Check out this interview with Dr Thomas Grund featured in the UCD Connections Alumni Magazine

Meet the UCD lecturers from around the world 

Dr Thomas Grund is one of many lecturers that spends his days at UCD shaping the minds of the future, and is currently on a Visiting Professorship at the University of Zurich. "Seeing that spark in their eyes is extremely motivating. I challenge my students every day, but they challenge me too, keep me on my toes and make me a better version of myself". Read more 

The TRI Project

The research group Dynamics Lab-Centre for Computational Social Science at the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy including Associate Professor Diane Payne from UCD School of Sociology are working in collaboration with the Transparent Referendum Initiative on The TRI Project.

Congratulations Ciara Murray - Sociology and Politics student selected to represent UCD at the Summer School of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Congratulations to one of our second year undergraduate students Ciara Murray (2nd year Sociology and Politics)  Following a very competitive selection process, Ciara has been selected to represent UCD at the Summer School of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Well done Ciara, we hope you have a great trip!

For more information regarding the summer school experience and participating students please follow this link 'UCD Students Awarded Travel Bursaries For Universitas 21 Summer Schools'

Gearing up for the FIFA world cup: Dr Grund talking about soccer networks

Dr Grund gives in this talk (held at the University of Cologne) insights about how the network structure in soccer teams comes about and how the structure of passes has an impact on the performance of teams. Dr Grund has already published several articles on this topic and is currently working on a new project which investigates the origins of interaction patterns in teams. #soccermatics

Grund, T. (2012) Network Structure and Team Performance: The Case of English Premier League Soccer Teams. Social Networks, 34(4), 682-690.

Grund, T. (2016) The Relational Value of Network Experience in Teams: Evidence from the English Premier League. American Behavioral Scientist, 60(10), 1260–1280.

Team from UCD Geary Institute including Dr Mathew Creighton from the School of Sociology appointed as National Coordinator of the European Social Survey in Ireland

Congratulations Dr Mathew Creighton

Congratulations to the School of Sociology's Dr Mathew Creighton along with Professor Philip O’Connell, Dr Micheál Collins and Susan Butler. The team from the Geary Institute have been appointed as National Coordinator of the European Social Survey in Ireland. The grant of €400,000 was awarded by the Irish Research Council.