In December 2024 four projects were awarded seed-funding under the UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures Interdisciplinary Research Funding Scheme. Informed by the need to respond to emerging and changing societal challenges locally and globally, and in recognition of the value and importance of the Social Sciences and Humanities in this endeavour, this seed-funding scheme prioritises collaborative interdisciplinary work.

Funded projects: 

• Lace, Life and Lore: Crafting Women’s Digital Stories PI: Dr Elizabeth Kiely (Applied Social Studies)
• The Rise of Parliament. Examining the use of the private members’ bill as a tool PI: Dr Liam Weeks (Department of Government & Politics) 
• Building Inclusive Futures: Establishing a Trans Research Agenda through Collaborative Engagement in Ireland. PI: Dr Kevin Hosford (Department of Sociology and Criminology) 
• Knowing the North? How we know and interpret the past: Cross-disciplinary approaches to dealing with difficult, recent pasts in the North of Ireland. PI: Professor Laura McAtackney (School of the Human Environment - Archaeology).

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