Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Communication Studies

University College Dublin (UCD)

ICS is one of the most multidisciplinary schools at UCD, representing disciplines, topics and approaches from the humanities, social sciences, and STEM. Unique research areas to UCD include Communications,Digital Policy, and Information Science, as well as the highly technologically grounded HCI and InformationSystems. The School is uniquely and prestigiously designated as an iSchool, a university-level institutiondevoted to understanding the role of information in society ICS is the only iSchool in the country, as wellas on the whole of the Island. The ethos of research in the school is grounded in forward thinking research with a view to influencingdevelopment, policy, and regulatory frameworks at domestic and regional levels. The trans-disciplinarityof research in the School is attractive to staff who study multiple research areas and enables them tofind a home in Information and Communication Studies.