What is UCC Futures?
UCC Futures is an ambitious new programme of research prioritisation coupled with an innovative academic recruitment strategy across ten indicative areas of strategic importance that will build a foundation for economic, societal and cultural resilience and prosperity.
Ten Thematic Areas
Consolidating talent and potential, UCC Futures supports the delivery of superior quality in research, scholarship, and the translation of research to tangible impact on the world across ten thematic areas.
Our Stories of Impact
11 Apr 2024
Ireland’s climate policy is failing women and marginalised communities – new report
New report finds that government response to climate crisis is worsening inequalities for women and marginalised people. Energy poverty, housing poverty, food poverty, mobility and spatial injustices risk being exacerbated by the climate crisis and policy responses. The report was led by UCC researchers for Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, a joint project between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland.
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11 Apr 2024
Findings of first ever audit of Parkinson’s disease care in Ireland published
Significant delays between patient referral and their first clinic visit. Insufficient communication and information-sharing was evident. PD nurse specialists post are lacking nationwide.
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22 Mar 2024
Home care co-operatives can play a large role for older people care in Ireland, new report finds.
UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland. The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home. In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age. Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.
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19 Mar 2024
Middle-aged brain can predict your future brain health, new review finds
Middle Age – between 40-60 years – marks a shift in brain ageing and the middle-aged brain could provide a window in your future brain health, a major academic analysis finds today.
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