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12 things we learned in 2023, thanks to Trinity research

In the last year Trinity’s researchers have made significant contributions to their fields, enriching our culture, building better futures and increasing our understanding of the world we live in.

20 Dec 2023

Culture|Health|Research|Science

Yes, climate change is a crisis. But let’s stop using the language of war

We talk about the need for improved flood defences, the need to protect ourselves against the forces of nature. But what we really need is to work with nature, writes Prof Iris Möller in an analysis piece first published in The Irish Times.

19 Dec 2023

Research|Science|Sustainability

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Dr Martin Worthington, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, reviews Walter Stephens's new book 'How Writing Made Us Human' for The Conversation.

19 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

1 in 7 people over 50 have chronic kidney disease in Ireland, and 98% don’t know they have it

Findings from the largest study to date in Ireland to characterise the population affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), over the age of 50 years, have been published. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the National Renal Office (Health Service Executive (HSE)) who also part funded this project.

14 Dec 2023

Health|Research

Crucial role of behavioural sciences in policy decisions identified

A new global study, involving over 80 collaborators, including Trinity researchers, provide a comprehensive evaluation of behavioural science policy recommendations on COVID-19.

14 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Who should pay the bills if the State pension age stays at 66?

Keeping State pension age at 66 is unfair to younger generations, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in a piece first published in The Irish Times.

13 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Professor Viet Pham honoured with IEEE Best Young Researcher Award

Viet, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

Trinity researchers win distinguished IRC Advanced Laureate Awards

Seven researchers across a range of disciplines at Trinity have been announced as successful applicants to the Irish Research Council (IRC) Advanced Laureate Awards (ALA) programme.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society

Blue Eye Samurai: historian explains what the Netflix series gets right and wrong about real Edo-period Japan

Ruth Starr, Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about what the Netflix series gets right and wrong about real Edo-period Japan.

12 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

All the video games shortlisted for the 2023 Game Awards – reviewed by experts

David Stevenson, Assistant Professor in the School of Film, writes a review of one of the games up for a 2023 Games Award for The Conversation.

12 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

Even a brief experience of poverty is enough to harm a child's development

A one-off experience of poverty is enough to impact on a child’s development, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Dept of Sociology.

11 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Revolutionising urban futures: Trendhunters reimagines Dún Laoghaire

Smart Dún Laoghaire is relaunching its futurism engagement programme, Trendhunters, which aims to integrate futures thinking more into Dublin’s smart city environment.

8 Dec 2023

Community|Research|Society

Seti: how we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies

Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of the hardest to answer in science. Find out how astrophysicists from Trinity are seeking ET in this piece published by The Conversation.

7 Dec 2023

Research|Science

SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students

As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.

6 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

University alliance to foster impactful translational research

The Translational Medicine Alliance Ireland (TMAI) brings together the strengths of multiple institutions, creating a collaborative ecosystem to address the complex hurdles associated with translating scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications and interventions.

3 Dec 2023

Health|Innovation|Research

Long Room echoes with medieval chant to launch manuscript project

The Library of Trinity College Dublin celebrated the launch of the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies Project which is making precious medieval manuscripts freely available to the public for the first time.

1 Dec 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language

New research shows that babies learn from rhythmic information – the changing emphasis of syllables in speech – which, unlike phonetic information, can be heard in the womb.

1 Dec 2023

Research|Science

Why the Fed should treat climate change’s $150B economic toll like other national crises it’s helped fight

Climate disasters are now costing the United States US$150 billion per year, and the economic harm is rising. Trinity's Prof. Martin Sokol co-authored this piece for The Conversation.

30 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Society

Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators. In a huge study spanning 106 sites across eight European countries, researchers have shown that despite tightened pesticide regulations, far more needs to be done.

29 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

The Health-Wealth Divide in Ireland: Leaving no one behind

Over 1,000 delegates including health professionals, researchers and policymakers, from across Ireland and Northern Ireland and beyond, will come together online today for the 2023 Joint North South Public Health Conference.

29 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society

Hidden reality of hygiene poverty in Ireland revealed

Hygiene poverty is a pervasive and hidden problem in Ireland and cuts across all income levels, according to new research from the School of Social Work and Social Policy.

29 Nov 2023

Research|Society

Research on ageing with an intellectual disability overwhelmingly positive but concerns also found

People ageing with an intellectual disability are in better health, living in their communities, with more opportunities, and having greater control in how they live their lives but women’s health, oral health and dementia findings are concerning

28 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society

Opinion: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse

Prof Eve Patten reviews Booker Prize winning book 'Prophet Song' by Paul Lynch

28 Nov 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Booker prize-winning novel is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse

Prof. Eve Patten writes for The Conversation about Paul Lynch's book 'Prophet Song' which won the 2023 Booker Prize.

28 Nov 2023

Arts|Culture|Research|Society

Trinity to headquarter Climate+ Co-Centre

The new €41.3 million research centre will be the home of research, innovation, and policy development across the interlinked challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and water degradation on the islands of Ireland and Britain.

28 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Deoxygenation levels similar to today’s played key role in marine extinctions during major past climate change event

Newly published research serves as a further warning that present day marine ecosystem stability is likely more fragile than apparent. And marine deoxygenation is projected to significantly increase in response to global warming and increased nutrient run-off from continents.

27 Nov 2023

Research|Science

Booker prize 2023: shortlisted novels are a ‘golden age’ of Irish writing

Booker short list authors Paul Murray and Paul Lynch are part of a “golden age” of Irish writing, writes Orlaith Darling, School of English, for The Conversation.

24 Nov 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Trinity celebrates its 25 year relationship with Tallaght University Hospital

Academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences joined colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) to celebrate their 25 year relationship and reflect on their shared journey.

23 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society

Trinity pair win European Research Council Consolidator Grants

Professors Kate Maguire and Michael Monaghan will use the funding from the EU Horizon Europe programme to better understand how and why stars explode, and to create a new cardiac patch to regenerate heart muscle.

23 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Minister Harris Launches Jane Ohlmeyer's "Making Empire" book

Ireland’s complicated and contradictory relationship with imperialism is examined in a major new publication by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer.

22 Nov 2023

Culture|Research|Society