Dr Gráinne Walshe

Gráinne is the National Delegate for Horizon Europe's Cluster 2 – Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Society. She is the Assistant Director - Partnerships and Impact at the Irish Research Council, where she leads the implementation of the Council’s international strategy, and the cultivation of international partnerships for the Council's international collaborations. She has a great interest in interdisciplinary research, having studied and taught both science and literature. She is former Director of the Science Learning Centre at the University of Limerick, where she led the University's teaching and learning services for science and engineering students, with research interests in increasing the uptake of physics and improving gender balance in physics. She has been a committee member of the Institute of Physics Ireland national committee, the Institute of Physics Higher Education Group committee, the EU GENERA network, and a member of the Executive Board of the European Science Education Research Association. She is a member of the national High Level Group for Horizon Europe.