ENGAGED: Ireland’s Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) and PPI Ignite Network @ UCC are delighted to invite you to a collaborative session on ENGAGED: Ireland’s Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap which is due to be launched next week.
The session will take place on the 26 March at the Mardyke Pavilion, UCC, from 10am to 1pm, followed by lunch. It will include an overview of the new roadmap, followed by interactive roundtable discussion and will be an important opportunity to bring together community partners, university researchers, and support staff to:
- Capture local strengths and celebrate our good practice
- Explore key focus areas and what supports are needed for researchers and community partners
- Consider the national and international implications of this work
Registration is essential. Click here to register.
About ENGAGED, Ireland’s Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
The ENGAGED Roadmap is the result of a year-long collaborative process carried out in 2025 by Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University. Ten Collective Intelligence Workshops were conducted with contributions from more than 90 co-creators to co-create a national roadmap. The workshops were held in person and online, using a wide range of creative data collection methods. The ENGAGED co-creators came from academia, community and voluntary groups, NGOs, public and civil servants, businesses as well as activists, advocates, and citizen scientists.
ENGAGED launches the roadmap in early March. The roadmap is built around five clear destination themes for a more Engaged Research Ecosystem.
The roadmap destinations include:
- Research that Reaches Everyone: Accessible outputs and open data.
- Fair Partnership: Communities as Equal Partners.
- Knowledge as Exchange: A research environment that values mutual learning.
- Systems That Work and that People Want to Use: Supportive systems and infrastructures.
- Communities Shaping Research Priorities: Civil society shaping agendas, not just responding to them.