Welcome

Towards a Sustainable Future

The Earth Institute is University College Dublin's institute for environmental, climate and sustainability research. The Institute is committed to high quality interdisciplinary research to improve fundamental understanding of our rapidly changing environment and to find solutions for a sustainable future. 

The Earth Institute has over 200 academic members and 250 associate members, drawn from across the university, and has active links with a wide range of collaborators and stakeholders. Member-led, the Institute engages with researchers at all career stages and across the arts, engineering, humanities, mathematics, sciences, social sciences, sciences and technology.

The Institute fosters interdisciplinary research within and beyond UCD through an active programme of events and activities designed to bring researchers together from different disciplines and sectors, start new conversations, spark new ideas and support new initiatives.

The expertise of our members revolves around seven research themes, focusing on climate, water, biodiversity, plants for the future, the built environment, people, work, society, and sustainable communities. 

The UCD Earth Institute seeks to be a prominent voice in environmental, climate and sustainability research, policy, management and innovation in national and international spheres. It stimulates and facilitates engagement by UCD researchers with environmental policy-makers, decision-makers, industry and wider publics with a view to maximising UCD’s engagement and impact.

If you have any questions to ask, requests to make or ideas to suggest, please don’t hesitate to contact the Institute's Management Team or get in touch with our members.