Making Ireland a global leader in Energy, Climate, and Marine Research & Innovation

MaREI, the Research Ireland Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research and innovation co-ordinated by the Sustainability Institute at University College Cork. The Centre comprises over 220 researchers focusing on defined global challenges such as the Energy Transition, Climate Action and the Blue Economy.

Our Research Priorities

The Energy Transition

Facilitate the transition to a low-carbon energy future through the provision of the underlying research and innovation, and the training of the highly skilled leaders of tomorrow

Climate Action

Enable positive climate action through the provision of leadership in the areas of climate mitigation, climate adaptation, climate science, and climate dialogue

The Blue Economy

Better understand and sustainably utilise the potential of our significant marine and coastal resources

Key Metrics

Multi-disciplinary researchers across our institutional partners.

Industry partners including Start-Ups, SMEs, and Large Enterprises.

Institutional partners combining Ireland’s talent in energy, climate, and marine.

Collaborating
countries across industry, academia, and government.

The Impact of Our Research

Informing Policy

Inform energy, climate, and marine policy by increasing and improving the scientific evidence base for policy-makers.

Supporting Industry

Enhance the capacity of industry across the energy, climate, and marine sectors to enable sustainable economic development.

Empowering Society

Support societal engagement on grand challenges to facilitate participatory action on the energy transition, climate action, and the blue economy.

Our Expertise

Engaged Research

MaREI are advancing engaged research and participatory methodologies by supporting stakeholder engagement.

Doctoral Training Programme

The MaREI PhD cohort is a vibrant and innovative research community, leading the way in Energy, Climate & Marine Research.

A reflection on the MaREI Centre legacy as its funded research programme with Research Ireland is completed

The MaREI centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, has successfully completed its 13-year funded research programme that was coordinated by the Sustainability Institute at UCC in collaboration with 12 other academic institutions and strongly supported by Research Ireland.

As we close this landmark chapter, we reflect on the MaREI Centre legacy

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