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Dr. Silvia Gallagher

Research Fellow (Charm-EU)
      
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Dr. Silvia Gallagher

Research Fellow (Charm-EU)

 gallags6@tcd.ie

 


  Challenge based learning   Computers & Education   DISTANCE EDUCATION   Education   Education for Sustainable Development   Higher Education   Higher Education Policy   Information technology in education   Innovation in learning   Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)   Online communities   Online Education   Online learning   Qualitative research methods   SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   TRANSDISCIPLINARITY   TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Project Title
 CHARM European University (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based, Mobile) (CHARM-EU)
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Summary
The CHARM-EU alliance builds upon the world-class strengths in research and education of its members to fullfill the ambition of the European Univesities initiative, one of the flagships initiative of the EU. CHARM-EU is using the EU initiative for designing and testing our concept of a European University in an authentic environment before formalizing and scaling-up, ensuring that it is a sustainable and innovative model.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 CHARM-EIGHT" - CHARM-EU Expansion, Inter-institutional campus, Governance, Higher education, Transformation.
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Summary
CHARM-EIGHT aims to deepen, intensify and expand the effectiveness of the existing CHARM-EU Alliance to advance the higher education transformation process towards full `European Universities" and increase its impact. The deepening and intensification takes place through activities which align to the five specific objectives: " Implement the innovative governance and management model of the alliance. " Consolidate and extend the innovative educational model in joint programmes and micro-credentials at various levels (bachelor, master, doctoral). " Build the CHARM-EU culture and the conditions to build a multicultural environment possible within an inter-institutional, intercultural, transdisciplinary inclusive and sustainable campus, where digitalization, mobility and multilingualism are key elements. " Generate internal transformation built upon the innovation and results of the current projects, networking and professional development. " Expand transferability, external cooperation, and partnerships, at all levels, local, national, European, and global.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 "UNI-ECO : practical & collaborative tools for sustainability innovation in the university"
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UNI-ECO takes inspiration in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 as a road-map for supporting changes at all scales. It is also rooted the the Green Deal of the European Commission. It was designed to address the need to build social and environmental sustainability into the core ethos of modern university, seeing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as drivers of societal change. As a starting point, UNI-ECO identifies sustainability as a crucial issue of the contemporary societies. Now more than ever, it has become a vital need to transform our lifestyle in order to be in line with the many initiatives aiming at reaching the UN SDGs by 2030. As "Education for Sustainable Development" describes education that empowers people to design the future actively, autonomously and responsibly, UNI-ECO had the objective to design a sustainable campus, with students and HEI Staff bringing it to life by taking action.
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 VLearning
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2009
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2011
Summary
V Learning is a virtual worlds learning management system that plugs into traditional web based LMS, harnessing the power of 3D technology. This replicates existing pedagogical strategies and provides new opportunities for novel immersive and engaging learning experiences. These immersive spaces can be used for collaboration, information retrieval, personal learning, simulation training or social networking
Funding Agency
National Digital Research Center
Project Title
 WINNOW: Collaborative Content Filtering
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2009
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2010
Summary
Funding Agency
National Digital Research Center

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Toth, Adam, Gallagher, Silvia, Educating for the green transition: embedding greencomp in groundwater education, 53rd Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Budapest, Hungary, 18/09/2026, 2026, Conference Output, PUBLISHED  URL
Gallagher, S. Toth, A, From GreenComp to practice: Leveraging AI to strengthen competence integration in micro-credentials, Micro-Credentials Masterclass Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., 24-26 February 2026, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Griffin, D., Gallagher, S., Byrne, J., O'Connor, K., You can't bring a toaster to a Viva: Staff and Student perceptions of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for learning Research Methods in Higher Education, ILTA EdTEch 2026, DCU, 3rd-4th June, 2026, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
O'Connor, Kevin; Gallagher, Silvia; Byrne, Jake; Griffin, Daniel, AI Chatbots in Higher Education - A Retrospective and Overview of Contemporary Discourses, ILTA EdTEch 2026, DCU, 3rd-4th June, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Gallagher, S., Byrne, J., Griffin, D., & Kirkwood, J., Navigating change in a joint Master's programme: Building resilience across six years of a European University Alliance, Irish Association for International Education, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 2026, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Toth, A., Gallagher, S., van der Riet, A., Granberg, A.,Triyanti, A., Designing and Delivering Inter-Institutional Hybrid Learning: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Intervention, The National Interdisciplinary Education Conference, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 29/10/2026, 2026, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Gallagher, S and Toth, A, Instrumental or transformative? An exploratory analysis of sustainability competences and pedagogy in European micro-credentials, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Timothy Savage & Silvia Gallagher, The Scholarship of Sustainability Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Disciplinary Analysis, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 20, (1), 2026, p103 - 125, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Lazebna, N, Colomer, C., Gallagher, S. and Niewalda, K.,, New Roles and Interactions in the Ecosystem of Teaching in Transnational Higher Education: CHARM Alliance Perspective, European Universities Initiative: 2nd Research and Practice Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 02/07/2026, 2026, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Gallagher, S., Byrne, J., Toth, A., and Chakraborty, K., Enabling democratic values in higher education through grassroots educational innovation: The CHARM-ED Case Study, CHARM-EU Annual Conference,, Turku, Finland, 15/10/2026, 2026, Poster, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Gallagher, S and Vijge, M, Developing an intercultural positionality resource for Challenge Based Learning, CHARM-EU Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 5 November 2024, 2024, Poster, PUBLISHED
Shiel, N and Gallagher, S , CHARM-EU and TORCH - Educating and Researching the European University, European Researchers Night Event, Online, 2021, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Gallagher, S. , SDG4: CHARM European University / UniEco: Case studies of education for sustainability in action, Problem Solving the Sustainable Development Goals webinar series - SDG #4 Quality Education, Online, 2021, Trinity College Dublin, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


Award Date
Trinity College Postgraduate Research Studentship 2011