Haunted Futures 2026 brought together scholars from a wide array of disciplines responding to hauntology and the theme of 'spaces in crisis'.
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Fourth Annual Haunted Futures Conference Held in UCC
30 Sep 2026
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CODA: Resilience and Empowerment Among Children of Deaf Parents Symposium
29 Sep 2026
Call for abstracts now open for this international hybrid symposium.
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Erasmus+ researchers visit UCC Women's Studies to learn more about women’s & gender studies-focused curriculum & teaching
24 Sep 2026
UCC Women’s Studies Programme Director Dr Evelien Geerts (Philosophy & Women’s Studies) recently hosted two international Erasmus+ researchers from Spain and Austria.
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Climate, Migration, Refugees, and the SDGs: Leaving No One Behind
15 Sep 2026
This Associated EU Presidency Event took place in the Aula Maxima to a packed audience. Participants explored the complex connections between climate change, migration, forced displacement, human rights, security and sustainable development. The event was organised by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Ireland in partnership with the UNIC European University Alliance, and UCC Futures: Collective Social Futures.
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SATLE grant awarded for the interdisciplinary "Thinking-with Memes" project
07 Sep 2026
An interdisciplinary team from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences was recently awarded SATLE funding to explore the political uses and counter-hegemonic potential of memes.
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Exploring Communication and Diversity in Mathematics Education
27 Aug 2026
The School of Education, UCC hosted ETC22, an international conference bringing together researchers from 16 countries to explore communication and diversity in mathematics education, with a particular focus on language, meaning-making and methodological approaches.
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UCC research team present at IASSIDD, 7th European Congress, Munich
31 Jul 2026
The ‘RED Framework - Cocreating Rights Enabled by Design [RED] for IoT in Intellectual Disability’ project, that is funded through the Taighde Éireann Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications CONNECT Centre, was among the poster award winners at the recent ‘International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ (IASSIDD), 7th European Congress.
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Hearing children of deaf adults experience stigma but show agency and resilience – new research
19 Aug 2026
Research led by Dr Noel O’Connell explores the lived experience of hearing children of deaf adults.
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UCC research raises international awareness of night-time economy and night workers
30 Jul 2026
UCC researcher, Dr JC MacQuarie, is conducting ground-breaking research with night-workers, a significant cohort of the workforce who are largely invisible to the general public and underrepresented in labour history, and urban and night studies. His work recently featured in Le Devoir, one of Canada's most respected and influential newspapers.
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Finding Our Own Solutions: Critical Perspectives and Responses to Human Distress
Happening On 12/11/2026
Conference Announcement & Call for Abstracts
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Collective Social Futures Institute
Contact us
- collectivesocialfutures@ucc.ie
- Professor Maggie O'Neill, Director of Collective Social Futures Institute