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Women's Education and Research Resource Centre

http://www.ucd.ie/werrc/

WERRC is a feminist centre developing multi-disciplinary feminist research, theory and scholarship at University College Dublin.

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UCD: Social Science Research Centre

http://www.ucd.ie/ssrc/

Promotes and develops research by the staff of the Departments of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at University College Dublin.

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Trinity College Dublin: Children's Research Centre

http://www.tcd.ie/childrensresearchcentre/

Offers doctoral program description, publications, news, links and contact information.

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The Policy Institute

http://www.tcd.ie/policy-institute/

A collaboration between the Department of Politics and Economics in Trinity College Dublin.

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The Locus Project

http://www.ucc.ie/locus/

Aims to produce a new Historical Dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum. Based at University College Cork.

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NUIG: Social Science Research Centre:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/ssrc/

Embraces the full range of the social sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

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International Famine Centre

http://www.ucc.ie/famine/

The centre is involved in research, advocacy, and action on the ground in countries threatened by famine. Based at University College Cork.

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Institute for British-Irish Studies

http://www.ucd.ie/ibis/

This institute mirrors similar ones in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England and is based at UCD.

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Geary Institute

http://www.ucd.ie/geary/

Combines programmes from Sociology, Social Policy, Economics, Politics, The Centre for Equality Studies and the Institute for British-Irish Studies. Based at University College Dublin.

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Employment Research Centre

http://www.tcd.ie/ERC/

Based at Trinity College, this centre has done much EU-sponsored research. The centre headed by Prof. James Wickham has a well maintained site with excellent information on each of the projects including the full reports. Also includes a Labour Market Observatory.

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Centre for Equality Studies

http://www.ucd.ie/esc/

Pursues the inter-disciplinary study of significant equalities and inequalities in human life. Based at University College Dublin.

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