• ‘In Conversation with’ event will explore the science behind the restorative power of gardening and its ability to change people’s lives.
• International bestselling work draws on Dr Sue Stuart-Smith’s extensive experience as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist.

Join us on 23rd April for the launch of a research report highlighting how unequal educational experiences affect Traveller students’ journeys and futures.

If, as Henry Giroux warns, universities are becoming market-driven systems that foster control, exclusion, and racism, how can we resist and reimagine them as spaces for equitable learning, creativity and social responsibility?

Collective Social Futures was delighted to recently welcome Kelly Salchow MacArthur to speak at the CSF Seminar Series.

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Gough on receiving the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award for her piece A Certain Slant of Light. The purpose of the award is to foster and encourage the tradition of the short story. 

On 23 March a timely symposium was held in UCC to explore the rise of the Far-right in Ireland and Europe, and the implications for social cohesion. This event was hosted by the ISS21 Populism and the Rise of the Far-right Research Cluster, with support from the Collective Social Futures Major Grants Award Programme. 

In this seminar, Professor Kelly Salchow MacArthur (Michigan State University) explored ways of enacting graphic design for social and environmental impact.

On 27 February 2026 an important collaborative conference was held in UCC, bringing together community groups, practitioners, activists and academics committed to enhancing Inclusion Health.