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U N I VE R SI T Y COLLEG E DU BL I N

CR E AT I NG VA LU E FROM K NOW L EDGE

UCD Research Themes
Culture,
Economy and
Society

Energy
UCD's researchers are working with
partners to find solutions to the energy
challenges of the 21st century.
Energy Systems Integration is gaining
momentum globally as Governments and
industries seek to optimise energy
systems across multiple pathways
(electrical, thermal, water and fuel).
Ireland has a unique opportunity to
leverage its island grid and significant
renewable resource to develop an
integrated system.

UCD is renowned for its work in Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Many of UCD’s leading scholars have
shaped modern Ireland and our place in
the world, and through their research
and scholarship they have made
sense of our history and culture.

Data Science

Environment
Environmental research at UCD is
working to find solutions to the
environmental challenges of the 21st
century. Research spans a range of
Schools and Colleges, and is at the core of
the UCD Earth Institute, which aims to
contribute to sustainable solutions for
many of the pressing Earth-related
problems affecting societies now and
in the near future.

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Health
Healthcare is evolving rapidly,
driven by changes in population
demographics, by discoveries in biomedical
research and by emerging technologies.
At UCD, we are re-imagining the future
of healthcare, one where new therapies,
web-enabled technologies and
home-deployed devices emerge
from the symbiosis of technology
and biology.

Data Science at UCD brings
together key ideas from emerging
fields such as Data Analytics, the Internet
of Things, Smart Systems and connects
them with our other research priorities.
This integrated approach provides new
research and education opportunities with
UCD's breadth of disciplines while also
generating thousands of
future jobs addressing the
massive global market for data
The agri-food and agri-business
science products and services.
sector is Ireland’s largest indigenous
industry. Employing more than 150,000
people, it is critical to Ireland’s economy
and is the foundation of our culture and
society. UCD is working with the sector to
ensure sustainability and global
competitiveness. We are partnering
with industry to create safe, novel
foods that promote human
health.

Agri-Food