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All-Island Research Culture Conference 2024

Research Culture Conference 2024

Advancing Research Culture Conversations in Ireland

Registration

Registration is now OPEN. To book your place at the conference, you may (opens in a new window)Register Here.

Date: 16 May 2024

Place: South East Technological University ((opens in a new window)SETU

The All-Island Research Culture Conference programme includes sessions that address Research Assessment, Engaged Research, and Equality Diversity and Inclusion. Please see descriptions below.

The All-Island Research Culture Network, supported by the Wellcome Institutional Funding for Research Culture will be launched at this conference. The network will initially be led by University College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast. Regular network meetings, alternating between in-person and hybrid will facilitate sharing best practice and current developments in areas that impact Research Culture (open research, research assessment, research integrity, RURM, EDI, recognition of team contributions, wellbeing).

We look forward to productive conversations about the culture of research across the island and hope you will join us on the day. 

Programme

Advancing Research Culture Conversations in Ireland
9:30-10:00   REGISTRATION  
10:00-10:10 Welcome

SETU President Professor Veronica Campbell

10:10-12:30 Plenary
  • Philip Nolan
  • Rosalind Attenborough, Research Culture & Communities Specialist, Wellcome
  • Intro to Wellcome IFRC projects
 
12:30-13:30   LUNCH  
13:30-15:00

Engaged Research

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Research Assessment
 

This session will introduce engaged research and offer an interactive workshop facilitated by Design Thinking/Co-creation specialists.

This session will explore and discuss best practices in embedding EDI principles across various levels within research communities in the UK and Ireland. 

This session will consider the intersections between  the mechanisms by which research is assessed and valued and the culture of the research environment . 

 
  • Martin Galvin, Head of Research Culture, Engagement & Impact, UCC Research, University College Cork 
  • Niall Smyth, Head of Research, Munster Technological University & Head of Blackrock Castle Observatory
  • Denise Heffernan, Human-Centred Researcher, Munster Technological University & Design Lead IDEate Project, Nimbus Research 
  • Professor Maggie O’Neill, Director of UCC Futures: Collective Social Futures and ISS21 (Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century)
  • Ciara O’Halloran, Project and Communications Officer, UCC Civic Community Engagement
  • Dr Mary Galvin, Head of Department & Senior Lecturer Applied Social Studies
  • Professor Karen McCloskey, Deputy Director of Patrick G Johnston Cancer Centre, and Director of Queen’s Gender Initiative, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Dr Mani Narayanan, Head of Research Development and lead on EDI in Research Action Plan, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Dr Thandiwe Hara, Regional Innovation & Engagement Manager and Co-Author of ‘(opens in a new window)Equity and inclusivity in research funding’ report, University of Oxford
  • Professor Rachael Cowen, University of Manchester, University Academic Lead for Gender and Sexual Orientation Equality and Athena Swan Panel Chair, Advance HE
  • Dr. Marion Boland, Head of Research Policy, Science Foundation Ireland
  • Dr Kay Guccione,  Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development and Co-Director of the Lab for Academic Culture University of Glasgow
  • Dr Kevin Daly, University College Dublin & Young Academy of Ireland
  • Dr Maura Hiney, Adjunct Professor of Research Integrity, University College Dublin
15:00-15:30   BREAK  
15:30-16:15 Panel Discussion  Measuring Progress in RC
  • Philip Nolan 
  • Rosalind Attenborough
  • Kay Guccione
  • Maura Hiney
  • Stefan Müller, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
  • Dr Emma Dorris, Public and Patient Involvement Project Officer Programme Manager PPI Ignite@UCD 
 
   

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Dr Geraldine Canny, Head of Research, SETU

 
       

Directions to the Conference

The conference will take place in the O’Connell Bianconi Building at South East Technological University on the Cork Road Campus. Information on campus location, car parking, and travelling by bike, air, rail, bus and taxi can be found on the following link : (opens in a new window)How to Find Us - SETU Waterford Campus | formerly Waterford Institute of Technology (wit.ie)  Car parking next to the building will be accessible on the day free of charge. Should anyone have any particular accessibility requirements please let us know as soon as possible so we can ensure you are fully accommodated.

Research Culture Conference 2024 Planning Committee

  • Grace Mulcahy, UCD (chair)
  • Geraldine Canny, SETU
  • Eimear Fitzpatrick, SETU
  • Irene Kavanagh, UCC
  • David O’Connell, UCC
  • Elizabeth Carroll-Twomey, MTU
  • Ruth Moran, ATU
  • Chris Browne, QUB
  • Colleen Thomas, UCD

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Contact Us

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E: research.culture@ucd.ie