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Building Networks, Shaping Policy

To develop sustainable societies we must consider basic human needs, alongside how human activity affects the environment. Guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UCD is bringing leading experts together to inform policy and help improve structural systems in Ireland and Europe.  

At a glance...

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4 UCD College of Social Sciences and Law subject ranked in the top 100 QS World Rankings 2025
€2.5M
Prof Kylie Jarrett awarded a €2.5M ERC Advanced Grant for project on the digital economy gig
GUIDE
UCD-led Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE) project is Europe's first comparative birth cohort survey
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Ireland gained its first New European Bauhaus Award for the UCD-led community climate action project Ripple.

Creating Impact

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Working across academic disciplines and in partnership with policy, civil society, and international organisations to advance the global sustainable development agenda. UCD Centre for Sustainable Development
Working across academic disciplines and in partnership with policy, civil society, and international organisations to advance the global sustainable development agenda.
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This ERC funded research project studies contemporary election campaigns, focusing on how candidates, campaign professionals, journalists and citizens perceive campaigns and their role in them. ELECT
This ERC funded research project studies contemporary election campaigns, focusing on how candidates, campaign professionals, journalists and citizens perceive campaigns and their role in them.
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The EqualStrength project investigates structural forms of discrimination, outgroup prejudice and hate crimes against ethnic, racial and religious minority groups across Europe, documenting lived experiences. EqualStrength
The EqualStrength project investigates structural forms of discrimination, outgroup prejudice and hate crimes against ethnic, racial and religious minority groups across Europe, documenting lived experiences.

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