College of Social Sciences and Law Research Funding Scheme 2025-2027
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- College Research Funding Scheme 2025-2027
The UCD College of Social Sciences and Law Research Funding Scheme 2025–2027 is designed to support high-quality, impactful research that advances understanding of key social, political, legal, and economic issues. This year’s awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of researchers across the College whose projects will shape important conversations within academia, policy, and society.
We are delighted to share the full list of awarded projects below:
| Lead Principal Investigator | School | Co-Principal Investigator | Project title | Schools linked to proposal | Amount funded |
| Jambo Ramadhani | School of Politics and International Relations | Assoc Professor Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati | Public Policy and Local Climate Adaptation: A Case Study of Drought Response Strategies in Monduli District, Northern Tanzania | School of Politics and International Relations | €14,000 |
| Dr Arlene Crampsie | School of Geography | Geomythology in Irish Geoparks: exploring the potential of folklore and local knowledges for Irish geoheritage protection, education and dissemination | School of Geography | €13,914 | |
| Dr Rachel Farrell | School of Education | Professor Paul Rouse, Dr Kevin Nolan, |
EXPLORE-IXR: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in Higher Education through Intelligent XR | School of History, School of Education, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, School of Archaeology, School of Education. |
€14,989.38 |
| Ms Isabelle Nic Craith | School of Psychology | Assoc Professor Laura Taylor | ADO-AI: Adolescents’ advice seeking about bullying from AI and other sources | School of Psychology |
€14,750.30 |
| Dr Margaret Samahita | School of Economics | Rebalancing Work: Gender Perception, Job Design, and Occupational Dynamics | School of Economics | €15,000 | |
| Dr Mary Kennedy | School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice | Pioneering an evidence base for lifecourse informed psychoeducation for depression: An Irish multi-generational cohort study. | School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice | €13,108 |