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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
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdresearch.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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
See the full calendar at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdresearch.bsky.social
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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.
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.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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.
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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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Please register at
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January 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
🚀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.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
The Perspective article was published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes today.
➡️ lnkd.in/didbrFJJ
@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...
Find their podcast & more on AI-focused research in the #SocialSciences at UCD
www.ucd.ie/research/inf...
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
@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...
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...
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...
January 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
#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...
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...
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Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
UCD spinout has developed a quantum server for data centres
www.irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Equal1 raises $60m in funding to deploy quantum computing technology
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💙💛 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.
January 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
💙💛 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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UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
January 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
📰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:
ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD’s Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe is co-author on the University of Liverpool-led paper published in The BMJ today:
ucd.ie/research/new...
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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.
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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.
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🎄✨ 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
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
🎄✨ 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
#nollaignamban #womenschristmas
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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
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...
#AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social
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👨🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
👨🌾💰 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
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
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔬🧵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
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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December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📰🏆 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.
For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.
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#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.
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.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#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.
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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The project will explore how young people develop and align with a ‘European’ identity, and the implications that this can have on society.
ucd.ie/research/new...
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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.
ucd.ie/research/new...
The project will explore how young people develop and align with a ‘European’ identity, and the implications that this can have on society.
ucd.ie/research/new...
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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. 🦇
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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. 🦇
€8M in funding has been announced for 6 research teams in the 2nd round of the #NationalChallengeFund.
Congratulations to UCD's Dr Jiayao Chen & the ‘Bohemian' team, runners-up in the Healthy Environment for All Challenge!
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Congratulations to UCD's Dr Jiayao Chen & the ‘Bohemian' team, runners-up in the Healthy Environment for All Challenge!
ucd.ie/research/new...
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
€8M in funding has been announced for 6 research teams in the 2nd round of the #NationalChallengeFund.
Congratulations to UCD's Dr Jiayao Chen & the ‘Bohemian' team, runners-up in the Healthy Environment for All Challenge!
ucd.ie/research/new...
Congratulations to UCD's Dr Jiayao Chen & the ‘Bohemian' team, runners-up in the Healthy Environment for All Challenge!
ucd.ie/research/new...
UCD was delighted to host a meeting of the Royal Entomological Society this week, welcoming 95 entomologists & guests from 18+ institutions.
🐝🪲🐛The theme of the day was insects – one of the most numerous & biodiverse groups on the planet. #Biodiversity
royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-...
🐝🪲🐛The theme of the day was insects – one of the most numerous & biodiverse groups on the planet. #Biodiversity
royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-...
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
UCD was delighted to host a meeting of the Royal Entomological Society this week, welcoming 95 entomologists & guests from 18+ institutions.
🐝🪲🐛The theme of the day was insects – one of the most numerous & biodiverse groups on the planet. #Biodiversity
royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-...
🐝🪲🐛The theme of the day was insects – one of the most numerous & biodiverse groups on the planet. #Biodiversity
royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-...
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🧑🎓🏆 UCD’s Dr Andrew Hines has won a prestigious tech prize for the development of audio quality testing technology used by Google.
Based in The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at UCD, Dr Hines picked up the Technology Ireland Industry Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year.
Based in The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at UCD, Dr Hines picked up the Technology Ireland Industry Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🧑🎓🏆 UCD’s Dr Andrew Hines has won a prestigious tech prize for the development of audio quality testing technology used by Google.
Based in The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at UCD, Dr Hines picked up the Technology Ireland Industry Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year.
Based in The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at UCD, Dr Hines picked up the Technology Ireland Industry Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year.
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A lack of sufficient staff is the biggest barrier for Irish organisations when it comes to implementing environmental policies, a new UCD study has shown.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A lack of sufficient staff is the biggest barrier for Irish organisations when it comes to implementing environmental policies, a new UCD study has shown.
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Geoscience meets climate action! PhD Researcher Rioko Moscardini, at @ucdresearch.bsky.social , is researching Triassic reservoirs, exploring their potential to support geothermal energy as Ireland moves toward net-zero.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Geoscience meets climate action! PhD Researcher Rioko Moscardini, at @ucdresearch.bsky.social , is researching Triassic reservoirs, exploring their potential to support geothermal energy as Ireland moves toward net-zero.
Dr Hayley Kilgallon's research at UCD School of History explores the history of women’s sport in Ireland. She spoke with RTE Brainstorm about where the future strongholds of Gaelic games might be!
👂Listen to the podcast here: rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
👂Listen to the podcast here: rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Where are the future strongholds of Gaelic games?
The potential All Ireland champions for 2026 in all Gaelic codes may only come from a small number of counties, but what about 2036?
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November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Dr Hayley Kilgallon's research at UCD School of History explores the history of women’s sport in Ireland. She spoke with RTE Brainstorm about where the future strongholds of Gaelic games might be!
👂Listen to the podcast here: rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
👂Listen to the podcast here: rte.ie/brainstorm/2...