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Connective Detective report highlights children’s role in shaping smarter cities

A newly published report documents three years of a free smart city education programme that has reached approximately 800 primary school pupils across 18 schools.

24 Sep 2026

Community|Environment|Society|Students

New research shows how human impacts increase risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, according to a new study involving a Trinity scientist.

24 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

Seven Trinity research projects secure HRB investment

The funding comes as the HRB is investing €12 million in 29 investigator-led research projects to support innovative and internationally competitive research across patient-oriented research (POR), population health research (PHR) and health services research (HSR).

23 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research

Trinity mathematicians celebrate Venice success of unique film project DAU

Professor Samson Shatashvili, University Chair of Natural Philosophy (1847), and Maria Shtilmark, Research Assistant in Trinity’s School of Mathematics, were both closely involved in the extraordinary long-running film project DAU, whose director Ilya Khrzhanovsky received the Silver Lion for Best Director at this year’s Venice International Film Festival.

22 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture|Science

Landmark Lancet series brings arts and cultural engagement into mainstream global health

A landmark new collection in leading journal The Lancet is calling for arts and cultural engagement to become an integral part of how health is understood, promoted and delivered worldwide.

22 Sep 2026

Arts|Culture|Health|Research

Bumblebee DNA extracted from museum specimens points to severe genetic declines over time

DNA extracted from over 100 specimens in five museums, including the Natural History Museum, London, was used to study the history of the moss carder bumblebee, which is threatened with extinction in the UK.

18 Sep 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Neuroscience offers new insights into how our brain solves ‘the cocktail party problem’

Sara Carta and Prof. Giovanni Di Liberto from Trinity's School of Computer Science and Statistics write about the implications of their work that shows some people can briefly follow more than one conversation at once. This was first published by The Conversation.

18 Sep 2026

Research|Science|Society

Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, reopens Trinity College Dublin Herbarium

Trinity’s Herbarium contains up to half a million preserved plant specimens, representing three centuries of Irish botanical research. Its transformation was supported through a €1.5 million investment from the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

17 Sep 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

The EU Kids Act could actually work, says Trinity expert

"We need a whole systems, integrated approach and that involves absolutely the big tech companies but it involves the children, parents, and caregivers and teachers as well."

17 Sep 2026

EU Presidency

Three Trinity researchers receive funding from HRCI-HRB scheme

Mark Cunningham, Martin Barr and Michelle Spirtos received Health Research Board funding in collaboration with Epilepsy Ireland, Breakthrough Cancer Research and Muscular Dystrophy Ireland.

16 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health