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What is Research Culture?

Vox Pops from the UCD research community.

Positive research culture starts with the values that the research community hold.
Collegiality and a shared enjoyment of discovery are the foundations of excellent research culture.
Collaboration is a key value of a positive research culture.
UCD research community describes great research culture in one word.
An environment where all members of the research community are valued and supported to achieve their goals is embedded in the UCD Research Strategy.

The Royal Society's Research Culture: Visions of 2035 workshops in 2017 resulted in this visualization of the future of research.

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Our team asked members of the UCD research community to show us what research looks like for them. Click through the images below. 

Research Culture in one image from members of the UCD research community

The greatest joy of research is the passion my colleagues and students have for their discipline. It overrides the discomfort of being up mountains or in wet holes in the ground or difficult times in the basement of a museum.' – Conor McDermott, School of Archaeology
'The thing that most excites me about research is the connectivity with people, their research, and across institutions.' –Elva Johnston, School of History
‘What I like about research is that it gives me the opportunity to be creative and always work on something new and different.' Ron Davies, School of Economics
‘It's a crucial part of my research to have that community around me of other PhD and masters students.’ – Katie Whelan, School of Irish, Celtic Studies, and Folklore
‘Science is a very collaborative business. The international nature of the scientific enterprise...the multiculturality of science [is what] I love.’ – Cormac Taylor, School of Medicine

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University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E: research.culture@ucd.ie