Post Status: Specific Purpose Contract – Full-time 

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

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

Reports to: Professor Thomas Chadefaux 

Salary: Appointment will be on the IUA Post-Doctoral Researcher Scale (IUA-Researcher-Salary-Scales) depending on experience and in line with current government pay policy. 

Hours of Work: Fulltime

Post Summary 

The Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) seeks to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Research Fellow who will contribute to a project that uses machine-learning methods to forecast interstate and civil wars (see forecastlab.org). The successful post holder will be supervised by Professor Thomas Chadefaux. 

The position will commence as soon as possible and continue until December 2026, with the possibility of extension until mid-2027 depending on funding. 

The post-holder will work in an exciting environment alongside a highly creative and motivated team, to acquire and analyse time series data from pre-conflict environments (both interstate and civil war) and apply recent machine learning techniques to forecasting the onset of these events. 

Our group is located in Trinity College, in the heart of Dublin. Trinity was founded in 1592 and is ranked as Ireland’s No 1 University in the QS World University Ranking, the World University Ranking and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities. The Department of Political Science consistently ranks number #1 in Ireland, in the top 20 in Europe and in the top 50 in the world (QS rankings). 

Trinity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to employment policies, procedures and practices which do not discriminate on grounds such as gender, civil status, family status, age, disability, race, religious belief, sexual orientation or membership of the travelling community. On that basis we encourage and welcome talented people from all backgrounds to join our staff community. Trinity’s Diversity Statement can be viewed in full at https://www.tcd.ie/diversity-inclusion/diversity-statement.

Person Specification 

Qualifications

Excellent academic record and have completed or be very close to completion of a Ph.D. in the following (but not limited to): 

• Computer science 

• Engineering 

• Physics 

• Political Science

• Economics

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Mathematics. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students. 

Applications are invited for a Temporary Specified Purpose Approx. 6-9 Months (Full Time OR Part-Time 0.5 FTE X2) post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Midwifery within UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. University College Dublin is a research-intensive and globally engaged university and is No. 1 in Ireland in the QS Graduate Employability rankings. The UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems is a constituent School of the UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences. The School is a national provider of undergraduate and postgraduate registration education programmes in nursing and midwifery and graduate-taught programmes in health systems and health professions' education. Its programmes emphasise clinical expertise, critical inquiry, leadership development, personal growth, communication, teamwork, interprofessional collaboration, and lifelong learning. The School is a leading research-intensive school with a large portfolio of programmatic and single-project research. UCD Nursing is ranked in the top one hundred in the QS World Subject Rankings. 95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €64,112 - €101,524 Per Annum Pro Rata @ 0.5 FTE (If Part-Time) Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 11th August 2025. 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/

Tá Ollscoil Mhá Nuad tiomanta do straitéis ina bhfuil spriocanna bunúsacha na hOllscoile maidir le sármhaitheas sa taighde agus sa scoláireacht agus oideachas den scoth fite fuaite le chéile agus meas orthu.

Tá teagascóir Gaeilge á lorg ag an Ollscoil chun tacú le múineadh agus measúnú na Gaeilge i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh. Beidh an té a cheapfar freagrach do Stiúrthóir Lárionad na Gaeilge: Taighde, Teagasc agus Tástáil.

Tá Ollscoil Mhá Nuad tiomanta do straitéis ina bhfuil spriocanna bunúsacha na hOllscoile maidir le sármhaitheas sa taighde agus sa scoláireacht agus oideachas den scoth fite fuaite le chéile agus á n-urramú.

Tá teagascóir Gaeilge á lorg ag an Ollscoil chun tacú le múineadh agus measúnú na Gaeilge i Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh. Beidh an té a cheapfar freagrach do Stiúrthóir Lárionad na Gaeilge: Taighde, Teagasc agus Tástáil.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a research assistant with School of Chemical and Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering at the University of Galway, Ireland.

This position is funded by Enterprise Ireland and is available immediately to contract end date of 22nd January 2026.

FlexCell project will develop advanced small caliber prostheses based on 3D hydrogel made of nanocellulose fibrils and crosslinked flexible synthetic polyacrylates to create cell-free implants for vascular trauma surgery. The successful candidate will work in the chemistry laboratory at School of Chemical and Biological Sciences and tissue culture laboratory at CÚRAM Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway.

Salary: Research Assistant  salary scale €32,962 to €42,943 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.

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

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full time, fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with C-CAPS  Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies at the University of Galway, Ireland.  

This position is funded by the EU Horizon Programme and is available immediately to contract end date of 30th June, 2027. 

Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher salary scale €45,847 - €58,479 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.  

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 15th August 2025. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. 

For full job description please see: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resources/links/011245/

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Research Associate - ERC Project RIGHTS TO UNITE - Norway within UCD Sutherland School of Law. 

