Our mission is to develop and support interdisciplinary research activity across the spectrum of humanities, culture, and social studies at University of Galway, fostering international networks and building a reputation for original, path-breaking research.
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Projects
View information on the many exciting research projects led by members of our academic community.
View Projects"Research in the humanities and critical social studies constitutes a vital dimension of Irish intellectual life, giving expression to cultural values and traditions that sustain the country and provide a vital foundation for the future."
Research Centres
The Moore Institute includes several thematic centres that represent significant research strengths within the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.
View Centres"Of the many academic trips that I have made to Ireland over the years, I cannot think of another of comparable length that was as productive and useful to me as this one."
Research Groups
The Moore Institute hosts several dynamic groups of researchers with shared research interests. These researchers come together to work collaboratively in developing aspects of their research programmes.
View GroupsI very much appreciate the time that my residence at the Moore gave me to focus on research and writing. It has proved to be invaluable to my work, both in the material resources available and in the international and interdisciplinary scholarly networks that it continues to create, further, and support.
Moore Institute Digital Lab
The Moore Institute Digital Lab provides researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Studies with access to digital technologies, skills and people to help develop the digital dimension of their work.
Find out moreThe fellowship offered me unparalleled access not only to archival sources at NUIG (not available anywhere else), but also to a network of deeply learned Irish Studies academics whose scholarship is not available to me in my home institution, or even across the US
Visiting Fellows
The Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship scheme has welcomed 135 visiting academics from a wide range of institutions around the world and within Ireland since its launch in 2010...
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Supports Available
The Moore Institute provides support for researchers making funding proposals, organising conferences, and developing research groups. We hold training sessions for prospective grant applicants...
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Digital Humanities
The Moore Institute has a major commitment to Digital Humanities. DH brings together expertise and methodologies from humanities scholars with new digital technologies...
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