Research Group / Department / School: Discipline of Statistics and Information Systems, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin 

Location: Lloyd Institute, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland 

Reports to: Dr. Cornelius Fritz (Assistant Professor of Statistics) 

Terms & Conditions: This is a full-time 4-year structured PhD project, based in the Discipline of Statistics and Information Systems at Trinity College Dublin. The funding for the project includes a tax-free stipend of €25,000 per annum. EU fees are provided for in the funding 

Hours of Work: 37.5 Hours Per Week (full-time)

Post Summary 

Surrounded by smart devices that collect interpersonal data, we must explore novel ways of measuring and understanding social behaviour through digital trace data, such as email traffic, follower networks on a social platform, or spatial co-location networks. The gathered data offers a planetary-scale view of online interpersonal relations, enabling a more nuanced investigation of biases in information diffusion, polarization, and echo chamber effects. To harness this information, novel models that handle large network sizes 2 and additional information – such as fine-grained temporal information for email traffic or additional neighbourhood structures – are essential. A key challenge in modelling large networks is ensuring local dependence in the assumed model, reflecting the natural perception that individuals primarily interact within their local neighbourhoods rather than the entire network. To address this, the PhD candidate will develop network models for such trace data with a strong focus on real-world applications. These applications can be developed in collaboration with substantive scientists from, e.g., Sociology, Political Science, or Economics. The PhD candidate will also develop state-of-the-art optimisation algorithms specifically tailored to the proposed large-scale network models. These methods will be implemented in efficient, scalable software packages, ensuring their applicability to real world social and computational challenges.

Standard Duties and Responsibilities of the Post 

The duties include working on the mentioned project by getting acquainted with new methods and programming skills, implementing the methods, going through the structured PhD. program, and finally, obtaining the skill to independently carry out a PhD. project.

Person Specification 

Qualifications 

Applicants should have (or expect to attain prior to project start) at least a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent in the areas of mathematics, applied mathematics ,or statistics. Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in statistical modelling and have some experience with statistical computing through R, Python or C++. Applicants for whom English is a second language will be required to demonstrate their competence in the English language in line with Trinity College Dublin requirements as appropriate.

School/Department:               Financial Services Division 

Job category & level:             Administrative Officer 1 (full scale)

Post status:                              3 Year Fixed-Term Contract

Hours of Post:                         35 hours per week

Purpose of the Role: 

The Category Manager is responsible for all procurement activity across the Facilities category, delivered in consultation with the Estates & Facilities team. The new role is complex, comprising technical, commercial and legal/regulatory elements with a Carbon Reduction/Sustainability focus at its core. The Category Manager will lead out in the following areas: 

• Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Fulfilling Trinity’s considerable Value-for-Money, legal and audit compliance requirements relating to Works, Goods and Services contracts across the extensive Facilities category 

• Sustainability Leadership: Ensuring expenditure across the Category is analysed and approached from a Sustainability & Biodiversity perspective to support Trinity in meeting its Gap to Target Obligations for 2030. This will involve both the Estates & Facilities function and the Sustainability Office and will include carbon reduction initiatives and large-scale infrastructural energy retrofits. 

• Procurement Strategy/Value for Money: Ensuring that all opportunities for achieving Value for Money are identified and acted on and bringing Facilities Management plans to fruition thus supporting the delivery of €2m in procurement savings per annum, effective Category Management and Sustainability - three strategic pillars of Trinity’s Procurement Strategy 

• Category & Supplier Management: Delivering industry-standard/best practice Category Management for the Facilities Management team, inputting to other Category teams where appropriate, including Laboratory & Research and ICT; engaging with multiple Government agencies to bring multiple Hard and Soft Facilities Management projects to market and supporting delivery of the University’s central commitment to sustainable practice. 

• Facilities Projects: Working with Estates & Facilities to developing project-specific procurement and contracting strategies, including on the management and co-ordination of technical, commercial and legal inputs, with a contract management element for any resulting agreements.

Context 

FSD manages the financial affairs of Trinity College Dublin, processing and reporting on the financial transactions as well as providing robust management information to support strategic decision-making within the University. The Procurement Team, a sub-section of FSD, is responsible for understanding, managing and meeting the procurement needs of University staff, students, visitors, donors and suppliers in a collaborative, sustainable and continuously improving manner. In doing so, the Team helps the University to lower cost and risk while adding value and ensuring a greater return on the assets and resources at its disposal. 

