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ENGAGED

Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap

ENGAGED is a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland between now and 2030. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges. By making research more ‘open’, we believe that we can build wider communities of support for researchers, and we can make research more useful and usable. We believe that, where possible, research should be more accessible, more transparent, and a shared resource for the benefit of all who need it.

Access the ENGAGED Roadmap here.

Starting the journey together

ENGAGED is about putting the pieces in place so that research can connect with people: it can benefit policymakers, it can inform families with rare conditions; it can empower NGOs in their advocacy work.

We have five major destinations to reach by 2030:

  1. Research That Reaching Everyone: Making research accessible while demonstrating why it matters to all
  2. Fair Partnership: Addressing power imbalances while building mutual strength through collaboration
  3. Knowledge as Exchange: Recognising expertise and mutual learning while building critical thinking across all sectors
  4. Systems That Work And People Want to Use: Creating infrastructure that serves real needs while protecting vulnerable data
  5. Communities Shaping Research Priorities: Moving from consultation to co-governance in setting research agendas

How you can get involved

If there are aspects of the Roadmap in which you have an interest, you can contact Trinity's Civic Engagement Manager, Michael Foley. Across the country, this wide coalition of interested people are contributing and collaborating to this agenda.

Why open research matters

Imagine a world where research and research data, from health research to climate studies, is openly available to support better policies and innovation. Open research unlocks collaboration across borders, drives transparency, and fosters trust in the scientific process​​. But to make this a reality, we need systems that encourage and support researchers to share their findings in ways that can make this a reality.

About NORF

ENGAGED was created through a joint project run between Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University. It was funded by the National Open Research Forum (NORF), which is a Government of Ireland initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, through the Higher Education Authority.