The IRU is involved with the Complex Systems and Computational Social Science Research (CSCS) structured PhD programme of the Geary Institute. The CSCS PhD programme is an innovative collaboration of research groups at the UCD Geary Institute and CASL and a number of UCD schools. Its aim is to address the core challenge for 21st century science by developing fundamental new insights for understanding and managing the complexity of social systems such as dynamic systems of technological innovation, diffusion processes which explain the spread of diseases, hidden networks of crime and terrorism, dynamic networks of electronic communication and many other such phenomena. Computational social science is an interdisciplinary field that combines the application of computer simulation and other computer-based methods to the analysis of social systems and processes at all levels of complexity. For more information on this programme please click here. 

PhD Programme in Simulation Science, a world class PhD programme that takes in 21 graduates from diverse undergraduate disciplines (Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics) and provide them with an in-depth training in the transdisciplinary area of Simulation Science and a research experience that positions students at the leading edge of real-world domain specific research. For further information please see here.

IRU is a cooperating partner of ManETEI a doctoral programme in the Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic Impact. This programme will address the gap in training of management and business studies researchers and managers of the future. Read more.