Dr David Lloyd Dean of Research ‘Can Research Change the World? The importance of research in addressing global development challenges’

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Can research change the world? YES

Local Mission Driving Ireland’s Development –Making Education & Knowledge Work –Enabling Ireland as a Global Citizen Roadmap –Focus on quality, not just quantity –Empower the 4 th Level –Build on research strengths –Collaboration and Partnership

Why Quality? Research Excellence Excellent & Innovative undergraduate education Creative, Flexible Graduates Quality & Quantity of PhD’s Specialists with the appropriate skills New Knowledge Enterprise, Policy, Culture

Research of Consequence

What is Research Generation of new knowledge Transfer of that knowledge

Flavours Investment Return

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Grand Challenges

Non-silo approach Excellent curiosity driven research is not walled in, it doesn’t respect or acknowledge geographic, economic or political boundaries, its hardly ever ‘directed’ – it is organic and self propelled

Non-silo approach Two major local challenges: –Identify such research & layer application upon it so that its consequence can be realised –Derive mechanisms for translation of output to action via policy

Addressing Challenges

Innovation Academy Discipline-based PhD Students Generic & Transferable Skills in an interdisciplinary context Higher IQ Graduates (Innovation Quotient) Creative Thinkers Commercial Innovation Policy Innovation Social Innovation Impact & Influence

Our next steps Advance ‘Sustainable Society’ Identify the translational paths from non- traditional origins Think on how best to programmatically link the interests of researchers (which are individual) to development-linked return on investment (which may be intangible)