Post Status: Fixed-term Contract – Full-time (4 Years) 

Research Group / Department / School: Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin 

Location: Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland 

Reports to: Associate Professor Camilla Devitt 

Stipend: Maintenance stipend of €25,000 per annum, tax-free, plus full tuition fees (EU/non-EU) for 4 years 

Closing Date: 23:00 (GMT), 12 June 2026

Post Summary 

The candidate will join the PhD programme at the Department of Sociology of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s leading university which is located on a historic campus in the heart of Dublin. The Department will provide all logistic, academic and intellectual support and integrate the successful candidate into a vibrant doctoral programme at TCD. PhD students at the department are embedded in the interdisciplinary context of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy which also includes economics, political science, and philosophy.

PhD students in Sociology enjoy a wide range of training opportunities. For example, students participate in a research training programme in the department and have the opportunity to join masters level courses (including courses on research methods). Moreover, our PhD students are supported to attend high-quality international workshops and summer schools. 

PhD students are expected to collaborate closely with their supervisors and will produce a PhD based on four papers of a publishable standard. PhD students may also have the opportunity to gain teaching experience by providing support within our undergraduate programme (up to 4 hours per week during term time, subject to availability). All teaching-related work is paid separately in addition to the stipend. 

This PhD position forms part of an interdisciplinary research programme at Trinity College Dublin, (TCD). Hereditary cardiac conditions are among the leading causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in children, adolescents, and young adults. The abruptness of SCD in otherwise healthy individuals creates profound psychological, social, and cultural reverberations for surviving relatives, as well as the surrounding communities. These conditions represent both a clinical and human challenge, situated at the intersection of physiology, identity, family life, and social relations. This project responds to that complexity by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates clinical cardiology, cellular biology, psychology and sociology, advanced biomedical engineering, and imaging technologies.

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary research environment with Primary Investigators (PI) representing social sciences, psychology clinical cardiology, biomedical engineering. The PI’s are key experts in their fields of research and based at TCD, St. James’s University Hospital, Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin and the clinic for hereditary cardiac conditions (Cardiac Risk in The Young, CRY) at Tallaght University Hospital.

Work Package 3: Lived Experience and Socio-Cultural Contexts takes advantage of a large collection of affected families which have already been clinically and genetically characterised. It focuses on how individuals and families understand, narrate, and manage inherited cardiac risk, which can have a significant impact on their quality of life and disease outcomes. Using qualitative/mixed methods, we will examine how cultural norms, family dynamics, and social relations shape experiences of diagnosis, surveillance, and lifestyle restrictions. This includes attention to cultural narratives of illness, intergenerational responsibility, and identity formation under genetic risk. The experiences of various social groups will be analysed to understand how socio-demographic characteristics such as socio-economic status, ethnicity and migratory background might influence norms, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour and experience. It will investigate the social origin of norms, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour including the role of social networks and lived experience with healthcare systems. Semi-structured interviews will also be conducted with relevant healthcare professionals to gain an understanding of their perspectives on the risk management of various groups.

Qualifications 

• MA, MSc or MPhil in Sociology, Social Policy or in any cognate fields (thesis should be either defended or submitted)

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the core goals of excellent research, scholarship, and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. Maynooth University wishes to appoint a Senior IT Analyst (Reporting) on a full‑time, permanent basis. This Administrative Officer Grade 1 (AOI) role will report to the Business Intelligence Manager within the Enterprise Solutions function in IT Services.   