A core deliverable of the role is to support Trinity in meeting its Gap to Target Obligations for 2030. A large element of this will include carbon reduction initiatives and large-scale infrastructural energy retrofits, both M&E plant and building fabric, including embodied carbon. This will include life-cycle analysis and operational emissions, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions whilst also ensuring value for money and a solid return on investment. 

The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) requirements around Green Public Procurement, are an evolving part of a new suite of updates enacted/planned. The Category Manager will engage with the key stakeholders to ensure that our GPP and Facilities projects align with the extensive Capital project portfolio, including decarbonisation and refurbishment.

Person Requirements 

The successful candidate will have the ability to work collaboratively, to relate to all stakeholders, demonstrating a sensitivity to academic issues and to influence people outside the spheres of normal Financial Services Division and College activity. 

Qualifications: 

Candidates must have a construction-related degree e.g. Surveying, Engineering, Architecture or a relevant field. A postgraduate qualification and/or a procurement qualification would be an advantage.

Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Information and Communication Studies within UCD School of Information and Communication Studies. 

The School of Information and Communication Studies ICS) is a diverse, interdisciplinary and fully research active school. The School is committed to high quality interdisciplinary research and teaching on information related areas and ranks among the top 50 Library and Information Studies programmes worldwide in the QS rankings. ICS is now looking for an Assistant Professor to conduct high quality research and teach on our Library Association of Ireland (LAI) accredited Masters in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) and other undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. 

The appointee will be expected to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and to supervise Masters and PhD students. The appointee will diversify and enhance the academic activities carried out by other colleagues in the School and will work collaboratively with them in the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and administrative tasks as well as growing postgraduate research in ICS. 

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above the Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €64,112 - €101,524 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 the 25th of April 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. 

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information, please follow the link: https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic%20Contract.pdf 

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

Summary: Applications are invited for a 1-year Master’s by Research at the Department of Economics, Cork University Business School and Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork, co-supervised by Prof Frank Crowley, Dr Stephen Brosnan, Dr. Marica Cassarino and Dr. Annalisa Setti.

The Degree of MSc Commerce by Research is funded under the EU Mission Cities “Building Capa-cities” project led by Cork City Council and Dublin City Council, in collaboration with UCC. The objective of Mission Cities is to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart EU cities and to ensure these cities act as testbeds for innovation in climate action, enabling all European cities to follow suit by 2050. 

Building Capacities aims to unlock the capacity for innovation in Cork City by incorporating behavioural science principles in the pursuit of urban sustainable practices. 

Background and objectives

Aim of the MSc: To examine how choice architecture interventions and behavioural economics strategies influence transportation behaviour

Research questions:  

1. How can choice architecture interventions influence pedestrian and transport behaviour during car-free and pedestrianisation days in urban areas? 
2. How do behavioural economics strategies, such as incentives and social norms, influence transportation choices during car-free and pedestrianisation days? 
3. How can city-level institutions develop internal capabilities to effectively apply behavioural science principles in the design and implementation of transportation strategies?

Methodology:  

• A case study approach using: 
• a quasi-experimental design with different choice architecture interventions (such as pedestrian-friendly streets, reduced parking, free Park & Ride, reduced bus fares, enhanced bike lanes, and signage). 
• a quasi-experimental design with different behavioural economics strategies (such as financial incentives, social norm messaging, loss aversion) in different city areas or on separate car-free days to measure their influence on walking, cycling, and public transport usage. 
• Data collection could include observational counts, pre, during and post surveys, footfall/GPS tracking, and air quality measurements to assess the impact of these interventions.

Through their work, the MSc will support the development of training programs that enhance staff capabilities and promote interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, as well as the evaluation of local sustainable transport initiatives.

Note that this MSc requires a high level of in-person engagement and work. 

Funding

The MSc (Commerce) by Research position is funded for 12 months. It includes a tax-free stipend of €25,000 p.a. and tuition fees covered at the EU rate.

Summary: Applications are invited for a 1-year Master’s by Research at the School of Applied Psychology and Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork, co-supervised by Dr. Marica Cassarino, Dr. Annalisa Setti and Prof. Frank Crowley.

The MSc by Research in Applied Psychology is funded under the EU Mission Cities “Building Capa-cities” project led by Cork City Council and Dublin City Council, in collaboration with UCC. The objective of Mission Cities is to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart EU cities and to ensure these cities act as testbeds for innovation in climate action, enabling all European cities to follow suit by 2050. 

Building Capacities aims to unlock the capacity for innovation in Cork City by incorporating behavioural science principles in the pursuit of urban sustainable practices. 

