Research Culture - Trinity Research | Trinity College Dublin

Trinity’s Research Charter and Living Research Excellence Strategy are the result of a highly consultative process that garnered input from across the whole community. The principles and goals set out within them are intended to articulate the kind of research culture we want to develop at Trinity - one that enables researchers to work on their ideas in a positive, productive, and open environment. Examples of Trinity initiatives that support the development of our research culture are gathered below.

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Research Culture Pilot Projects

Trinity Research is running a series of funded Research Culture pilot projects. Find out more about opportunities to get involved here.

Athena SWAN

Trinity holds a Silver Athena SWAN award. The EDI Office oversees Athena SWAN in Trinity and works directly with Schools, supporting them to engage in and embed the process locally.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

All staff, students and visitors have a role to play in making Trinity an inclusive and egalitarian community. The university has also developed dedicated offices who specialise in equality-related matters.

Engaged Research

Engaged research aims to investigate issues of public interest with society partners. Find resources for supporting engaged research here.

Reward and Recognition

The Trinity Research Excellence Awards recognise the contributions of our colleagues who embody the principles in our Research Charter.

Postdoc Academy

The Postdoc Academy is a new initiative from Trinity Research that seeks to foster stronger connections beween postdoctoral researchers - both with Trinity and each other.

HR for Researchers

Human Resources has a range of supports specifically designed to support researchers at all career stages.

Research Ethics and Integrity

Ethics and integrity are central concepts for research and researchers. Learn more about Trinity’s provisions here.

Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment

Trinity has signed the CoARA agreement, a shared direction for changes in research assessment practices.

Declaration on Research Assessment

Trinity has signed the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) which recognizes the need to improve the ways in which researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

Open Research

Three Trinity projects have received funding under the National Open Research Forum (NORF) as part of a drive to build national capacity and infrastructure for open research.

Research Culture developments

Some examples of recent developments in the area of research culture across the sector are gathered here

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