Full list of Centres and Institutes
ADAPT, the SFI Research Centre for AI-driven Digital Content Technology, is a collaboration of leading academics, researchers and industry partners that is driven by a vision of “empowering people for deeper engagement in a digital world”.
ADAPT researchers are based across eight leading Irish Higher Education Institutions: TCD, DCU, UCD, TU Dublin, MU, MTU, NUIG & AIT.
Biodesign Europe is a transatlantic applied research institute established in partnership with Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.
Biodesign Europe focuses, in collaboration of leading academics, researchers and industry partners, on the discovery of innovative solutions to today’s complex global challenges in healthcare, sustainability and security by harnessing the building blocks of Nature’s grand design and translating these solutions into high-value technologies and clinical practice.
The DCU Advanced Process Technology Research Centre (APT) focuses on state of the art research activities in the areas of Production Technology, Sustainable Technology, Micro and Nano Technology, and Advanced Engineering Materials.
The DCU Anti-Bullying Centre (ABC) is Europe’s leading research centre dedicated to tackling bullying and online safety across schools, colleges, workplaces, and digital platforms.
The DCU Anti-Corruption Research Centre (ARC) is the first academic centre in Ireland dedicated to research, policy impact and education on corruption and anti-corruption.
The DCU Biography & Life-Writing Research Group aims to promote informed debate and research excellence in the related areas of Biography and Life-Writing.
The DCU Centre for Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL) research is focused on 'the classroom and the lab' – on enhancing the impact of the full spectrum of teaching, learning and assessment activities in mathematics and science.
The DCU Centre for Assessment Research, Policy and Practice in Education (CARPE) is a
globally connected centre of assessment knowledge and expertise. CARPE's mission is to
inform policy, improve teaching and learning, and promote equity through innovative
research into the design, implementation and interpretation of educational assessments.
The centre's focus includes authentic, peer and self-assessment, digital and technology-
enhanced assessment including artificial intelligence in assessment, large-scale testing, and
the critical roles of feedback and self-regulated learning.
The DCU Centre for Astrophysics & Relativity (CfAR) is a cross-disciplinary Centre which undertakes research into the most fundamental questions of the Universe.
Our research interests include star formation and planet formation, high energy astrophysics, solar physics and space weather, classical general relativity, gravitational waves and quantum field theory on curved space-times.
The DCU Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education (CREATE) aims to drive research into the continuum of teacher education, to disseminate this research, and to draw on the research to ensure teacher education is subjected to sustained critique and innovation and to inform policy development, pedagogy and programme development.
The DCU Centre for Decarbonisation, Sustainability and Innovation (DESI) seeks to address climate change challenges by developing cleaner energy systems and embedding innovative and sustainable solutions that will lead to global impact.
The DCU Centre for Evaluation, Quality & Inspection (EQI) is a multidisciplinary research group focused on the thematic areas of School Evaluation and Inspection and Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment.
The DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education (CHRCE) champions educational policy and practice which promotes human rights, children’s rights, global justice and environmental sustainability.
The overall purpose of the DCU Centre for Inclusive Pedagogy is to focus research on how to include all students in the general education system from a pedagogical, curricular, assessment and community perspective, giving all access to, participation in and benefit from individually relevant learning.
The DCU Centre for Literacy Research, Policy & Practice leads innovative scholarship in Literacy Research, Policy and Practice to promote equity and transform lives across the lifespan.
The DCU Centre for Possibility Studies aims to advance our scientific and practical
understanding of the the ways in which individuals and groups become aware of, explore,
decide between, and enact possibilities in key areas such as cognition, education,
health, technology, communities, and environment.
The DCU Centre for Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS) pursues research in translation and textual studies, applied languages, and related areas.
The DCU Conflict Institute brings together researchers in Dublin City University working on a wide range of subjects, including peace, security, migration, international law, and conflict resolution. It constitutes a vibrant, multidisciplinary research community that produces and shares high quality, relevant research which is useful to policy makers, government, civil society, media, and other researchers.
The Institute shares reports, organises conferences and workshops, and works closely with those dealing with these issues and affected by them. Bringing a wide range of actors together creates important synergies and opportunities to share information and perspectives.
The DCU Early Childhood Research Centre (ECRC) is an interdisciplinary research centre that investigates policies and politics, pedagogies and practices in early childhood locally and internationally from a critical perspective that is informed by a shared interest in the transformative potential of collaborative research.