Background and objectives

Aim of the Master’s: To evaluate the process of implementing and adopting behavioural science skills and principles across different organizational levels of a local authority for the promotion of urban sustainability, with particular interest in the perspective of employees

Research questions:  

1. What are the knowledge and skills needed by employees of CCC to implement and adopt behavioural science principles in their work area?
2. What are the individual and contextual factors (enablers and barriers) influencing adoption and implementation of behavioural science skills and principles in their day-to-day work?
3. How are these behavioural skills and principles embedded into training opportunities (micro-credentials) and community interventions (open street)?

 Methodology:  

• Review of guidance/case studies of implementation of behavioural science skills/principles within public/governmental organisations/agencies. 
• Mixed methods process evaluation of implementation of behavioural science skills and principles using the Capa-Cities project as a case study, through the means of secondary data analysis, interviews and surveys. 

Through their work, the Master’s student will support the development of training programs that enhance staff capabilities and promote interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, as well as the evaluation of local sustainable transport initiatives.

Note that this MSc by Research requires a high level of in-person engagement and work. 

Funding

The MSc by Research position is funded for 12 months. It includes a tax-free stipend of €25,000 p.a. and tuition fees covered at the EU rate.

9 Months, Specific Purpose, Whole-Time Post

Position Summary

Applications are invited for the role of Research Assistant within the School of Public Health.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and organised Research Assistant with strong communication skills to join the School of Public Health in UCC. You will be responsible for assisting with knowledge translation activities to support the HIA-IM project under the direction of Dr Monica O’Mullane. 

About the project

In the HIA-IM project, we are developing a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) implementation model, based on the conduct of two HIAs in the project, namely a HIA on the Cork City Development Plan (2022-2028) and on the Climate Action Plan (2024). We are drawing from the lived experience of the Steering Groups, brought together for the two HIAs, in creating the implementation model. The Steering Groups include representatives from statutory, community, voluntary, and academic organisations. We are undertaking a number of activities to increase the translation of findings from the HIA-IM project into policy and practice. This work is funded by a Health Research Board Knowledge Translation Award.

The Role

The Research Assistant will be responsible for assisting and/or coordinating with the organising of a knowledge exchange event, including a world café, targeting health professionals, officials working in local authorities and government ministerial departments, community and voluntary organisations, and researchers. 

• The Research Assistant be responsible for assisting and/or coordinating:
• the development of an informational video on HIA; 
• a Frequently Asked Questions’ infographic about HIA; 
• the drafting of a toolkit that will be created by the HIA-IM research team with input from the World Café attendees; 
• organising a policy briefing seminar at the Department of Health.

Project Title: Translating knowledge on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to strengthen Health in All Policies (TRANSLATE-HIA)

Post Duration:  9 Months, Whole-Time Post

Salary: €32,962 - €42,943 per annum, IUA Salary Scale

School/Department: School of Engineering, Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering 

Job Category and Level: Academic; Assistant Professor

Post Status: Specific Purpose  - The specific purpose of filling an Assistant Professor vacancy on a temporary basis pending the return of the postholder from career break.

The Purpose of the Role 

The School of Engineering seeks to make an appointment of an Assistant Professor in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering Design and Innovation. The specific purpose of filling an Assistant Professor vacancy on a temporary basis pending the return of the postholder from career break. 

This new appointment will help deliver our 5-year integrated Engineering with Management MAI degree and our Mechanical and Manufacturing MAI degree. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including (but not limited to) the teaching of Engineering Design and Innovation modules, as well as being expected to support the supervision of Masters and Bachelors projects.

Context 

Trinity’s School of Engineering is ranked #1 in Ireland (QS Rankings) and is a proud recipient of a Bronze Athena Swan award, attained in 2021. As part of the School's on-going actions in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion it welcomes all applications that meet the criteria below and particularly those from under-represented groups. The school offers a collegiate and supportive environment to all its staff and works to ensure that all its staff and students can perform at their best while putting in place those steps that facilitate a healthy work/life balance. 

The Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering is one of three disciplines contributing to teaching and research across the School of Engineering. There is an undergraduate complement of approximately 240 Engineering students each year. The School is particularly active in research, with over 115 postgraduate research students and with substantial funding being generated from research contracts from SFI, ERC, EI, ESA, EPA as well as industry collaborations. Applicants should have a research background in initiating, managing, and publishing research in the field of Manufacturing and/or Design Engineering. Applicants will be expected to contribute to the Discipline’s research activities and interests in some of the following areas: Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Manufacturing, Management of Manufacturing Systems, Collaborative Design/Project Management, Precision and Micro-Manufacturing, Assembly Technologies, CAD/CAM, CNC machining including 5-axis, User Centred Design, CDIO and Project Based Learning. 

