UCD Covid-19 Response

The UCD Community is rising to the challenge posed by the global pandemic

All Webinars and Conferences

UCD Foundation: Special Briefing

Prof Paddy Mallon and Dr Cillian de Gascun discuss ‘Ireland’s Roadmap to Recovery’ with UCD VPRII Prof Orla Feely.

UCD Festival: Q&A with Dr Tony Holohan

UCD Research and Innovation presents Kids' Covid-19 Q&A with Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, hosted by journalist Dr Claire O’Connell

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Emma Nicholson and Dr Therese McDonnell talk about their project 'CUPID COVID-19: Paediatric Emergency Department Attendance during Covid-19'

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Sir Ciarán Devane, HSE Chairman and Chief Executive of the British Council discusses ‘Leadership in a Time of Crisis' with UCD VPRII Prof Orla Feely

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Associate Professor Eileen Gibney discusses key findings from the National Covid-19 Food Survey conducted by UCD Institute of Food and Health

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Medical humanities expert Dr Claas Kirchhelle discusses 'History and Covid-19: Untangling the roots, trajectories, & interpretations of a pandemic'

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Gautier looks back at 9 months of mobilisation and engagement at UCD Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research to address Covid-19

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Barry Kevane and Professor Patricia Maguire talk about 'Coagulopathy and thrombosis: Novel prognostic and therapeutic opportunities'

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Carla Kayanan, Prof Niamh Moore-Cherry, Dr Alma Clavin from UCD School of Geography share key learnings from the pandemic about urban planning and design

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell discusses 'Emerging evidence of new ways of working among health and social care professionals providing care to older people during Covid'

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Dr Kevin Nolan & Prof Ronan Cahill discuss the use of advanced imaging techniques to understand virus transmission in air during surgical procedures

UCD Covid-19 Web Series

Prof Brian Caulfield discusses his investigation into the use of data from consumer fitness wearables to identify early onset of flu-like illness

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Introduction to the network conference, hosted by Prof Gerardine Doyle, Director, UCD Smurfit Business School & Prof Mary Horgan, RCSI President

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Keynote Speaker: Associate Dean Kathy Harvey, Said Business School, Oxford University, on 'Leadership in a Time of Crisis'

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Panel: 'The Patient Carer Voices,' chaired by Dr Knut Moe and Ms Sinead Ryan, co-founders of UCD Leadership Healthcare Network

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Panel: 'Do well by health, do well by society and the economy?' Chaired by Liam Fitzgerald, Clayton Dubilier & Rice, UCD Smurfit School Advisory Board

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Keynote Interview: 'New York and Covid-19,' Shaun Kelly, ex-global COO of KPMG International interviews Michael Dowling, Northwell Health

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Panel: 'Implications for Public Policy and Calls to Action,' chaired by Prof Susi Geiger, with Dr Larry O’Connell, National Economic and Social Council

UCD Leadership in Healthcare

Closing session: The Vision for the UCD Leadership in Healthcare Network: A Pathway Forward – Collaboration, Innovation and Shared learning

Perspectives from Social Science

The macroeconomy of Ireland after the Covid-19 crisis, chaired by Professor Stephen Kinsella from University of Limerick

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Impact of School Closures on Educational Inequalities,’ chaired by Associate Professor Orla Doyle, UCD School of Economics

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Dr Colin Keogh from UCD SMME and Open Source Ventilator and UCD Innovation Academy's Colman Farrell discuss 'Crisis Driven Innovation'

UCD Foundation: Special Briefing

Prof Peter Doran and Prof Liam Gallagher discuss ‘the Pushback against the Pandemic’ with UCD VPRII Prof Orla Feely

Perspectives from Social Science

‘State Response to Covid-19 Crisis.’ chaired by Professor Philip O’Connell, Director of the Geary Institute for Public Policy

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Invisibility and Violence: Gendered issues in a Covid-19 world,’ chaired by Professor Pat O’Connor, University of Limerick

Perspectives from Social Science

‘How Covid-19 challenges and provides opportunities for Ireland’s small open economy model,’ chaired by Professor Sean O’Riain

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Environmental Policy Fellow at UCD APEP Dr Cara Augustenborg and UCD Energy Institute Fellow Dr Lisa Ryan on 'Climate Emergency & Covid-19'

Perspectives from Social Science

'Ending the Lockdown: The view from the City' chaired by Professor Stephen Kinsella from University of Limerick

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Fiscal Policy through the Crisis,’ chaired by Prof Stephen Kinsella, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Limerick

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Dr Emma Farrell, Dr Shane Bergin and Dr Áine Mahon from UCD School of Education discuss 'The Philosophy of Wellbeing' in times of crisis

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Human Rights,’ chaired by Ms Sinéad Gibney, incoming Head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

Perspectives from Social Science

‘EU Dimensions of Policy Response,’ (Session 2A), chaired by Professor Orla Doyle from UCD School of Economics

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Coping with Restrictions: Issues and Challenges,’ chaired by Professor Liam Delaney, AIB Chair of Behavioural Economics

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Role of Experts in Policy,’ chaired by Professor Anita Maguire, Vice President for Research & Innovation, University College Cork

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Work and Organisations,’ chaired by Prof Stephen Kinsella, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Limerick

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Youth Mental Health,’ considerations for practice and policy, chaired by Prof Eilis Hennessy, UCD School of Psychology

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Bringing citizens into the heart of Public Debate,’ chaired by Prof David Farrell, UCD School of Politics and International Relations

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Climate Change’ (Session 2B), chaired by Dr Lisa Ryan, Assistant Prof. in Energy Economics, member UCD Energy Institute

Perspectives from Social Science

‘Testing and Tracing’ (Session A), chaired by Professor Orla Doyle from UCD School of Economics

Perspectives from Social Science

‘SMEs, Innovators, and their Recovery,’ chaired by Prof Stephen Kinsella, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Limerick

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Prof Margaret Kelleher from UCD School of English, Drama and Film and Author Colm Tóibín discuss 'Covid-19’s Impact on Creative Spaces'

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

David Kavanagh, GMI, and Prof William Gallagher from UCD Conway Institute discuss 'Our Genes and the Fight Against Chronic Disease & Covid-19'

Zoom For Thought

UCD Discovery's Prof Patricia Maguire spoke to Dr Eric Topol (Scripps Research Translational Institute) on 'Digital tools to individualise medicine'

Zoom for Thought

UCD Discovery's Prof Patricia Maguire spoke to Jacky Fox, Accenture Ireland Security/Cyber Ireland about 'Cyber Risk a Moving Target'

Zoom for Thought

UCD Discovery's Prof Patricia Maguire spoke to Jim Prior, Global CEO of brand agency Superunion/WPP, about being creative in a crisis.

Zoom for Thought

UCD Discovery's Prof Patricia Maguire spoke to UCD Dean of Science Prof Joe Carthy about 'The UCD Community & the Covid-19 Crisis'

Zoom the Thought

UCD Discovery's Prof Patricia Maguire spoke to Pádraic Fogarty (Irish Wildlife Trust) about 'Ecosystem collapse in modern Ireland'

Humanities webinar: Reframing Ageing

UCD Humanities Institute looks at the blind spots and biases Covid-19 has revealed in public discourse, political rhetoric and narratives of experience

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