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Prof Judith Harford (UCD) and Prof Paul Reville (Harvard University) with former Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Prof Aine Hyland (UCC) at the launch of 'Advancing Equity: Insights from the Power2Progress Intervention' this week.
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Prof Judith Harford (UCD) and Prof Paul Reville (Harvard University) with former Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Prof Aine Hyland (UCC) at the launch of 'Advancing Equity: Insights from the Power2Progress Intervention' this week.
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
#Education #Research #Power2Progress
The DISRUPT project has been awarded a #ERC Synergy Grant for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%.
DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The DISRUPT project has been awarded a #ERC Synergy Grant for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%.
DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG
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The Irish Academy of Management has announced Prof Susi Geiger as the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar, marking the first time an Irish academic has received this prestigious honour.👇
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Irish Academy of Management has announced Prof Susi Geiger as the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar, marking the first time an Irish academic has received this prestigious honour.👇
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🎭📚A new volume 'Creative Pedagogies in Practice: Case Studies from Creative Futures Academy at UCD' explores how creativity can transform teaching, learning and collaboration.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🎭📚A new volume 'Creative Pedagogies in Practice: Case Studies from Creative Futures Academy at UCD' explores how creativity can transform teaching, learning and collaboration.
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PhD student Louise Keegan receives the inaugural Crean travel bursary award for her work on the impact of cocaine exposure on the development of the prenatal brain.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
PhD student Louise Keegan receives the inaugural Crean travel bursary award for her work on the impact of cocaine exposure on the development of the prenatal brain.
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✈️New research from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School shows that taking greater investment risks with technologies and new lines of business can help lower emissions from the aviation industry.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
✈️New research from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School shows that taking greater investment risks with technologies and new lines of business can help lower emissions from the aviation industry.
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www.ucd.ie/research/new...
🇮🇪Ireland will gain an AI Factory Antenna to boost national capabilities, co-funded by @deptoffhed.bsky.social & @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
This #AI infrastructure will be implemented by a consortium led by ICHEC & CeADAR-Ireland's Centre for AI based at @ucddublin.bsky.social
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This #AI infrastructure will be implemented by a consortium led by ICHEC & CeADAR-Ireland's Centre for AI based at @ucddublin.bsky.social
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October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🇮🇪Ireland will gain an AI Factory Antenna to boost national capabilities, co-funded by @deptoffhed.bsky.social & @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
This #AI infrastructure will be implemented by a consortium led by ICHEC & CeADAR-Ireland's Centre for AI based at @ucddublin.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
This #AI infrastructure will be implemented by a consortium led by ICHEC & CeADAR-Ireland's Centre for AI based at @ucddublin.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
🗓️ Major European project RIGHTS-TO-UNITE will hold its interim conference on 30 Oct 2025 at UCD.
Join the project team and international speakers to discuss the future of European integration research from a rights angle!
➡️https://rightstounite.eu/rights-to-unite-interim-conference/
Join the project team and international speakers to discuss the future of European integration research from a rights angle!
➡️https://rightstounite.eu/rights-to-unite-interim-conference/
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🗓️ Major European project RIGHTS-TO-UNITE will hold its interim conference on 30 Oct 2025 at UCD.
Join the project team and international speakers to discuss the future of European integration research from a rights angle!
➡️https://rightstounite.eu/rights-to-unite-interim-conference/
Join the project team and international speakers to discuss the future of European integration research from a rights angle!
➡️https://rightstounite.eu/rights-to-unite-interim-conference/
🎭New book published by UCD Press goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking #WakingTheFeminists grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre.
📕WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (UCD Press, 2025)👇
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📕WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (UCD Press, 2025)👇
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October 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎭New book published by UCD Press goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking #WakingTheFeminists grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre.
📕WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (UCD Press, 2025)👇
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
📕WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (UCD Press, 2025)👇
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) based at UCD Library has launched ISSDA Dataverse!
The new platform significantly enhances how users can access, discover and work with archived social science data.
🗓️Sign up for the upcoming ISSDA Dataverse demo on 16 Oct!⬇️
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The new platform significantly enhances how users can access, discover and work with archived social science data.
🗓️Sign up for the upcoming ISSDA Dataverse demo on 16 Oct!⬇️
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October 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) based at UCD Library has launched ISSDA Dataverse!
The new platform significantly enhances how users can access, discover and work with archived social science data.
🗓️Sign up for the upcoming ISSDA Dataverse demo on 16 Oct!⬇️
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The new platform significantly enhances how users can access, discover and work with archived social science data.
🗓️Sign up for the upcoming ISSDA Dataverse demo on 16 Oct!⬇️
ucd.ie/research/new...
Congratulations to Prof Helen Roche on her appointment to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)!⬇️
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October 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Congratulations to Prof Helen Roche on her appointment to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)!⬇️
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🏅Congratulations to Dr Tess McCann on winning the 2025 UCD_Conway Festival Gold Medal!
Dr McCann was recognised for published research describing the discovery of a mutation in a gene called emc1 that causes major vision problems in zebrafish.