In particular, the candidate will be expected to significantly augment the Discipline’s expertise in at least one of the following teaching areas: Design, and the relationship between Design and Manufacturing; Innovation and Intellectual Property. The role will include supervision of master’s research projects and undergraduate capstone projects in line with the typical work allocation within the School. 

The appointee will also contribute to teaching in other modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level as required to support the Discipline of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering and also participate in the administration of the Discipline as appropriate. 

They will have a PhD in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering, or a discipline related to energy and propulsion, and have an excellent post-PhD record that demonstrates the potential to grow a research programme of international excellence. 

This Assistant Professor post is initially for a fixed-term period of 2 years, to begin teaching in September 2025.

Person Requirements 

The role-holder will require the following knowledge, skills, and attributes for successful performance in the role.

Qualifications 

• An undergraduate degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline. [Essential] 

• Excellent academic record and have completed or be very close to completion of a Ph.D. in Engineering or relevant discipline. [Essential]

We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join the SPIRS project team. SPIRS (Studying Prison In-Reach Services) is a 2-year project led by Principal Investigator, Dr Joe Garrihy.

The study will examine the user experience and opportunities for service development in the Irish Prison Service (IPS). The Research Team will analyse the experiences of those in prison engaging with ‘in-reach’ services who provide essential support to people in custody. Key agencies include, but are not limited to, the Education Training Boards (ETBs), Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), the Samaritans and the Irish Association for Social Inclusion Opportunities (IASIO). The study is funded by the Irish Prison Service.

The collective centrality of these services in supporting people in prison and addressing their intersecting needs is inarguable. The experiences of service users and staff throughout their engagement and outcomes are underexplored yet are essential to account for their nature and functioning. The post-doctoral researcher will work with the Research Team to address this lacuna through comprehensive analysis across multiple in-reach services. The post-doctoral researcher will achieve this through the voices of the service users and staff in addition to other stakeholders including prison officers, psychologists, and others. 

The post-doctoral researcher will be an integral part of a mixed methods two-year study with a Research Team led by Principal Investigator, Dr Joe Garrihy, and a Research Assistant. The post-doctoral researcher will undertake empirical participant fieldwork, mixed methods data collection and analysis with associated writing up informed by the relevant literature. The post-doctoral researcher will also support the Principal Investigator in carrying out other tasks related to the project.

The post-doctoral researcher will join a dynamic, well-supported multi-disciplinary team within the research-intensive School of Law and Criminology.

Fáilteofar roimh iarratais do cheapachán mar Léachtóir le Gaeilge (An Léann Ceilteach), lánaimseartha agus buan, 1 FTE in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, ag tosú 1 Lúnasa 2025 nó chomh luath agus is féidir ina dhiaidh sin. Beidh an duine a cheapfar ina chomhalta de Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr.

Roinn bhisiúil í Roinn na Gaeilge atá tiomanta don sármhaitheas sa teagasc agus sa taighde i réimsí éagsúla de Léann na Gaeilge ó luath-thréimhse go dtí an ré chomhaimseartha. Tá scoláire cumasach, fuinniúil le saineolas sa Léann Ceilteach agus/nó i Léann na Gaeilge á lorg. Cuirfidh an té a cheapfar le cláir theagaisc agus thaighde na Roinne, idir chláir Ghaeilge agus chláir idirdhisciplíneacha i gcomhpháirt le comhghleacaithe san Ollscoil. Tacóidh teagasc agus taighde an té a cheapfar le cáil na hOllscoile go náisiúnta agus go hidirnáisiúnta agus le cur i bhfeidhm straitéis Roinn na Gaeilge mar a bhfuil béim ar na mórthéamaí seo a leanas: an chruthaitheacht; an inbhuanaitheacht; an chomhpháirtíocht. Chuige sin:
•    Beidh dochtúireacht sa Ghaeilge, nó sa tSean-Ghaeilge, nó sa Léann Ceilteach, nó i réimse comhionann ag an té a cheapfar.
•    Beidh an té a cheapfar in ann gnéithe den Léann Ceilteach a theagasc i réimsí taobh amuigh dá speisialtóireachtaí féin.
•    Beidh ar chumas an té a cheapfar teanga agus/nó litríocht na Sean-Ghaeilge a theagasc ag leibhéal fochéime agus iarchéime. 
•    Beidh an té a cheapfar in ann mic léinn iarchéime a stiúradh sa Ghaeilge nó sa Léann Ceilteach, cláir nua theagaisc agus tograí nua taighde a fhorbairt, agus gnáthobair riaracháin a bhaineann leis an ábhar agus le Roinn na Gaeilge a chomhlíonadh. 
•    Beidh an duine a cheapfar in ann dualgais uile an phoist a chomhlíonadh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla. 
•    Beidh an duine inniúil i nGaeilge scríofa agus labhartha ag leibhéal C2 ar Chomhchreat Tagartha na hEorpa um Theangacha (CEFR), maraon le tiomantas don Ghaeilge. 
•    Beidh ar iarrthóirí measúnú Gaeilge a dhéanamh agus tá sé beartaithe go mbeidh siad ar siúl ar an 22 Bealtaine.