We seek to employ a Research Associate for the ERC project RIGHTS TO UNITE (Advanced Grant) led by Prof Dagmar Schiek, for a duration of 18 months starting on 1 October 2025 the latest (an earlier start is possible). 

The RIGHTS TO UNITE Project aims to generate a new socio-legal theory of European integration based on citizens' experience of European integration through rights, and to explore its viability through qualitative research using liberal/economic, social and digital rights as fields of research. Its multi-level comparison encompasses smaller states in the EU and its neighbourhood, more specifically four EU countries (Ireland, Czech Republic, Greece and Sweden) and four neighbourhood states (Northern Ireland, Norway, North Macedonia and Georgia). The PDR joins the project in its second year, with the aim to complete socio-legal research contributing to the project's theoretical frame and to qualitative comparative research on citizens' experience of European integration through rights, with a focus on Norway. The project team also comprises two Postdoctoral researchers, a number of PhD researchers and a project manager (more information on https://rightstounite.eu/ ) 

For this Research Associate, we are looking for a highly motivated and qualified researcher with an emerging profile in socio-legal studies of the European Union, with an understanding of the Norwegian experience of European integration and of legal comparison. This post requires the ability to work at academic levels in English, and ideally also in Norwegian. Career development opportunities specific to this project comprise presenting work at international conferences, contributing to project academic seminars and co-authoring peer reviewed publications. 

Salary Scale: €37,500 - €50,200 Per Annum

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

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 15th of August 2025. 

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/

Applications are invited for an appointment as Administrative Assistant, Part-time (.8FTE), Specific Purpose Contract in ARC Hub for HealthTech in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at University of Galway.
This post is being offered as a specific purpose contract and will terminate by reason of the expiry of its specific purpose.

The Research Ireland ARC Hub for HealthTech is a collaborative initiative between the University of Galway, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, to guide academic projects in the MedTech and connected health technologies to commercial success on a national scale in conjunction with other Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the Republic of Ireland. The HealthTech Hub will support the translation of cutting-edge MedTech and Connected Health innovations into impactful healthcare solutions. The Hub, hosted by the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, will service cutting-edge research translated into real-world applications and equip innovators with knowledge and acumen needed to bring transformative healthcare technologies to market The overall vision of the ARC Hub for HealthTech is to support the S3 strategy and drive regional growth and impact in the chronic disease management sphere through the creation of a world class hub supporting the translation of cutting-edge MedTech and Connected Health innovations into impactful healthcare solutions.
The ARC Hub for HealthTech is seeking to hire a person to provide administrative support to members of the Operations and Commercial Teams. This post is being offered as a specific purpose contract and will terminate by reason of the expiry of the project.
The ARC Hub for HealthTech is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Northern & Western Regional Programme 2021-2027
The ARC Hub for HealthTech project is funded until the end of 2029.

Information on the University's Strategic Plan is available at: Strategy | Straitéis 2020-2025 - University of Galway
Information on the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences’ Strategic Plan is available here
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Garry Duffy Email: garry.duffy@universityofgalway.ie
Salary: €42,350 - €58,813 per annum pro rata for part time/short term roles (applicable to new entrants effective from January, 2011) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the QA321 University’s Remuneration & Payroll Policy. This appointment will be made on the Grade 3 pay scale in line with current Government pay policy.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on Thursday, 14th of August 2025. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date. Garda vetting may apply. Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation. Further details are available at www.dbei.ie For more information and Application Form please see Jobs - University of Galway. Applications should be submitted online. Please see further information on how to apply here: E-Recruit - University of Galway and Guidelines for On-line Applications (universityofgalway.ie) Please note that appointment to posts advertised will be dependent upon University approval, together with the terms of the Employment Control Framework for the higher education sector. University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer.

Applications are invited for an appointment as Communications and Engagement Manager, Grade 5, part time 0.5 FTE in IdeasLab at University of Galway.   

This post is being offered as a specific purpose contract and will terminate by reason of the expiry of its specific purpose.  It is anticipated that the duration of this assignment will be circa 12 months. 

Information on the University's Strategic Plan is available at:  Strategy | Straitéis 2020-2025 - University of Galway

For informal enquiries, please contact Jenny Mullery(jenny.mullery@univerityofgalway.ie) 

Salary: €61,632 - €83,555  (applicable to new entrants effective from January, 2011) and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the QA321 University’s Remuneration & Payroll Policy.

This appointment will be made on the Grade 5 pay scale in line with current Government pay policy.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on Thursday, 14th August 2025. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

Garda vetting may apply. 

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation. Further details are available at www.dbei.ie

For more information and Application Form please see Jobs - University of Galway. Applications should be submitted online. Please see further information on how to apply here: E-Recruit - University of Galway and Guidelines for On-line Applications (universityofgalway.ie)

Please note that appointments to posts advertised will be dependent upon university approval, together with the terms of the Employment Control Framework for the higher education sector.

University of Galway is an equal opportunities employer.