DCU Research

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...

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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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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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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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...

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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‘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

‘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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DCU Water Institute Water Café Launches for 2025 - DCU Water Institute

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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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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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 ...

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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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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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...

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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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 ...

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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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...

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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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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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

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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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‘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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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/...

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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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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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

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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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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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.

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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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

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

Peer review in the era of generative AI models: An ethical call With the rise of AI in peer review, expert reviewers play a crucial role in maintaining the quality and integrity of the peer review process.

Very interesting @ecer-eera.bsky.social blog post discussing the impact of AI on academic peer reviewing blog.eera-ecer.de/peer-review-... @esai-irl.bsky.social @weraedresearch.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social #educationalresearch #edusky #edchatie

Four DCU projects progress to next phase of Research Ireland National Challenge Fund | Faculty of Engineering and Computing The ‘Grow Phase’ of the initiative sees €9million awarded to sixteen research teams. Dublin City University researchers Dr Mark Roantree, Dr Ciprian Briciu-Burgina, Prof Fiona Regan, Dr David O'Connor...

The next phase of the @Researchirel National Challenge Fund sees €9million awarded to sixteen research teams

Five Dublin City University researchers across four projects will progress to this next round:

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DCU to partner in new research project focused on cardiovascular disease prevention for women | Research Office Dublin City University researcher Dr Louise Hopper will lead the university's contribution to the project, which seeks to revolutionize the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women aged 40-60. CA...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among women in Europe, but most research investigating risk indicators for cardiovascular disease has focused on men

A new project is looking to revolutionize the prevention of disease in women aged 40-60

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Could Ireland be a global leader in online safety tech? A new report suggests that Ireland has a strong and emerging safety tech sector, which could put it at an advantage on the global stage.

"According to the International State of Safety Tech 2024 report, Ireland is home to around 2,600 trust and safety professionals – one in 12 of the trust and safety workforce globally." www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/i...

On Monday evening, Dr @EadaoinCarthy, @R2B2_13 and Prof Fiona Regan featured on the latest episode of @rte's 10 Thing to Know About

The episode covered the impact of plastic pollution

Watch here: rte.ie/player/serie...

Great headline on an Irish Daily Star piece covering Dr David O'Connor's recent research today

Read up on the findings here:

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