Research and impact

At RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management, we lead impactful research focused on health and social care improvement. Our research seeks to solve challenges and improve health systems for the benefit of human health. 

We conduct research on quality improvement and patient safety; the health and social care workforce; healthcare management; leadership; ageing research; and safety culture, including just culture.

In our research, we use innovative research methodologies including co-design, realist and ethnographic methods, and we draw on implementation science, behaviour change and health economic frameworks.

Together we strive to:

• Solve health and social care challenges by providing thought leadership and leading debate on the key challenges facing health systems internationally.
• Lead impactful research by generating research findings that inform policy and practice, and lead to sustainable improvements in healthcare.
• Use evidence-informed teaching to inspire and motivate our students to strive for healthcare improvement in their own work contexts. 

Our research is funded by organisations such as the Health Research Board, Research Ireland and the World Health Organisation. 

We actively collaborate with academics, researchers and policy makers nationally and internationally who share our passion for healthcare research and high-quality healthcare globally. Some of our recent research publications are available here and here. 

We are always open to new collaborations and we invite potential collaborators and PhD students to review our research profiles and get in touch.