University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Congratulations to all of the #ERCSyG awardees announced today including UCD's Professor Anding Zhu and Professor Bogdan Staszewski! #DISRUPT #wirelessnetworks #energyreduction

University College Dublin is procuring a new nearly €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer to accelerate AI-powered research in the campus and allow students from across fields to access the high-end technology.

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 ucd.ie/research/new...

Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), our single biggest investment in #AI #supercomputing! @ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...

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.👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

Attend our joint seminar with @ucdresearch.bsky.social: Engagement for Research Impact 12th November 2.30pm Link 3, James Joyce Library This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more. Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211

Are you a journalist covering #environment or #sustainability? Would you like to work with @ucddublin.bsky.social's top researchers to break the best stories? Here's the good news - the 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open! Apply today 👉 tinyurl.com/5n835nk2

🎃🐦‍⬛On @rte.ie's 'Oíche Shamhna: An Ancient Mystery', Prof Frank McDermott shares what state-of-the-art mass spectrometry at UCD can reveal about the ancient sites associated with #Samhain! #Halloween 📽️Watch it back: rte.ie/player/serie...

We have teamed up with @ucdresearch.bsky.social and the PPI Ignite Network@UCD to host a new exhibition on Level 3, James Joyce Library. This showcase details 6 real examples of how UCD researchers are actively engaging with the public & patients in different types of health & social care research.

🎃🧙‍♀️👻#ICYMI UCD Prof Emerita Patricia Lysaght joins artists and academics on #NaFéilteTine @RTEplayer to explore the origins and traditions of #Samhain. 🎥Watch it back: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

🎭📚A new volume 'Creative Pedagogies in Practice: Case Studies from Creative Futures Academy at UCD' explores how creativity can transform teaching, learning and collaboration. 👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

A gene therapy research project led by Professor Niall Barron from the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering has received €2 million in funding. The investment came from Research Ireland and APC Ltd, an Irish biopharmaceutical process development and manufacturing company.

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. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

✈️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. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

See the remaining schedule of UCD Library Research Essentials workshops on our Training page: buff.ly/u9baEeA #OpenAccess Week is coming Oct 20-24 & we will feature two sessions on #OA publishing and #OpenData @ucdtl.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @mishdalton.bsky.social

🇮🇪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...

🗓️ 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/

🎭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...

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!⬇️ ucd.ie/research/new...

Congratulations to Prof Helen Roche on her appointment to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)!⬇️ ucd.ie/research/new...

🏅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. ucd.ie/research/new...

Read about Ireland's largest cancer research programme in @healthcare-europe.bsky.social which launched it's second phase yesterday, doubling the scale and ambition of phase 1

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...

World Animal Day Spotlight - Prof Kieran Meade @kmeade.bsky.social An Immunologist at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science #research on how livestock immune systems fight infection to help tackle zoonotic infections like TB #WorldAnimalDay @ucdresearch.bsky.social #OneHealth

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.👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

🐝🦋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. ucd.ie/research/new...

☔️🌤️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...

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...

Since 2019, POI has driven huge research impacts, from biological insights to training the next generation of researchers. On #WorldCancerResearchDay, we’re proud to share our new brochure, developed with science journalist Claire O'Connell, highlighting these achievements tinyurl.com/jnhs762h

#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

#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

#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...

🌤️☔️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. ucd.ie/research/new...

Prof PJ Mathews, Director of the Creative Futures Academy at UCD, explores the deep-rooted connection between culture, creativity and agriculture in Ireland, for the RDS Vision 300 Series.👇 🎭📚🌾 youtu.be/9dMeqETG2mI?...

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 team is ready ✅ The venues are still standing ✅ The programme is live ✅ The tickets are on sale (and selling fast!) ✅ Then join us @ucddublin.bsky.social forthe Bronze Age Forum 2025! #BronzeAge #BAF2025 Spread the word and we'll see you in November! bronzeageforum2025.wordpress.com

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...

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 about the innovative UCD projects funded under the Research Ireland COALESCE programme! www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Researchers from UCD, UL, UCC and Trinity were among the awardees of the latest round of ERC starting grants.

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! 💫💫💫💫 👇 ucd.ie/research/new... @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Ireland’s 1st satellite #EIRSAT1 has completed its 2-year #space mission The #CubeSat built and launched by @ucddublin.bsky.social students and faculty will de-orbit in the next day or two The trailblazing project has made Ireland a space-faring nation 🚀🛰️ Read more www.ucd.ie/research/new...

We're delighted to announce the re-launch of the UCD Images of Research Competition! @ucddublin.bsky.social It will be very exciting to see the creative and inspiring entries that tell stories of research through the power of images 🎇 Find out how to enter at www.ucd.ie/research/ima...

New study reveals that the human pelvis underwent two major structural innovations during evolution that enabled humans to walk on two legs. The study led by Dr Terence Capellini, Harvard University, included UCD's Prof Niamh Nowlan. www.ucd.ie/research/new... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Novel control payload designed by @ucddublin.bsky.social EIRSAT-1 engineering team successfully demonstrates advanced satellite pointing in space 🛰️ Breakthrough wave-based control platform represents a leap forward for #CubeSat missions www.ucd.ie/research/new... @ucdengarch.bsky.social

New study from researchers at Boston College, University of Cambridge and UCD finds that a 4-day working week brings big benefits to workers’ health and productivity. The paper was published in Nature Human Behaviour. www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

New research from UCD in collaboration with perinatal loss advocacy groups highlights how in person, parent-led education can better prepare medical students to provide perinatal loss care. ucd.ie/research/new...

Prof Joanna Brück @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social has been elected as an International Fellow of the @britishacademy.bsky.social It is the highest honour the Academy confers on non-UK residents in recognition of scholarly distinction in the humanities and social sciences. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

“A very important step for Ireland, to take our place in Europe’s largest scientific organisation, which enables collaborations with the best researchers, institutions & companies all over the world,” - @ucddublin.bsky.social VPRII @siliconrepublic.bsky.social www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/i...