Irish Research Council’s Researcher of the Year awards 2018

The second annual Irish Research Council Researcher of the Year awards were recently held at the Royal Irish Academy. The awards recognise and celebrate the very best of the Irish Research Council’s current awardees or alumni working in academia, industry, civic society, and the public sector. 

Winner: Professor Anna Davies

Professor Davies MRIA is the principal investigator at the Environmental Governance Research Group at Trinity College Dublin and was awarded for her research in environmental governance and sustainability. 

Professor Davies was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017. She previously chaired the Academy’s Future Earth Ireland expert group, as well as serving as an active member of the Academy’s Geosciences and Geographical Sciences Committee. In July 2018, Professor Davies was elected as an ordinary member of the first Governing Board of the International Science Council and she continues to be an excellent ambassador and representative for the Royal Irish Academy.