Security, Democracy and Inclusive Societies
The DCU Anti-Corruption Research Centre (ARC) is the first academic centre in Ireland dedicated to research, policy impact and education on corruption and anti-corruption.
The DCU Biography & Life-Writing Research Group aims to promote informed debate and research excellence in the related areas of Biography and Life-Writing.
The DCU Centre for Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS) pursues research in translation and textual studies, applied languages, and related areas.
The DCU Conflict Institute brings together authoritative analysis of the Northern Ireland peace process with research and expertise on conflict and peacebuilding in a number of regions around the world, including West and Central Africa, Eastern Europe, and South and Central Asia.
The DCU European Law Institute (DELI) is the prime hub for research and scientific collaboration in the field of EU law and policy at DCU. Led by Prof. Federico Fabbrini, it includes over 20 international scholars from various EU member states.
Expanding on the success of the Brexit Institute, DELI hosts numerous funded research projects, produces leading scholarship, and organizes high-level events.
The DCU Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities (IRGS) is a university-wide research centre whose core mission is to foster new, inter-disciplinary synergies to respond to the most urgent issues relating to gender and sexuality in contemporary society.
The DCU Institute of Future Media, Democracy, and Society (FuJo) is a multidisciplinary research centre focused on the digital transformation of media, democracy, and society.
FuJo investigates how to foster a healthy information environment through advancing media literacy; countering disinformation and hate; ensuring good governance for tech and AI; enhancing public participation through democratic innovations; and securing the sustainability of high-quality journalism and media.
The DCU Ireland-India Institute, established in 2012, is one of Europe’s leading research centres focused on cooperation between the European Union and South Asia. With a global network of experts, the institute leverages deep historical links between India and Ireland, a growing bilateral economic, political relationship and people-to-people ties to foster cross-cultural understanding, engagement and scholarship.