Philosophy Research at UCD
The School is home to a wide variety of philosophical research, including two research centres and international journals.
Our Research
Our Research Projects
BMoral
New Histories of British Moral Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century (c. 1690–1800)
This project aims to rethink narratives about 18th-Century British moral philosophy, which to the present day continue to focus predominantly on male authors, despite overwhelming evidence that women participated in the moral debates of this period. The project will analyse a large corpus that is inclusive of moral writings by male and female authors and will shed new light on the intellectual networks in which male and female philosophers interacted.
Principal Investigator: (opens in a new window)Ruth Boeker
Funding: ERC Consolidator Grant (no. 101169707)
Dublin Dewey Studies
Devoted to supporting scholarship in Ireland on the work of John Dewey and other philosophers in the American Pragmatic tradition
Resources include hardcopy and electronic access to the collected works, correspondence and lectures of John Dewey, as well as an extensive collection of titles relating to classical and contemporary Pragmatism. Dublin Dewey Studies is hosted by the UCD School of Philosophy and is generously supported by the (opens in a new window)Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Principal Investigator: (opens in a new window)James O’Shea
Graduate Researcher: Philipp Wagenhals
Our Research Centres
Centre for Ethics in Public Life
The UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) is a leading research centre and provides innovative courses for professionals on a broad range of contemporary ethical issues.
The Centre is proudly interdisciplinary and draws its thinking from a range of philosophical approaches to ethics. CEPL engages in thought and discussion about ethical issues of wide social import in public life.
Newman Centre for the Study of Religions
A Recognised Research Centre of UCD dedicated to the academic study of religions and faith in all their forms, UCD Newman Centre for the Study of Religions includes members from across UCD and from other Irish universities whose research concerns aspects of religion and faith.
Societies and Journals
UCD School of Philosophy is a member of
- The Irish Philosophical Club
- (opens in a new window)The Irish Philosophical Society
- (opens in a new window)The Irish Society for the Philosophy of Time
- (opens in a new window)The Society for Women in Philosophy Ireland (SWIPI)
The School hosts the following journals
UCD School of Philosophy
Room D501 (5th Floor), Newman Building, UCD Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland T: +353 1 716 8186 | E: philosophy@ucd.ie | Location Map(opens in a new window)UCD Philosophy is ranked among the Top 100 Departments of Philosophy worldwide (QS World University Rankings 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023–2025)