Explore the Future Humanities Institute

The Future Humanities Institute (FHI), a UCC Futures Institute, is an ambitious and interdisciplinary research community dedicated to understanding and shaping the human dimensions of today’s most pressing global challenges. We advance this mission through our Radical Humanities Laboratory, which supports innovative and exploratory approaches to contemporary questions, and through our interdisciplinary research clusters, which focus collective expertise on key areas of cultural, social and environmental concern. Through applied imagination, methodological innovation and engagement with communities, policymakers and partners, we develop ideas that open pathways to more just, sustainable and creative futures. A key pillar of UCC’s Futures Framework, the FHI serves as both a development catalyst and an advocacy hub. It champions the bold, creative thinking that underpins the culturally impactful and socially transformative research of UCC’s arts and humanities community. Our researchers are internationally recognised for their excellence, global networks and sustained success in securing competitive funding. Their work informs public policy, enriches cultural life and drives real‑world change, ensuring that arts and humanities perspectives are actively shaping Ireland’s futures.