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UCC Futures - Securing our future through research excellence



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What is UCC Futures?

UCC Futures is an ambitious new programme of research prioritisation coupled with an innovative academic recruitment strategy across ten indicative areas of strategic importance that will build a foundation for economic, societal and cultural resilience and prosperity.

Ten Thematic Areas

Consolidating talent and potential, UCC Futures supports the delivery of superior quality in research, scholarship, and the translation of research to tangible impact on the world across ten thematic areas. 

Our Stories of Impact

11 Apr 2024

Ireland’s climate policy is failing women and marginalised communities – new report

New report finds that government response to climate crisis is worsening inequalities for women and marginalised people. Energy poverty, housing poverty, food poverty, mobility and spatial injustices risk being exacerbated by the climate crisis and policy responses. The report was led by UCC researchers for Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, a joint project between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland.
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11 Apr 2024

Findings of first ever audit of Parkinson’s disease care in Ireland published

Significant delays between patient referral and their first clinic visit. Insufficient communication and information-sharing was evident. PD nurse specialists post are lacking nationwide.
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Photo (L-R): Dr Carol Power and Dr Caroline Crowley, Centre for Co-operative Studies in the Cork University Business School. Photo credit: Ruben Martinez (UCC).
22 Mar 2024

Home care co-operatives can play a large role for older people care in Ireland, new report finds.

UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland. The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home. In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age. Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.
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Photo (L-R): Professor Yvonne Nolan and Sebastian Dohm-Hansen. Photo credit: Bereniece Riedewald
19 Mar 2024

Middle-aged brain can predict your future brain health, new review finds

Middle Age – between 40-60 years – marks a shift in brain ageing and the middle-aged brain could provide a window in your future brain health, a major academic analysis finds today.
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UCC Futures - A Strategic Priority

Goal 1 - UCC Strategic Plan 2023-2028

Enabling the development of novel interdisciplinary research is a core objective of our institutional strategy ‘Securing our Future – UCC Strategic Plan 2023-2028’

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