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Dr McCann was recognised for published research describing the discovery of a mutation in a gene called emc1 that causes major vision problems in zebrafish.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🏅Congratulations to Dr Tess McCann on winning the 2025 UCD_Conway Festival Gold Medal!
Dr McCann was recognised for published research describing the discovery of a mutation in a gene called emc1 that causes major vision problems in zebrafish.
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Dr McCann was recognised for published research describing the discovery of a mutation in a gene called emc1 that causes major vision problems in zebrafish.
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Phase 2 of Ireland’s largest ever cancer research programme
Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) was launched today!
Since 2019, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) has accelerated personalised cancer therapy & diagnostics, POI-2 represents double the scale & ambition.👇
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Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) was launched today!
Since 2019, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) has accelerated personalised cancer therapy & diagnostics, POI-2 represents double the scale & ambition.👇
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October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Phase 2 of Ireland’s largest ever cancer research programme
Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) was launched today!
Since 2019, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) has accelerated personalised cancer therapy & diagnostics, POI-2 represents double the scale & ambition.👇
ucd.ie/research/new...
Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) was launched today!
Since 2019, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) has accelerated personalised cancer therapy & diagnostics, POI-2 represents double the scale & ambition.👇
ucd.ie/research/new...
A new EU-funded project will bring together local communities, employers and Ukrainian refugees in Kildare to explore practical approaches to refugee integration.
Led by UCD and nonprofit Helping Irish Hosts, the Co.Here project aims to inform national policy and practice.👇
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Led by UCD and nonprofit Helping Irish Hosts, the Co.Here project aims to inform national policy and practice.👇
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October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A new EU-funded project will bring together local communities, employers and Ukrainian refugees in Kildare to explore practical approaches to refugee integration.
Led by UCD and nonprofit Helping Irish Hosts, the Co.Here project aims to inform national policy and practice.👇
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Led by UCD and nonprofit Helping Irish Hosts, the Co.Here project aims to inform national policy and practice.👇
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🐝🦋A new study published in Science warns that bees, bumblebees and butterflies need much more space for pollinator recovery than is currently stipulated in EU directives.
Assoc Prof Dara Stanley was a co-author on the study led by Wageningen University & Research.
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Assoc Prof Dara Stanley was a co-author on the study led by Wageningen University & Research.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🐝🦋A new study published in Science warns that bees, bumblebees and butterflies need much more space for pollinator recovery than is currently stipulated in EU directives.
Assoc Prof Dara Stanley was a co-author on the study led by Wageningen University & Research.
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Assoc Prof Dara Stanley was a co-author on the study led by Wageningen University & Research.
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☔️🌤️Hear from new #AIMSIR PhD students Aditi Paretkar and Hafssa Najouh!
The recently launched AIMSIR Centre provides opportunities for students to develop the next generation of advanced weather forecasting models. #AI #Research
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
The recently launched AIMSIR Centre provides opportunities for students to develop the next generation of advanced weather forecasting models. #AI #Research
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
September 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
☔️🌤️Hear from new #AIMSIR PhD students Aditi Paretkar and Hafssa Najouh!
The recently launched AIMSIR Centre provides opportunities for students to develop the next generation of advanced weather forecasting models. #AI #Research
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
The recently launched AIMSIR Centre provides opportunities for students to develop the next generation of advanced weather forecasting models. #AI #Research
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD Director of Research Dipti Pandya began her second term as Chair of EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) this month! #ResearchAdministratorDay
Read about the work that Dipti & EARMA are doing here: ucd.ie/research/new...
Read about the work that Dipti & EARMA are doing here: ucd.ie/research/new...
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
UCD Director of Research Dipti Pandya began her second term as Chair of EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) this month! #ResearchAdministratorDay
Read about the work that Dipti & EARMA are doing here: ucd.ie/research/new...
Read about the work that Dipti & EARMA are doing here: ucd.ie/research/new...
#SDGWeek 🧮 The UCD Energy Calculator helps households make savings on electricity, while generating vital research into Ireland’s energy systems. #Research
➡️Try it out here: energycostcalculator.ie
➡️Try it out here: energycostcalculator.ie
September 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#SDGWeek 🧮 The UCD Energy Calculator helps households make savings on electricity, while generating vital research into Ireland’s energy systems. #Research
➡️Try it out here: energycostcalculator.ie
➡️Try it out here: energycostcalculator.ie
#SDGWeek Greenwashing misleads consumers, erodes trust and hinders real environmental progress.
The GreenWatch team based at UCD are using cutting-edge AI & machine learning technology to monitor greenwashing and empower investors to make more sustainable decisions.
➡️https://greenwatch.ai
The GreenWatch team based at UCD are using cutting-edge AI & machine learning technology to monitor greenwashing and empower investors to make more sustainable decisions.
➡️https://greenwatch.ai
September 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#SDGWeek Greenwashing misleads consumers, erodes trust and hinders real environmental progress.
The GreenWatch team based at UCD are using cutting-edge AI & machine learning technology to monitor greenwashing and empower investors to make more sustainable decisions.