Tá eolas faoi Phlean Straitéiseach na hOllscoile le fáil ag:  Strategy | Straitéis 2020-2025 - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe

Chun an folúntas a phlé go neamhfhoirmiúil, déan teagmháil leis an Ollamh Rióna Ní Fhrighil, Ceann Roinn na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.  Ríomhphost riona.nifhrighil@ollscoilnagaillimhe.ie  +353 (0)91 492585

Is iad na huaireanta oibre lánaimseartha do bhaill foirne acadúla ná 39 uair sa tseachtain.

Tuarastal: 
€ 63,624 to 101,498 (infheidhme maidir le hiontrálaithe nua le héifeacht ó Eanáir 2011) agus de réir théarmaí agus choinníollacha Pholasaí Luacha Saothair na hOllscoile. https://www.universityofgalway.ie/media/financialaccounting/financialac… 321-Remuneration-and-Payroll.pdf (Déanfar an ceapachán seo ar an scála Léachtóir faoi réir pholasaí reatha pá an Rialtais

Ní mór iarratais a bheith faighte faoi 17:00 (Am na hÉireann) an 9 Bealtaine 2025.  Ní fhéadfar iarratais a gheofar tar éis an spriocdháta a bhreithniú.

D’fhéadfadh grinnfhiosrúchán an Gharda Síochána a bheith le déanamh.

Beidh ceapacháin ag brath ar údarú oibre a bheith bailí.

Tá tuilleadh sonraí le fáil ar www.dbei.ie

Chun tuilleadh eolais agus Foirm Iarratais a fháil, féach ar an láithreán gréasáin: Poist - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. Ba cheart iarratais a dhéanamh ar líne.

Tabhair faoi deara go mbraithfidh ceapachán i bpoist atá fógartha ar fhaomhadh ón Ollscoil, agus ar théarmaí an Chreata um Rialú Fostaíochta don earnáil ardoideachais.

Is fostóir comhionannais deiseanna í Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.
 

ROSETTA is an innovative fellowship programme co-ordinated by the University of Galway and will involve four other universities (Implementing Partners): University College Cork, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin. The programme is co-funded by LERO, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions programme and the University of Galway.

ROSETTA will be recruiting 19 fellowships, each with a duration of 2 years, providing an unparalleled opportunity for Postdoctoral Researchers to delve into the critical intersection of time and technology in our rapidly evolving digital landscape.   

Gross Salary: 

Remuneration is in line with EC rules for Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND grants. 

 Level 1: €50,124 gross salary* per annum (excluding family allowance) or €57,252 gross salary* per annum (if conditions for family allowance are met). 

 *Gross salary is inclusive of a mobility allowance of €6,480 annually payable as part of their gross salary which shall be fixed for 24 months during the fellowship period. 

Salaries are subject to taxes and deductions, e.g., deduction of PRSI (employee social security), and income taxes. For more information about tax entitlements, please go to https://www.revenue.ie/ 

The Fellowship includes an additional budget allocation for research and travel costs. 

To Apply: The application process should include an Online application + Administrative Proposal as follows:  

• Part A: Administrative Proposal: Max 2000 characters 
• Part B: Research Proposal (max. 10 pages)  
• Part C: Academic CV: Max 5 pages (With three references) 
• Part D: Ethics Issues Table and Self-Assessment Form 

Candidates must develop a project proposal in line with ROSETTA Research Themes and submit their complete application via the online application system. The system will remain open for applications until 23.59 (UTC) on the call deadline of 25th July 2025. 

See Guidance Documents, Terms & Conditions and https://rosetta.lero.ie/ for more information. 

For informal enquiries, contact the University of Galway programme manager at rosetta@lero.ie.  Please put reference number University of Galway 002-25 in subject line of all queries related to this post. 

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 25th July 2025 at 23.59 UTC. 

Please view Full Job Description for further details and Requirements.