A new study led by UCC researchers finds that training in critical thinking skills can be effective in counteracting conspiracy beliefs.

Two University College Cork (UCC) researchers are among the winners in the Researcher of the Year (IRC legacy) 2024 awards. Dr Aaron Lim, from the Department of Geography was named Early Career Researcher of the Year, and Dr Luiza Wasiewska, from Tyndall National Institute and APC Microbiome Ireland, was awarded the Thomas Mitchell Medal of Excellence.

A range of transdisciplinary approaches were explored in this event, hosted by the Future Humanities Institute.

New UCC study shows how digital tools shaped Irish mourning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Tom Birkett, Senior Lecturer in Old English and Old Norse at UCC School of English and Digital Humanities, has been awarded a €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to lead research on legacy of the Vikings in Europe.

UCC School of English and Digital Humanities researcher Dr Joanna Wharton receives prestigious €590,262 Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Pathway Programme award. The LINC project offers new perspectives on pre-electrical telegraphic cultures, during the period 1794-1850.

Early-stage researchers at the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences among UCC researchers to receive €4.6m in research funding in the 2024 Government of Ireland (GOI) Postdoctoral Fellowship and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship awards.

The multi award-winning publishing phenomenon ‘Atlas’ series today launches the publication of Atlas of the Irish Civil War, a new book that commits to print for the very first time a list of all the combatant and civilian fatalities of the War.

The ‘Hidden Grief’ project is a collaboration between UCC researchers, the artist Spicebag, and community partners. The art project aims to bring visibility to the complex and stigmatised grief experienced by those who have lost loved ones or clients to drug-related deaths.

Dr James O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at University College Cork, will take a leading a role in the development of new national policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning.