Centre for Equality Studies
Pursues the inter-disciplinary study of significant equalities and inequalities in human life. Based at University College Dublin.
Centre for Gender and Women's Studies
Based at Trinity College Dublin.
Centre for Social and Educational Research
Based at Dublin Institute of Technology.
Children's Research Centre
Based at Trinity, this is the only centre of its kind and is sponsored by the Departments of Psychology and Social Policy, respectively.
Dublin European Institute
Offers three postgraduate programmes at the University College Dublin. Information on the role, function, purpose and objectives of the institute.
Employment Research Centre
Based at Trinity College, this centre has done much EU-sponsored research. The centre headed by Prof. James Wickham has a well maintained site with excellent information on each of the projects including the full reports. Also includes a Labour Market Observatory.
Institute for British-Irish Studies
This institute mirrors similar ones in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England and is based at UCD.
Institute for the Study of Social Change
Combines programmes from Sociology, Social Policy, Economics, Politics, The Centre for Equality Studies and the Institute for British-Irish Studies. Based at University College Dublin.
International Famine Centre
The centre is involved in research, advocacy, and action on the ground in countries threatened by famine. Based at University College Cork.
National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analys
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
NUIG: Social Science Research Centre:
Embraces the full range of the social sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Research Consortium Against Drugs
Based at Trinity College Dublin.
The Irish Centre for Migration Studies
Promoting the study of historical and contemporary migration, to and from Ireland. Based at University College Cork.
The Locus Project
Aims to produce a new Historical Dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum. Based at University College Cork.
The Policy Institute
A collaboration between the Department of Politics and Economics in Trinity College Dublin.
UCD: Social Science Research Centre
Promotes and develops research by the staff of the Departments of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at University College Dublin.
Women's Education and Research Resource Centr
WERRC is a feminist centre developing multi-disciplinary feminist research, theory and scholarship at University College Dublin.