Working Groups

The Irish Humanities Alliance currently hosts six Working Groups at the cutting edge of current issues and trends in arts and humanities. WGs play a vital role in the IHA work programme producing position papers and research reports; organising public seminars and training workshops which inform the community while contributing to HEI and the national research policy agenda in Ireland.

Environmental Humanities

Established in 2020 to advocate and mediate on the importance of arts and humanities disciplines in understanding environmental challenges such as climate change. The WG examines significant topics through open dialogue…

Horizon Europe

The Horizon Europe WG responds to calls for comments/feedback on aspects of draft Horizon Europe work programmes. WG members are tasked with responding to upcoming calls issued by the Irish National Delegate. Calls…

Legal Humanities

Established in November 2024, the Legal Humanities Working Group aims to provide a connective forum for encouraging interdisciplinary and inter-institutional scholarly collaboration; gather information on activities in…

Medical & Health Humanities

Reconstituted in 2024, the WG organised a Medical and Health Humanities Research Survey that year, to provide insight into the breadth and depth of Irish humanities research related to the areas of health and medicine…

Research Ethics & Integrity

Formed in 2024 to address the distinct and rapidly evolving challenges, both national and global, confronting arts and humanities research. Amongst the diverse areas that the WG aims to respond to are the role of AI in…

Research & Innovation

Established in June 2023, in response to the announcement that the Government of Ireland would amalgamate the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland to create a single funding agency for research in…