University of Limerick's 'Research Week' to offer insight into diverse topics

Ryan O'Rourke, 27 Mar

AN UPCOMING Research Week will offer 'a window’ into the excellent and

impactful research that is being carried out at the University of

Limerick (UL).”

That’s according to UL’s vice president of research professor, Norelee

Kennedy, who launched the event, which takes place from April 29, to

May 3.

Among other topics, UL Research Week will look at what impact

artificial intelligence is having on people's working lives, what can

be done to revolutionise sustainability for a greener future, how

people can support and provide better care for older people who present

at hospitals and what the impact of music is for people with dementia

and their family carers.

These questions and more will be answered and debated during Research

Week, which offers insight into the diverse range of fundamental and

multidisciplinary research that is being carried out in UL.

The week-long series of events highlights the excellent research that

impacts society at a local, national and international level.

There is also a focus on the opportunities and challenges that lie

ahead in the research landscape.

Unveiling details of UL Research Week, professor Norelee Kennedy

explained: “Research is at the heart of what we do in University of

Limerick. As a research-intensive institution, innovation and

creativity are at the core of what we do. We are creating knowledge for

a better world.

“Research Week gives the wider campus community and members of the

public a window into the excellent and impactful research that is being

carried out in UL on a daily basis,” Ms Kennedy said.

“Through our research strategy Wisdom for Action we are championing

excellent fundamental research, which is contributing towards

addressing global challenges, while embracing the spirit of

collaboration, openness and discovery,” she added.

According to the vice president, Research Week is a platform through

which people can tell our stories and debate the future direction of

research and its importance.

Among the other events taking place this year are: “Emerging

Breakthroughs Advancing Cancer Research” which explores the five

emerging themes of the research centre such as tumour

microenvironments, the cancer genome, lifestyle biology and cancer,

infection in cancer and blood cancers.

Panel members of the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre will

discuss their groundbreaking cancer research.

Monday, 29 April | Engineering Research Building | 2.30pm

“Public Understandings of Hate Crime: Ireland, North and South”

presents data from the ground-breaking Irish Research Council-funded

Public Understandings of Hate Crime,

Tuesday, 30 April | Engineering Research building | 4pm

“Injury Surveillance in Rugby: Enhancing Player Welfare” details the

Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) project on the nature of

injuries in Irish amateur rugby (male and female) and the school’s

game. It includes the first long-term surveillance of injuries in the

women’s game globally.

Friday, 3 May | Engineering Research Building | 9.30am

“Research Trends in Electronic Music Culture” focuses on the creative

process in the digital arts and the aesthetic possibilities of new

technologies and fosters experimentation in a wide range of

disciplines, including electronic music, visual media, installation

art, virtual art, and performance.

Thursday, 2 May | Foundation Building | 12.30pm

“Research Ethics: Good Practice and Contemporary Challenges” will

debate recent challenges to undertaking research with human

participants, with particular reference to the problem of criminal

disclosures in the course of data collection, participant issues from

consent to co-production and web challenges from data scraping to

ChatGPT.

Wednesday, 1 May | Foundation Building | 11am

“Three-Minute Thesis Grand Final,” join the finalists as they present a

summary of their research and its potential impact – all in just three

minutes, using one slide, in front of a panel of judges.

Wednesday, 1 May | Kemmy Business School | 3pm

Research Week 2024 takes place from 29 April to 3 May. Details of the

full research week programme of events and how to register are

available at ul.ie/researchweek.