➡️https://greenwatch.ai
The GreenWatch team based at UCD are using cutting-edge AI & machine learning technology to monitor greenwashing and empower investors to make more sustainable decisions.
➡️https://greenwatch.ai
#SDGWeek #Research The UN SDGs are the most high-profile political commitment to addressing the challenges faced by humanity in the 21st century.
Are these goals translating into actionable policy? The SDG_EU Project is tracking progress within the EU.
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Are these goals translating into actionable policy? The SDG_EU Project is tracking progress within the EU.
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
September 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#SDGWeek #Research The UN SDGs are the most high-profile political commitment to addressing the challenges faced by humanity in the 21st century.
Are these goals translating into actionable policy? The SDG_EU Project is tracking progress within the EU.
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
Are these goals translating into actionable policy? The SDG_EU Project is tracking progress within the EU.
Read more: ucd.ie/research/new...
🌤️☔️UCD and Met Éireann have launched the AIMSIR Centre for AI in Meteorological Services, Innovation and Research!
The new Centre will harness #AI to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland’s preparation for the risks posed by climate change.
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The new Centre will harness #AI to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland’s preparation for the risks posed by climate change.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🌤️☔️UCD and Met Éireann have launched the AIMSIR Centre for AI in Meteorological Services, Innovation and Research!
The new Centre will harness #AI to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland’s preparation for the risks posed by climate change.
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The new Centre will harness #AI to transform weather forecasting, supporting Ireland’s preparation for the risks posed by climate change.
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UCD researchers have won the Research Ireland #NationalChallengeFund - Future Digital Challenge!
🛰️🌱The AI2Peat team is using satellite imagery, data & machine learning models to monitor Ireland's peatland conditions at scale, in support of national peatland restoration.
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🛰️🌱The AI2Peat team is using satellite imagery, data & machine learning models to monitor Ireland's peatland conditions at scale, in support of national peatland restoration.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
UCD researchers have won the Research Ireland #NationalChallengeFund - Future Digital Challenge!
🛰️🌱The AI2Peat team is using satellite imagery, data & machine learning models to monitor Ireland's peatland conditions at scale, in support of national peatland restoration.
👇
lnkd.in/eBXbYGZv
🛰️🌱The AI2Peat team is using satellite imagery, data & machine learning models to monitor Ireland's peatland conditions at scale, in support of national peatland restoration.
👇
lnkd.in/eBXbYGZv
Astronomers from @ucddublin.bsky.social and Radboud University have discovered a cosmic explosion unlike any ever seen before 💥🪐 doi.org/10.3847/2041... via @aas.org
Mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts were seen outside the galaxy using the @eso.org Very Large Telescope www.ucd.ie/research/new...
Mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts were seen outside the galaxy using the @eso.org Very Large Telescope www.ucd.ie/research/new...
September 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Astronomers from @ucddublin.bsky.social and Radboud University have discovered a cosmic explosion unlike any ever seen before 💥🪐 doi.org/10.3847/2041... via @aas.org
Mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts were seen outside the galaxy using the @eso.org Very Large Telescope www.ucd.ie/research/new...
Mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts were seen outside the galaxy using the @eso.org Very Large Telescope www.ucd.ie/research/new...
We've said goodbye to EIRSAT-1 but this was just the beginning of @ucddublin.bsky.social & Ireland's space journey 🛰️
Read @sciencespinning.bsky.social interview w/ UCD VP- Research Innovation & Impact Prof Kate Robson Brown, our 'High flier taking UCD towards the stars' 💫
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Read @sciencespinning.bsky.social interview w/ UCD VP- Research Innovation & Impact Prof Kate Robson Brown, our 'High flier taking UCD towards the stars' 💫
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September 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We've said goodbye to EIRSAT-1 but this was just the beginning of @ucddublin.bsky.social & Ireland's space journey 🛰️
Read @sciencespinning.bsky.social interview w/ UCD VP- Research Innovation & Impact Prof Kate Robson Brown, our 'High flier taking UCD towards the stars' 💫
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
Read @sciencespinning.bsky.social interview w/ UCD VP- Research Innovation & Impact Prof Kate Robson Brown, our 'High flier taking UCD towards the stars' 💫
www.ucd.ie/research/new...
4 UCD researchers have been announced as recipients of highly competitive ERC Starting Grants! #ERCStG
Congratulations to Dr Mary O’Keeffe, Dr Graham Benham, Dr Kevin Daly & Dr Lucia Tiscornia! 💫💫💫💫
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@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Mary O’Keeffe, Dr Graham Benham, Dr Kevin Daly & Dr Lucia Tiscornia! 💫💫💫💫
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@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
4 UCD researchers have been announced as recipients of highly competitive ERC Starting Grants! #ERCStG
Congratulations to Dr Mary O’Keeffe, Dr Graham Benham, Dr Kevin Daly & Dr Lucia Tiscornia! 💫💫💫💫
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ucd.ie/research/new...
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Mary O’Keeffe, Dr Graham Benham, Dr Kevin Daly & Dr Lucia Tiscornia! 💫💫💫💫
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ucd.ie/research/new...
@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social