'IRCHSS Awards' - Research Development Initiative

Assessment Board Members

    • Chair: Prof. Stefan Berger
    University of Manchester, UK

    • Dr. Claire Connolly
    Cardiff University, UK

    • Prof. John Darby
    Notre Dame University, Boston, USA

    • Prof. Alvin Jackson
    University of Edinburgh, UK

    • Prof. Richard Jenkins
    University of Sheffield, UK

    • Prof. Dylan Jones-Evans
    University of Wales, UK

    • Dr. Imelda Lambkin
    Enterprise Ireland

    • Prof. Lynn Martin
    Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    • Dr. Jenny Melia
    Enterprise Ireland

    • Dr. Eleanor O'Gorman
    Academic consultant

    • Ms. Angela Schindler-Daniels
    Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany

     

Research Development Initiative Awards were awarded to the following applicants:


STRAND 5: TARGETED COFUND INITIATIVES

Re-Use and Archiving of Complex Community-Based Evaluation Research Principal Investigator: Dr Jane Gray (NUIM)
Associate Investigator: Dr Aileen O'Carroll (NUIM)
Co-Fund Partner: Dr Tara Murphy (Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative)

Regulatory Capacity and Networked Governance
Principal Investigator: Prof Colin Scott (UCD)
Team: Dr Niamh Hardiman (UCD),Prof Imelda Maher (UCD), Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh (IPA)Imelda Maher (UCD), Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh (IPA)
Co-Fund Partner: Dr Richard Boyle (Institute of Public Administration)

Delivering a Universal Learning Environment for Digital Humanities Education
Principal Investigator: Dr John Keating (NUIM)
Team: Ms Kasandra O'Connell (Irish Film Archive), Prof Margaret Kelleher (NUIM), Ms Aja Teehan (An Foras Feasa)
Co-Fund Partner: Mr Joe Hegarty (Intel Ireland Ltd.)

The Post-Caring Experience: An Assessment of the Needs of former Family Carers
Principal Investigator: Prof Mary McCarron (TCD)
Team: Prof Philip McCallion (TCD), Ms Geralyn Hynes (TCD), Dr Patricia Cronin (TCD)
Co-Fund Partner: Mr Liam O'Sullivan (Care Alliance Ireland)

Technologies and platforms for historical research
Principal Investigator: Prof Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD)
Associate Investigator: Ms Marie Wallace (IBM)
Co-Fund Partner: Mr Bill Kearney (IBM)


Attention and Distraction in Clients with Acquired Brain Injury
Principal Investigator: Dr Paul Dockree (TCD)
Team: Prof Ian Robertson (TCD), Dr Richard Roche (NUIM), Dr Edmond Lalor (TCD)
Co-Fund Partner: Ms Suvi Korpelainen (Headway)


STRAND 6: FP7 SEED FUND

Equality of Condition in the European Context: Providing a Conceptual Framework for Social Europe
Principal Investigator: Prof Kathleen Lynch (UCD)
Team: Mr John Baker (UCD), Dr Dympna Devine (UCD), Dr Maeve Houlihan (UCD)

Strengthening the Role of Women in Scientific Research
Principal Investigator: Prof Eileen Drew (TCD)
Associate Investigator: Ms Caroline Roughneen (TCD)

Establishing an International Network consortium for Benchmarking European University TTO performance
Principal Investigator: Dr Natasha Evers (NUIG)
Team: Dr Paul Ryan (NUIG), Dr James Cunningham (NUIG)

Terrorism and New Media Technologies: Building a Research Network
Principal Investigator: Dr Maura Conway (DCU)

Policy and practice responses to child migration/trafficking in Europe: the role of the National Action Plans on Human Trafficking
Principal Investigator: Prof Alastair Christie (UCC)
Team: Dr Shirley Martin (UCC), Dr Deirdre Horan (UCC), Dr Jacqui O'Riordan (UCC)

Investigating the relationship between Web-based communication technologies and innovation in new product development teams
Principal Investigator: Dr Eoin Whelan (UL)

Imaging International Conflict
Principal Investigator: Prof Liam Kennedy (UCD)
Team: Dr Justin Carville (IADT), Prof David Campbell (Durham University), Dr Karl Anden-Papadopolus (University of Stockholm)

The Effects of Education and Training on Cultural Intelligence: Helping Europe Meet the Challenges of a Multicultural Workforce
Principal Investigator: Dr Jacob Eisenberg (UCD)
Team: Dr Hyun-Jung Lee (London School of Economics and Political Science), Dr Barbara Brenner (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Dr Frank Bruck (Vienna University of Economics and Business)


STRAND 7: DFA PROJECT GRANT

Patterns of conflict resolution: Sequences and mechanisms in peace-making and peace-building.  How to draw lessons from Northern Ireland
Principal Investigator: Prof Jennifer Todd (UCD)
Team: Prof Patrick Paul Walsh (UCD), Prof Joseph Ruane (UCC), Prof John Coakley (UCD), Mr Lupa Ramadhani (University of Dar es Salaam), Dr Duncan Morrow (Community Relations Council, N.I.), Ms Bronagh Hinds (DemocraShe), Prof Frances Stewart (University of Oxford), Dr Graham Brown (University of Bath), Dr Arnim Langer (University of Oxford), Mr Ardit Memeti (South East European University, Macedonia), Prof Lidija Georgiva (Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia), Dr Ali Musliu (State University of Tetova)

Mediating Peace Agreements: The Capacity of the EU as a Multi-track Mediator
Principal Investigator: Dr Noelle Higgins (DCU)
Team: Dr Brenda Daly (DCU), Dr John Doyle (DCU), Dr Donnacha O'Beachain (DCU), Dr Apostolos Agnantopoulos (DCU)

Women’s Memory as a Path Toward Justice and Peace in Transitioning Democracies
Principal Investigator: Dr Cinta Ramblado-Minero (UL)
Associate Investigator: Dr Yianna Liatsos (UL)


Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007-2013.