RTERadio1 yesterday evening

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January 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Irish schools ‘crying out’ for guidance on how to tackle issue of influencers like Andrew Tate

For this reason, DCU's Darragh McCashin and Catherine Baker have prepared a guide on this topic:

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Irish schools ‘crying out’ for guidance on how to tackle issue of influencers like Andrew Tate
New resource to help teachers and parents address online concerns surrounding influencers such as Andrew Tate, who has attracted huge audiences of young men and teenage boys
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January 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why should we only analyse athletes' performance retrospectively?

This Dublin City University research collaboration makes the case that performance analysis should use proactive pedagogical methods rather than just retroactive metrics

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January 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can democracy be saved by cancelling an election?

Earlier this week, Dr Roman Gabriel Olar wrote about the recent overturning of the Romanian election for The Journal

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Romanian vote: Can democracy be saved by cancelling an election?
Roman-Gabriel Olar asks if last week’s decision is the right one for Romania’s democratic future.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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This is a great result for @dublincityuni.bsky.social researchers - making up 25% of those funded in the next phase. Congrats to Mark Roantree, Ciprian Briciu-Burgina, Fiona Regan, David O'Connor and Mary Pryce
December 17, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Thrilled to share my new @researchireland.bsky.social project! It will bring together researchers (sociolinguists, minority language scholars, computational linguists) to tackle dis/misinformation through a multilingual lens @fujomedia.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 9:43 PM