Mayo man to lead €3.5m fellowship programme
Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, recently launched a €3.5 million postdoctoral fellowship programme that will recruit 19 world-class researchers to universities across Ireland. Pictured are Professor Philip Nolan, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland with Professor Kieran Conboy, Lero and University of Galway, Principal Investigator of ROSETTA. Picture: Martina Regan
Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Software, has launched a €3.5 million postdoctoral fellowship programme which will recruit 19 world-class researchers to universities across Ireland.
The ROSETTA (Responsible Time and Tech in an Accelerated Digitised World) programme is funded by Lero, University of Galway’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics and the European Commission's Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND scheme. Details of the project were announced at the Regional Business Summit 2024 held in Galway.
Led by Aghamore native, Professor Kieran Conboy, of Lero and University of Galway, this ambitious project will explore the relationship between technology and time.
"Businesses, policy makers and regulators often highlight the great work they are doing in relation to responsible technology, and the term is used so much and so loosely it has lost a lot of its meaning," explained Professor Conboy. "The ROSETTA fellows will have the freedom to challenge current assumptions around responsible technology, really scrutinise to what extent these ‘responsible’ efforts are real and to what extent they are effective. Through their work with Lero and their international industry placements they will improve the development and use of technology as well as directly inform new policy and regulation of responsible technology at national and European level."
The prestigious programme will see 19 ROSETTA fellows provided with the highest quality research environment and a training programme where they will critically examine the development, use and regulation of technology from a time perspective across all aspects of life from children, people with disabilities, people in the workplace, to healthcare and social inclusion for older people.
Dr Siobhan Roche, Director of Science for the Economy at Science Foundation Ireland, welcomed the announcement, saying: “SFI is highly focused on developing the best research talent to deliver tangible benefits today and into the future. In this important joint European project, the Lero SFI Research Centre will support collaboration in this cutting-edge domain, leading in the development of vital digital expertise. I congratulate the fellows, who will no doubt glean high value from their industry placements, with the potential to inform evidence-based policy making.”
