Articles
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New Toolkit to Transform Collaborative Research Approaches
For more than 2 years, the EU-funded SHAPE-ID project at Trinity College Dublin has been working with European partners with a particular focus on how to strengthen the integration of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) in inter-and transdisciplinary research
10 Jun 2021
Research
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Pop up vaccination centre to open on campus
The walk-in clinic will be open on campus on Monday 27 September and Wednesday 29 September from 8.30am – 8pm in the Marquee at New Square.
23 Sep 2021
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Trinity Research Stories campaign shines a spotlight on our research
The eye-opening new video-based campaign kicks off today to showcase the variety and quality of research taking place at Trinity, to raise awareness of its importance and foster a deeper understanding of how research impacts our day-to-day lives.
19 May 2021
Research
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Secondary infections inflame the brain and further disrupt cognition in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5% of those over 60 and this distressing, debilitating condition causes difficulties for a huge number of people across the globe.
3 Jun 2021
Research
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Researchers tag basking sharks to learn more about Ireland’s gentle giants
The tags accumulate data about the sharks’ behaviour and physiology as they cruise around the coast feeding on plankton. The goal is to learn more about the anatomy and physiology of these ocean giants – information that will guide conservation efforts for an endangered species.
6 May 2021
Research
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Overcoming the challenge of digital inclusion for adults with intellectual disability
The Digi-ID project, in the Trinity Centre for Ageing with an Intellectual Disability (TCAID) aims to address the challenge of digital inclusion and low usage of digital technologies amongst people with intellectual disability (ID).
21 Dec 2021
Research
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Scientists pinpoint our most distant animal relatives
Their work finds strong evidence that sponges – not more complex comb jellies – were our most distant relatives.
31 Mar 2021
Research
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Researchers develop new graphene-based sensor technology for wearable medical devices
The team’s printed sensors are 50 times more sensitive than the industry standard and outperform other comparable nano-enabled sensors in an important metric seen as a game-changer in the industry: flexibility.
4 May 2021
Research
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Trinity performs strongly in QS World University Subject Rankings 2021
Trinity College Dublin has reinforced its reputation as Ireland’s leading university with a strong performance in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2021. Trinity has been named as one of the world’s leading universities in 34 subject areas.
3 Mar 2021
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Pop up vaccination centre to open again on campus
A HSE pop up vaccination centre will be open on Wednesday 20 October, 8.30am – 6pm in the Marquee at New Square. No appointment is necessary.
18 Oct 2021
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EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness addresses climate change in Henry Grattan Lecture
In a speech entitled ‘The EU – COVID Impact and Facing up to Climate Change', Commissioner McGuinness noted that expectations were for faster economic growth and recovery than had been expected several months ago.
24 Sep 2021
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Businesses urged to donate funds, laptops to tackle digital divide
As schools nationwide today begin a period of remote learning, Trinity College Dublin and Camara Ireland are appealing urgently for more businesses to help supply laptops to disadvantaged students.
11 Jan 2021
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TILDA report shows scale of COVID crisis for Ireland’s older people
The wide-ranging report shows impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the lives of older adults.
28 Jan 2021
Research
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Tangent gets LaunchBox 2021 underway as 10 student entrepreneurship teams begin their journey
After an application period which saw overwhelming interest from enterprising students, 10 teams collectively representing 9 schools from across Ireland’s oldest university have been selected to participate.
16 Jun 2021
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Professor Dan Bradley wins Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal
Professor Bradley is a globally recognised pioneer in ancient genomics research, who has spearheaded such projects as the one that sequenced the first genomes of ancient Irish humans.
12 May 2021
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Cycle Maintenance at Christmas: minding your mental health
Professor Ian Robertson, Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute encourages us to re-engage with a slower rhythm to take care of our mental well-being this Christmas.
22 Dec 2021
Research
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Honorary degrees awarded at Trinity
Biologist David Wallach, historian James Ivan McGuire and sculptor Deirdre McLoughlin were today conferred with honorary degrees at Trinity College Dublin.
8 Dec 2021
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Brain Awareness Week 2021: Tackling Motor Neurone Disease through research
Professor Orla Hardiman and her team’s world class MND research strengths are in clinical evaluation, epidemiology, neuropsychology, genetics, brain imaging and neural engineering.
17 Mar 2021
Research
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What Star Wars can teach us about the decline of democracy
In this piece, co-authored for The Conversation, David Kenny, Associate Professor of Law, argues that several useful constitutional law lessons can be drawn from the Star Wars films.
7 Dec 2021
Culture|Research|Society
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Latest Behind the Headlines Examines Perils of Political Speech
In the Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest Behind the Headlines, a panel of five distinguished speakers, including Ambassador to the US, Daniel Mulhall, discussed political language and speech and how oratory can persuade, for both good and bad.
4 Mar 2021