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The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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Adapting to a changing climate: How can we build resilience?

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

We must build resilience to a range of challenges, including that of climate change. Individuals play a critical role in our combined path to a resilient economy and society. Find out more in this blog by Dr Olga M...

Science Committees, Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee, Climate Change Blog

New open access issue of Biology and Environment available online

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

The issue, edited by Mary Kelly-Quinn, features a selection of pa­pers originally presented at Ire­land’s first National Biodiversity Conference, ‘New Horizons for Nature’, which was held in February 2019 and hosted by...

Publications

A colourful collaboration

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Library Blog post. The Royal Irish Academy Library recently collaborated with The Watercolour World, an online resource of watercolour paintings from before 1900.

Library, Library Blog

Neville and Cameron: pioneers of life-saving sanitation

Monday, 16 November 2020

In the second of our three-part series on public health and infectious disease, we consider life-saving developments in sanitation in Dublin through the biographies of Parke Neville (1812–86), civil engineer, architect...

Dictionary of Irish Biography

A tasty snack or a source of enlightenment?

Friday, 13 November 2020

In today's episode of Spreading the Words we explore some of the stories associated with the word Coll. 

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

Shortlist announced for 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards

Friday, 13 November 2020

Shortlist announced for 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards.

Grants and Awards, US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards

Roundtable Report on the UK R&D roadmap and R&D in the devolved nations

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Unattributed summary of a roundtable organised by the Foundation for Science and Technology with the Celtic Academies Alliance Royal Irish Academy-Royal Society of Edinburgh-Learned Society of Wales-Foundation for...

Policy and International Relations, International Activities

John Bell Day Lecture 2020: 'Quantum Reality'

Monday, 9 November 2020

Watch Eminent physicist, Professor Vlatko Vedral FInstP, Professor of Quantum Information Science at University of Oxford who gave the 2020 John Bell Day lecture.

Public Engagement

Celebrating Science Week with the authors of 'Catching the worm'

Monday, 9 November 2020

Join RIA authors William C. Campbell and Claire O'Connell on 12 November on RTÉ One.

Publications

Crawford and Stokes: key figures in combating yellow fever

Monday, 9 November 2020

In the first of a three-part series on public health and infectious disease, we introduce the biographies of doctor John Crawford (1746–1813) and bacteriologist Adrian Stokes (1887–1927), key figures in understanding...

Dictionary of Irish Biography

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