The UCC Innovation team, and colleagues from across UCC who are involved in innovation and entrepreneurship, are delighted to bring you the Spring 2023 edition of the UCC Innovates eNewsletter.

Content in this edition includes:

• UCC study finds that traditional fact-based counterarguments to conspiracy beliefs don’t work.
• Approaches to fostering critical thinking and an analytical mindset are more promising.
• The study is the first comprehensive review of the effectiveness of existing methods for tackling conspiracy beliefs.

• UCC researchers introduce an innovative framework to project transport demands for regions having multiple countries spanning different socio-economic development pathways.
• The research increases the accuracy of estimating future demands for passenger and freight transport that collectively account for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
• Reducing transport related emissions remains a considerable challenge for climate policy.

• Applications open for 15 new academic positions at UCC.
• Closing date for applications is 12pm (Irish Standard Time) on Thursday, 29 June 2023.

• Professor Schiek is the first legal scholar in Ireland to secure a €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant.
• The grant will support ground-breaking EU law research at UCC.
• The research will focus on renewing European integration through citizens’ rights.

• First national picture of the impact of the pandemic on mental health in Irish workplaces.
• 80% of employers in Ireland are not investing in workplace mental health.
• Concerns about deteriorating mental health are significant three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.