The DCU Educational Disadvantage Centre's purpose is to engage in research, teaching, advocacy and community engagement regarding social and economic exclusion across education and related sectors in Ireland, Europe and globally, in order to promote equitable inclusive systems and lead policy and practice development and reform.
The DCU European Law Institute (DELI) is the prime hub for research and scientific collaboration in the field of EU law and policy at DCU. Led by Prof. Federico Fabbrini, it includes over 20 international scholars from various EU member states.
Expanding on the success of the Brexit Institute, DELI hosts numerous funded research projects, produces leading scholarship, and organizes high-level events.
The mission of the DCU Further Education & Training Research Centre (FETRC) is to influence the strategic direction of the further education and training sector in Ireland, ensuring that policy and practice is driven by evidence based research.
The DCU Institute for Business and Society undertakes impactful and engaged research on innovative, sustainable and trustworthy practices in business and society.
The DCU Institute for Climate & Society is Ireland’s first academic research centre focused on social science and humanities perspectives on the climate crisis. The Institute’s research, education, and engagement activities start from the premise that the solutions to climate change are available, and that the blocks to action are to be found among societal actors, processes and dynamics.
The DCU Institute for Ethics aims to create ethical awareness in relation to all fields of the university's activities and to play a leading role in raising public awareness of, and stimulating debate about, ethical issues.
The DCU Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities (IRGS) is a university-wide research centre whose core mission is to foster new, inter-disciplinary synergies to respond to the most urgent issues relating to gender and sexuality in contemporary society.
The DCU Institute of Future Media, Democracy, and Society (FuJo) is a multidisciplinary research centre focused on the digital transformation of media, democracy, and society.
FuJo investigates how to foster a healthy information environment through advancing media literacy; countering disinformation and hate; ensuring good governance for tech and AI; enhancing public participation through democratic innovations; and securing the sustainability of high-quality journalism and media.
The DCU Ireland-India Institute, established in 2012, is one of Europe’s leading research centres focused on cooperation between the European Union and South Asia. With a global network of experts, the institute leverages deep historical links between India and Ireland, a growing bilateral economic, political relationship and people-to-people ties to foster cross-cultural understanding, engagement and scholarship.
The DCU Life Sciences Institute (LSI) leverages DCU's recognised expertise in the Life Science field, gathering a multidisciplinary team of researchers to deliver on the LSI mission to 'Transform Challenges into Impact'.
The DCU REACH Centre or Collaboratory is a joint partnership between researchers at DCU and the HSE Dublin North City and County Community Health Organisation. It's mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of the community by generating evidence to inform effective decision-making and policy, in partnership with local communities, and in relation to community health services and system development.
The DCU Water Institute (WI) is a cross-faculty initiative of research and education on water.
Food for Health Ireland is a multi-location, multi-partnered, multi-disciplinary research centre that addresses some of today's most pressing health issues through food.
The mission of the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (I-FORM) is to shape the future of manufacturing through high-impact research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing.
The SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics (INSIGHT) is one of the biggest data analytics centres in Europe. It undertakes high-impact research, seeks to derive value from Big Data and provides innovative technology solutions for industry and society by enabling better decision-making.
The SFI Research Centre for Irish Photonics Integrations (IPIC) focuses on developing new light-enabled technologies. Photonics is a key enabling technology that underpins the internet and affects diverse industries such as medical devices, renewable energy, manufacturing and environmental monitoring.
The SFI Research Centre for Software (LERO) brings together leading software teams from universities and institutes of technology in a coordinated centre of research excellence with a strong industry focus.
Is lárionad taighde tras-dáimhe é SEALBH?. Tá sé mar phríomhaidhm ag an Lárionad coimriú agus comhordú a dhéanamh ar thaighde ar an nGaeilge i réimsí na Teangeolaíochta Feidhmí agus na Pleanála Teanga in ?irinn agus bheith ag obair go dlúth lenar gcomhghleacaithe i dtíortha eile a bhfuil na saincheisteanna céanna á gcíoradh acu.
SEALBH? is a cross-faculty Centre which aims to consolidate and co-ordinate Applied Linguistics and Language Planning research in Ireland and to work closely with partners in other countries who are investigating similar issues.