Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The key focus of the Mobilities Research Group (MRG) is to better understand travel mobilities for Ireland, Europe and worldwide.
Mobilities nowadays relate to personal freedom and social development. As individual space-time trajectories shift, this leads to greater social and economic interaction in various, often transnational, domains. Individuals may develop close relationships to multiple localities through migration, second homes or employment. The objective of the MRG will be to support, focus and develop active research staff in the area of mobilities. The aim is to build critical mass that will result in:
- – greater engagement by staff in mobilities research
- – increase the number of mobilities research students
- – increase the number of successful mobilities-related research funding applications
- – increase the output of peer-reviewed publications in high-quality journals
The MRG will establish clear linkages across the schools in IT Sligo; within the CUA and the West/North-West cluster-based Wild Atlantic Way Research group; and with the University of Ulster.