DCU Research

How can we keep PFAs and forever chemicals out of our water? How much do we know about airbourne pollution and allergens? for the answer to these questions and more: Registration is open for the second event in the Dublin City University Futurology series! Each event features a series of engaging presentations from some of the University's foremost researchers. This event, examining 'The Lived Environment', will see discussion of how pollution and climate change affect our daily lives. https://lnkd.in/eeXx6-2D

I had the great pleasure of delivering a keynote address at the Raheny Rotary Peace Conference at Dublin City University All Hallows Campus today. I discussed the question of whether Peace is a Common Purpose? Insightful and challenging day, but *hope* emerged as a consistent theme. Sincere thanks to all the wonderful speakers and participants. Rotary International

The Polaris building is now home to a wide range of cutting edge research projects as the new home of Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, the DCU School of Health and Human Performance, and a range of other researchers from DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing and the DCU Faculty of Science and Health. Among the facilities is a new High Performance Lab focused on elite sports research, an area of expertise for which Dublin City University is widely recognised as an international leader.

Join Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Ed Bates and I on Friday 25 April 10-1130 CEST (09-1030h Irish time) for a discussion about our new book 'Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights - A Troubled Membership and its Legacy' (Bristol University Press and Policy Press, 2025). The event is being hosted by CURE - Campaign to Uphold Rights in Europe and kindly moderated by the wonderful Olga Sadovskaya. Registration required but the event will be online: https://lnkd.in/eGucE6v9

We Underestimate the Manosphere at Our Peril. Dr. Catherine Baker, Prof. Debbie Ging and Dr Maja Brandt Andreasen's DCU Anti-Bullying Centre study on how TikTok and YouTube Shorts are bombarding boys and men with misogynist content was featured in The New York Times. Dr Baker says messaging including: feminism has gone too far, men are losing out on jobs to women and women prefer to stay at home rather than work, resonated because it plays into young men’s insecurities around their bodies — many of the accounts glorify fitness — as well as their future success and their relationships. Young men might believe that in order to be successful, they can’t show vulnerability; they need wealth, six-pack abs and social, political and cultural dominance. Read more in The New York Times: https://lnkd.in/eEFDxrMx #DCUResearch #DublinCityUniversity DCU Alumni DCU Global DCU Business School DCU Faculty of Science and Health DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences DCU Educational Trust DCU Research

I had the opportunity to speak to #OireachtasTV on the reform of the Triple Lock with Elaine Loughlin, Irish Examiner and Flor MacCarthy. Michael Kennedy, RIA, also provides an excellent brief introduction to the topic, you can watch here: https://lnkd.in/ei2FqRuB

Dublin City University researchers Dr Karsten Fleischer and Prof Andrew Kellett have secured the funding as part of Research Ireland’s Research Infrastructure Programme. The two DCU projects are among nine to receive €17.7 million in funding announced by Minister James Lawless today. https://lnkd.in/eCz7-ZK3

Three projects, featuring five Dublin City University researchers have been awarded additional funding worth up to €5.5 million in funding to Dublin City University as they enter the final twelve month phase of the Research Ireland National Challenge Fund. The latest funding comes as part of an announcement of a total of €5 million for ten teams announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless today. The ten remaining teams now have the chance to compete for an additional €2 million awarded to one team in each of the two categories in today’s announcement. Over the next twelve months each team will advance prototypes and demonstrate the tangible impact of their projects. The National Challenge Fund, a programme funded by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, has supported 96 teams to identify problems related to Ireland’s Green Transition and Digital Transformation and collaborate directly with those stakeholders most affected by them to create real and tangible solutions. https://lnkd.in/e9thsVwe