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Rosie McCarthy, a traveller, singer, actor, and student, and Oein DeBhairduin, an award-winning writer, activist, and educator, featured as part of an evening of socially engaged music and spoken word. Image: Sound of Photography.

UCC’s Festival of Social Science explores the issues shaping society today

Third annual festival highlights new research, new voices and ongoing questions across social science research. Hosted by UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures, sessions focused on inclusion, climate justice, care, gender and the realities communities face today. Seven days of panels, performances and discussion across UCC’s social science community.

Pictured left to right: Brendan Canty, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Alan Butler and Dean Browne announced as recipients of 2026 Arts Council Artist in Residence awards at University College Cork.

University College Cork and Arts Council announce 2026 Artists in Residence

Brendan Canty, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Dean Browne and Alan Butler announced as recipients of 2026 Artist in Residence awards. The longstanding collaboration between the Arts Council and UCC celebrates diverse artistic voices and practices shaping Ireland’s creative landscape. This year marks the first time Digital Artists are part of the programme.

Dr Eugene Costello, UCC School of History and Radical Humanities Laboratory, awarded €2m European Research Council Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming. Dr Costello is pictured in front of The Bull and Drover, a sculpture by Kevin Holland, Madden's Buildings in Blackpool, Cork. Image: Provision

Major EU project to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming

Dr Eugene Costello, UCC School of History and Radical Humanities Laboratory, awarded €2m European Research Council Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming. The project breaks new ground in global environmental history by tracing the early foundations of Europe’s commercial meat and dairy industries. Researchers aim to uncover how market-driven cattle farming emerged, powered the rise of urban centres and trade, and reshaped rural societies and environments.

Lead image: First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska (right) is pictured with Minister for Further & Higher Education, James Lawless, TD (left); Professor James Kapaló; and Professor Ursula Kilkelly, UCC Vice-President of Global Engagement.

University College Cork joins global coalition for Ukrainian Studies

The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska and Minister James Lawless. UCC CACSSS researcher Dr Tatiana Vagramenko and CACSSS Vice Head of College for Research and Innovation Professor James Kapaló were part of the UCC delegation. CACSSS Schools, including the School of History and the School of Society, Politics and Ethics, are driving ambitious plans to develop both teaching and research on Ukraine's past and present.

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