Research & Consultancy
STORYATU welcomes research opportunities and new collaborations, particularly with partners aiming to apply for EU funded projects. ATU has a well-established reputation as a research institute and as such can offer expertise and support across a wide range of disciplines for research projects. Our research is carried out in conjunction with regional and national companies, government departments, non-governmental organisations, and other agencies.
We believe that good places to live are good places to visit, therefore a key aim of STORYATU is to address climate change and positively contribute to the decarbonisation of the tourism sector.
Local and National Collaborations
STORYATU is committed to research that ensures an active participatory process between partners and regularly collaborates with Irish local authorities, state agencies, sectoral bodies such as Irish Hotels Federation, Irish Hospitality Institute, Association of Visitor Experience Association, and tourism industry enterprises such as Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland, and the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation. STORYATU also engages in research and consultancy work with community-based state supported tourism partners such as the County Councils and Island Managers.
International Collaborations
To ensure our research achieves international impact, STORYATU has established an international network of researchers and state agencies with a strong interest in sustainable tourism including:
- Atlantic Cities France
- Belgium Volt
- Bursa Uludag University, Türkiye
- Eixo Atlantico, Spain
- GOLEM Integrated Microelectronics Solutions Austria
- IMC-Industrial Management Consulting Slovakia
- INORDE Spain
- Leeds Beckett University
- Lithuanian Countryside Tourism Association Lithuania
- Municipality of Posadas Spain
- Municipality of Tusa Italy
- Municipality of West Achaia Greece
- Ourense County Council Spain
- Polytechnic Institute Viana do Castelo Portugal
- Universidad Extremadura Spain
- University Algarve, Portugal
- University Angers France
- University Las Palmas GC ES
- University of Aegean Greek Islands
- University of Évora Portugal
- University of Gävle Sweden
- University of Oardea Romania
Future projects
STORYATU values innovative, inter disciplinary research and has significant experience of leading a contributing to research projects with a broad range of national and international partners. We actively welcome opportunities for collaborations/partnerships, in particular those that address the following themes:
- Visitor economy
- Circular Tourism
- Sustainable destination management
- Creative economy
- Digital and green transition
- Blue Economy
- Decarbonisation of sector
- Net Zero destinations and Just Transition
- Creative digitalisation
- Food security
- Tourism and biosecurity
- Sustainable event management
Funding Bodies
We have experience with and are interested in further applications with the following funding bodies:
- Horizon
- Erasmus Mundus
- Erasmus+
- Interreg Atlantic Areas
- Interreg North-West Europe
- Interreg Norther Periphery and Arctic
- Interreg Europe
- Peace Plus
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Higher Education Authority North-South Research Programme