Yesterday’s second Collective Intelligence Workshop marked another energising step in co-creating Ireland’s Open Research Road Map, bringing diverse voices together Huge thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, energy, and insight to this shared process. #OpenResearch #PublicEngagement

Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap By making research more open, we believe that we can build wider communities of support for researchers, and we can make research more useful and usable. Learn More: www.tcd.ie/civicengagem... #openresearch #publicengagement

We’re hosting 5 workshops (May–Oct 2025) to co-create Ireland’s open research roadmap. Researchers, policymakers, NGOs & communities. Help shape real impact Register your interest at the link below : 👉 forms.office.com/e/bBpqWVNEfe #OpenResearch #PublicEngagement #CitizenScience #SciComm

Retina International stands with @eurordis.bsky.social and @eupatientsforum.bsky.social. Weakening patient representation in CHMP & PRAC is a step backwards for patient-centred healthcare. EU Member States must uphold meaningful patient involvement. Full statement: www.eurordis.org/epf-eurordis...

The mighty Beth Corcoran, winner of the #Trinity Civic Engagement Activity Award, introducing a night for families who have someone with Down Syndrome, followed by #PPI contributor Ross O'Neill advocating for involvement in #research. Proud to see people with a lived experience leading this work.

It is great to see 'citizens' gathering data. Good on them for their work and on Ireland's National Biodiversity Data Centre. And it reminds me to say 📢 CITIZEN SCIENCE IS MORE THAN JUST DATA GATHERING! It's like saying that, as a citizen, we only want you to vote but not take any other action.

Over €13 million in 'Grow Phase' funding was announced for #NationalChallengeFund finalists this year. The teams that received funding were split across several challenge areas. Read more: https://buff.ly/3ZFHuRl #12DaysofIrishResearch #NextGenerationEU

Science Santa #science

What a fantastic treat to attend the Visionaries Choir in Hill Street Dublin. Thank you, #FightingBlindness, for inviting me along to such festive event. Looking forward to having more civic engagement adventures with @declancabra.bsky.social Shannon, Rachel and their colleagues in 2025. ❤️

@avrilkennan.bsky.social introduces the celebrations of the #HRCI #HRB Joint Funding Scheme at the Mansion House. This work has, over many years, exemplified #CivicEngagement at its best. 👏👏👏

What a privilege to speak to this year's Trinity Civic Engagement Award winners: Zachary Chambers from Security, Beth Corcoran from Paediatrics, Eilish Burke from Intellectual Disability Nursing (for Eimear McGlinchey), and Erica Krueger from Geography. #TrinityCollegeDublin #CivicEngagement