The Senior IT Analyst (Reporting) will contribute significantly to the design, development, and delivery of advanced BI solutions that support strategic and operational decision-making across the University. The Senior IT Analyst (Reporting) will work across the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, modelling, governance, and analytics delivery, ensuring that secure, reliable, and high‑performance data services are available to analysts, self‑service report writers, and institutional stakeholders

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Biomolecular Science within UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science. Candidates should ideally have proven teaching and research interests in using biochemistry, molecular biology, or biotechnology approaches to understand fundamental cellular processes or disease mechanisms. Experience in bioinformatics, microbiology and in developing or applying contemporary omics approaches would be a strength. This is a 5-year academic post in the School of Biology & Environmental Science (SBES) at University College Dublin. 95 Lecturer / Assistant Professor (below the bar)\2010 Salary Scale: €65,401 - €103,564 per annum. Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 5th June 2026.Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned. Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

Job Title:                                                  Teaching Fellow in Restoration Ecology 

School/Department:                               School of Natural Sciences

Job Category and Level:                        Academic; Teaching Fellow 

Salary                                                        €43,425pa 

The Purpose of the Role

Applications are invited for the position of Teaching Fellow in Restoration Ecology. This specific purpose post will cover the postholders while on academic leave during semester 1 of the 2026/27 academic year. This Teaching Fellow position will contribute to the teaching in the School of Natural Sciences. We have particular interest in recruiting an applied ecologist with expertise in restoration ecology (rewilding), biodiversity, and social-ecological systems. Individuals holding this title will normally have recently completed or be close to completion of their PhD. 

Context

The position will be based in the Discipline of Botany within the School of Natural Sciences. Staff in Botany currently work on a wide range of plants and fungi, and their interactions with other organisms, in the context of global environmental change and societal challenges. The Teaching Fellow will contribute to teaching in the School of Natural Sciences, at undergraduate level, by coordinating and teaching one module per semester, as well as contributing into other Botany modules, including field courses, and inputting to other relevant modules in the Environmental Science & Engineering Course (TR064) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences stream of the Science Course (TR060). They will also coordinate three other modules at MSc level, contributing to the School of Natural Sciences taught MSc in Biodiversity & Conservation, Environmental Sciences, Smart & Sustainable Cities, and Trinity Business School taught MSc in Responsible Business and Sustainability. The candidate will supervise final year undergraduate and MSc student research projects and desk studies. It is envisaged that the candidate’s experience will be relevant to current national and international priorities in applied ecology. 

Person Requirements

The role-holder will contribute to building the excellent reputation for teaching in the Discipline of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, E3 and Trinity College. They will also contribute to Trinity’s Sustainability Strategy as well as Trinity’s commitment to Education for Sustainable Development.

Qualifications

• Strong academic record and be close to completing or have completed a Ph.D. in Ecology, Botany, Zoology, Environmental Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Qualification in third level teaching would be advantageous, but not compulsory. 
• Academic publications in peer reviewed international journals and/or publications of equal standing of recognised originality and value, that are either published or in the pipeline, are advantageous but not compulsory.

Post Status: Specific Purpose Contract , full-time (39 hours/week)

Research Group, Department, School: Fluids & Heat Transfer Research Group, Dept. Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, TCD 

Location: Dept. Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, Parsons Building, the University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD), Dublin 2, Ireland 

Reports to: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tim Persoons (Principal Investigator) 

Salary: €47,273 - €60,250 per annum (IUA Researcher Salary Scale PD1 Point 1 – PD2 Point 4, June 2026), depending on experience 

Closing Date: and Time 1 July 2026 at 12pm noon or until position is filled 

Anticipated Start Date: 1 September 2026

Post Summary 

The Fluids and Heat Transfer research group at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, is seeking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher in a multi-disciplinary, industry facing project on computational analysis, design and optimisation (including experimental validation) of the fluid mechanics of a sample probe washing process in an immunoassay analyser system. The analysis methods will include computational multiphase fluid dynamics modelling, in laminar and turbulent, steady and transient conditions, including aspects of numerical shape optimisation which could be implemented in commercial software packages such as ANSYS Fluent and/or additional CFD or optimisation packages. 

The research methodology will rely both on numerical modelling and optimisation as well as experimental validation. Microscopic particle image velocimetry or similar techniques will be used to assess the validity of the numerical results. Finally, a prototype optimised design will be fabricated and tested in an immunoassay analyser on site with the industry partner. 

