WHO WE ARE
Welcome to the website of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. We hope you will find this site a useful portal to learn more about the IRCHSS. The Research Council's programmes have been funded by the Irish Government under the National...
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Research Showcase
‘Winds of Change’- An analysis of the Duties of the Irish State in the Development and Generation of Electricity from On-Shore Wind
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Research Showcase
Exploring Trends in Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Experiences in Ireland
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Research Showcase
Reconciling Ireland’s Bail Laws with Traditional Irish Constitutional Values
Funding Opportunities
Government of Ireland Collaborative Research Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Government of Ireland Collaborative Research Projects Scheme, co-funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Programme, has been established to facilitate established researchers working within a small team to bring existing research activities or short term projects to successful completion by way of teaching buy-out, postdoctoral support and limited project funding. Thus this scheme will also support research-based teaching and knowledge transfer initiatives.
Awards will be made...
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Ireland and the Grail (Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2007) explores a hypothesis whereby central elements in the earliest Grail romances are ultimately of Irish origin. Such a scenario has from time to time been advanced in the past, but usually by writers whose lack of direct familiarity with the Celtic...
News & Events
Findings of IRCHSS-Funded Research Presented to House of Commons Committee
Prof. Raj Chari (TCD), Prof Gary Murphy (DCU) and Dr. John Hogan (DIT) recently presented their research on global lobbying regulations to a House of Commons Committee in the UK. This project was funded by an IRCHSS Research Development Initiative...
RDI 2012 - Pre-Call Notice
The Research Council will shortly launch a call for the Research Development Initiative (RDI) 2012. This scheme is supported by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in partnership with the Family Support Agency, and the Department of the Environment,...
