Partner Profile

Dublin City University – Ireland’s University of Enterprise


Areas of Expertise

Dublin City University not only creates new knowledge, but also translates such knowledge into benefits for society and for the economy. To ease this translation, DCU has four Research and Enterprise Hubs which are focused in key areas of societal importance and which are set up to make it easier to engage with researchers at DCU. These Hubs are: health technologies, and the healthy and ageing society; information technology and the digital society; sustainable economies and societies; and democratic and secure societies.

Each of the Hubs brings together expertise from different disciplines, enabling more productive interactions with partners in commercial, social and cultural enterprises. Through their business development and engagement teams, the Hubs accelerate the translation of discoveries and inventions into innovations that can benefit people’s lives.

Recent Publications

Research Interests

The main research activities are:

Health technologies and the healthy and ageing society hub: bioengineering and medical devices, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and therapeutic proteins, food for health, connected health and assistive technologies, and supportive care in dementia.

Information technology and the digital society hub: networks and communications, the sensor web and the internet of things, smart grids, language technologies, and software optimisation.

Sustainable economies and societies hub, research activities: energy generation and efficiency, novel materials, green chemistry, sensors, water quality and sustainability.

Democratic and secure societies hub: conflict resolution and reconstruction, innovative government, digital media, communications, intercultural studies, applied ethics, and responsible research and innovation.