Social Sciences and Psychology - Politics

^{Professor Niamh Moore Cherry, College Principal, College of Social Sciences and Law; Professor Orla Doyle, overall winner of the 2025 UCD Research Impact Competition; and Professor Kate Robson Brown, UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact} A project promoting enhanced parenting support within disadvantaged communities has won the 2025 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition.

When Scotland's finance secretary, Shona Robison, delivered the Scottish budget for 2026-27 on January 13, she framed it as a budget for families that would ease pressure on household finances. Coming only a few months before the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, this budget is especially significant.

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Posted on: 27 January 2026 Thomas Chadefaux, Professor in Political Science in Trinity's School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has secured European Research Council Proof of Concept funding to develop tools that will bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world conflict prevention.

A project co-led by Dr Stefan Müller from the UCD School of Politics and International Relations has received a seed funding grant within the Una Europa network. Titled Democracy and AI, It also brings together researchers from KU Leuven, the University of Zurich, the University of Edinburgh and the Free University of Berlin.

Now that the list of candidates for the Irish Presidential Election is confirmed, political scientist Gail McElroy offers a quick explainer on the role of the President, the powers and limitations of the office, and how the election process works.