Friday 13 January 2017: Launch of “Engaged Research – Society & Higher Education Working Together to Address Grand Societal Challenges.” Pictured L to R: Professor Ray ONeill, Professor Philip Nolan, Deirdre Garvey, and Dr Eucharia Meehan, Director, Irish Research Council. © Jason Clarke.
On Friday, January 13, Campus Engage, with the support of the Irish Research Council, announced the launch of their new report Engaged Research – Society & Higher Education Working Together to Address Grand Societal Challenges. The report shines a spotlight on engaged research and establishes a new framework for this vital work.
The Framework provided in this Report on how to deliver engaged research is the first of its kind, and completely unique. It is informed by the public and researchers, for the public and researchers! It is directly responding to our national and EU Government policy to make higher education outputs more responsible to the public and agile to societal demands.
– Prof Ray O’Neill, Campus Engage Chair
Engaged Research emphasizes the active involvement of the public, product and service users in the research process. This joined up approach has seen members of the public gathering data on biodiversity in rural Ireland, researchers developing interventions with and for young adults living with diabetes and efforts to create new products for our ageing demographic.
To read the report, click on the image below. For more information, please visit the Engaged Research website.
