UCD Research

👨‍🔬🏅 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

🌊✋ 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.

@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdgrad.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @dccbeta.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

#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

YouTube video by UCD Research Democratising discovery: open, accessible imaging and microscopy tools for all

🔬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...

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 ....

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.

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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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@ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social

Blúiríní Béaloidis 18 - Brigid In Folk Tradition St. Brigid’s Day falls on the first of February, and is traditionally understood as marking the beginning of spring in Irish custom. Dedicated to the saint nicknamed Muire na nGael or the ‘Mary of th

Links updated from last year here!👇

👂Podcast exploring Brigid in folk tradition, National Folklore Collection UCD: soundcloud.com/folklore_pod...

📔Assoc Prof Elva Johnston writes on Brigit of Kildare as the first Irish saint to be celebrated in detail by early writers: www.ria.ie/2024/02/01/m...

YouTube video by UCD Research Preparing for Life: changing children’s lives through early parenting support

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...

Blue graphic with globe and university logos. Text reads Open Research Week 2026 - this three-day event will celebrate different aspects of open research such as citizen science, open research culture, open publishing, rights retention and open data.

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

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...

Blue graphic displaying the side of a concrete library building and various shapes in yellow, dark blue and green. Text reads "Research Essentials at UCD Library free library workshops. Book online via our Library Training page".

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

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.

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.

Portrait of Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance, along with her name and title. Text reads "Artificial Intelligence and global research data: a perfect pairing?"

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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🚀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.

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@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...

#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...

Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres

Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology

💙💛 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:
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Dr Benjamin Gearey, Principal Investigator of IPeAAT, artist Eleanor Brayden, and Dr McGuinness Credit: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Dr Shane McGuinness, Assistant Professor in Sustainability and UCD Climate Fellow, launching the beer mats at Dublin's Cobblestone pub Credit: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

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.

🎄✨ 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

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

👨‍🌾💰 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

UCD and the Irish Space Association (ISA) brought leaders from academia, industry and government together for a key event exploring how cross-sector collaboration can strengthen Ireland’s position in the rapidly expanding global space economy.
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📰🏆 Eleven of Ireland’s leading business journalists have been recognised at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards.

For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.

#GENERATION_EU is a reality!

So grateful to receive #ERCCoG from @erc.europa.eu 🤩

With new PhDs and Post-docs, the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social will address:

What is European identity?
How does it develop?
Does it promote peace?

Across childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.

Dr Laura K. Taylor has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for her GENERATION EU project. #ERCCoG

The project will explore how young people develop and align with a ‘European’ identity, and the implications that this can have on society.

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Is it better to have children early or later in life, and does parenthood speed up ageing? A new study from University College Dublin offers has tackled these questions with some help from Greater horseshoe bats. 🦇