Therefore, an affinity for both computational and experimental work is expected although this can be tailored to suit the applicant’s expertise and research interests, and to fit within the other ongoing activities in the research group.

Qualifications 

Suitable applicants will have a PhD in mechanical engineering or equivalent research experience (including industrial R&D).

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a part-time (0.57 FTE) fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate contributing to the co-design of adaptation plans at specified sites in the Republic of Ireland through citizen science initiatives and the Geography Department at the University of Galway. They will develop and run a climate adaptation engagement hub.  

The position is funded through the PEACEPLUS project, C-MAP and is available for 3 years (July 2026 to June 2029). 

PROJECT OVERVIEW 

The recently awarded €9 million C-MAP project (Coastal Monitoring and Adaptation Planning) has an ambitious programme of work which aims to develop new and sustainable approaches to managing coastal and marine environments in the border counties of Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The work at University of Galway has two distinct components: the monitoring of coastal change on sandy coasts; the development and running of a Nature-based Solution Hub. 

Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate salary scale €46,805 - €59,654 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.   

Employment permit restrictions may apply for this category of post. 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 5th June 2026. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a part-time (0.77 FTE) fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate. The researcher will design and undertake topographic surveys of coastal sites in the Republic of Ireland. They will develop and run a climate adaptation engagement hub. The position, through the Geography Department at the University of Galway, will run for 2 years.

This position is funded by SEUPB and is available from 01 July 2026 to 30 June 2028.

The recently awarded €9 million C-MAP project (Coastal Monitoring and Adaptation Planning) has an ambitious programme of work which aims to develop new and sustainable approaches to managing coastal and marine environments in the border counties of Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The work at University of Galway has two distinct components: the monitoring of coastal change on sandy coasts; the development and running of a Nature-based Solution Hub.

Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate salary scale €46,805 - €59,654 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.

Employment permit restrictions may apply for this category of post.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 5th June 2026. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

Interviews are planned to be held online on June 19th 2026.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a fulltime, 2-year fixed-term position as a Research Associate - Clinical Trial Co-ordinator with the Discipline of Surgery at the University of Galway, Ireland.  

This position is funded by the University and is available from 3 August 2026 to contract end date of 31 July 2028. 

The Discipline of Surgery at the University of Galway has an active and expanding programme of investigator‑initiated and multicentre surgical trials across breast cancer, vascular and other surgical specialties, supported by close collaboration with the University’s Institute for Clinical Trials and the National Surgical Research Support Centre at RCSI. Current activity includes participation in international landmark studies in abdominal aortic aneurysm management, surgical management of breast cancer alongside device‑ and technology‑focused studies within the wider cardiovascular and MedTech trials ecosystem in Galway, providing a strong platform for high‑quality patient recruitment, trial delivery and translational impact. 

Salary: Research Associate/Postdoctoral Researcher salary scale €46,805 - €59,654 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.  

NB: Gárda vetting is a requirement for this post  

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 29th May 2026.  It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. 

Optional: Interviews are planned to be held on Tuesday 16th June 2026 

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Research Integration and Innovation Manager within UCD School of Economics. 

The Centre for Energy Decarbonisation is a national, co-led research centre funded by Research Ireland (Taighde Éireann), bringing together a consortium of leading universities and partners to deliver internationally leading, interdisciplinary research to support the transition to a low-carbon, secure, and resilient energy system. 

Reporting to the Centre co-Directors, the Integration and Innovation Manager will lead the operational management of the Centre's activities at University College Dublin, working in close partnership with the corresponding role at University College Cork to ensure effective coordination and integration across the national consortium. The successful applicant will manage a local operations team, support the delivery of the Centre's strategic, research, and innovation objectives, and enable collaboration across academic, industry, policy, and societal stakeholders to maximise impact. 

Salary Range: €94,500 - €108,000 Per Annum

Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience. 

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 28 May 2026. 

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications. 

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned. 

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

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