Our Research

Research in the School of Natural Science is conducted by 36 principle investigators in the biological, physical and social sciences.

Since 2000, research income for the School totaled about 31 million euro. Twenty-three postdoctoral fellows and more than 140 postgraduate research students are currently involved in research in the School. Collectively staff and postgraduate research students have published more than 900 internationally peer-reviewed articles since 2000.

Researchers in the School receive their funding from a diversity of external sources including:

• the European Union FP5 and FP6
• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
• Enterprise Ireland
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Health Research Board (HRB)
• the Wellcome Trust
• the Royal Irish Academy
• Teagasc
• Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
• National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)
• Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)/Embark

and a range of private sources.

Geography is one of the constituent members of the School of Natural Science.

The Geography staff conduct research in the areas of::

• Environmental Governance
• Development & Sustainability
• Globalization
• Urban Development
• Historical Geography & Archaeology
• Biodiversity & Conservation
• Environmental & Climate Change
• Palaeontology & Palynonogy
• Biogeography
• African Development
• Asian Development
• Biogeochemistry
• Hydrology & Water Quality

Visit Research in the School of Natural Sciences for more information.