Policy Reports

Research and Higher Education on the Island of Ireland after Brexit

Report by the Royal irish Academy Brexit Taskforce Republic of Ireland Working Group outling strategic actions which must be taken to ensure that research and higher education in Ireland are not negatively impacted by...

Higher Education and Research in Northern Ireland Post-Brexit

The Royal Irish Academy Brexit Taskforce Northern Ireland Report on the potential impact of Brexit on higher education and research.

RIA Brexit Factsheet- Ireland-UK Higher-Education and Research Connections

The RIA Brexit Taskforce has compiled key data and facts in relation to the likely impact of Brexit on the higher education and research sector in Ireland

Valuing Dedicated Storage in Electricity Grids

This EASAC report provides independent advice for policy makers on the use of dedicated electricity storage in electricity grids.

ALLEA- Developing a Vision for Framework Programme 9

Exploring possibilities and potential outcomes for Framework Programme 9

Brexit Taskforce Survey Results

Analysis of the responses to the RIA Impacts and Opportunities for Higher Education and Research on the Island of Ireland post-Brexit.

Submission to Ireland's National Position Paper on the EU 9th Framework Programme

RIA submission to deliberations of the Cross Government High Level group on Horizon 2020 as it prepares Ireland’s national position paper on the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

Archaeology 2025: Strategic Pathways for Archaeology in Ireland

This strategy is the result of an eight-month consultation process that actively involved a wide range of stakeholders at local, national, cross-border and international levels.

Consultation Response regarding the National Training Fund

Response to the Consultation by the Department of Education and Skills on Proposed Employer-Exchequer Investment Mechanism for Higher Education and Further Education and Training  

ALLEA - The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (Revised Edition)

Genome Editing: Scientific Opportunities, Public Interests and Policy Options in the European Union

EASAC report on genome editing advises European policy-makers on how to approach groundbreaking research on plants, animals, microbes and humans.

Royal Irish Academy Leaders in Higher Education Address 2016

Mr Tom Boland: The Relationship Between the Higher Education and Research Sector and Government - Fractured but Reparable

Doing Transdisciplinary Research: Lessons from the Frontline

A Future Earth Ireland report

Critical Raw Materials: Critical to the Circular Economy

Circular Economy Indicators

Greenhouse gas footprints of different oil feedstocks

Academy Advice Paper 10

Royal Irish Academy Advice Paper on the Sustainability of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Sector.

International Delegates Report 2016

Reports from our international delegates on their activities.

Academy Advice Paper 9

Royal Irish Academy Advice Paper ‘Does Ireland need a Minister for Higher Education and Research?’

Academy Advice Paper 8

Royal Irish Academy Advice Paper on the Future Funding of Higher Education in Ireland.

A Dialogue on the Future Funding of Higher Education in Ireland

Rapporteurs Report

Royal Irish Academy Leaders in Higher Education Address 2015

Professor Louise Richardson: 'Universities in the 21st Century'

Royal Irish Academy Submission

Submission to the 'Culture 2025' Consultation

Facing critical decisions on climate change in 2015

Gain of function: experimental applications relating to potentially pandemic pathogens