DUN LAOGHAIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Their core work

IADT is an Irish institute of higher education specializing in art, design, and technology, with a particular focus on creative media, film, and the social dimensions of culture. In EU-funded work, they have contributed to two coordination and support projects: one building impact assessment tools for cultural heritage, and one advancing research and innovation within the European film education sector through the FILMEU network. Their core value in consortia lies in bridging arts practice with structured evaluation frameworks — they bring both creative sector knowledge and the ability to measure cultural, social, and economic outcomes of creative work. They are best understood as a specialist arts and media higher education institution with an appetite for applied research partnerships.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

IADT entered H2020 participation through impact assessment work — specifically contributing to a heritage evaluation framework that measured social, cultural, environmental, and economic outcomes. Their more recent project shifted toward the creative sector itself, embedding them in a European film school network concerned with research, innovation, and transformation in the arts. The trajectory suggests a move from evaluating cultural impact externally to building research infrastructure within creative disciplines, particularly film and media. With only two projects, this is a tentative trend rather than a confirmed strategic direction.

IADT appears to be deepening its identity as a research-active creative arts institution, increasingly operating within European networks of film and media schools rather than cross-sectoral evaluation projects.

How they like to work

IADT has participated in both EU projects as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — consistent with an institution in the early stages of building its EU project portfolio. Both projects were Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs), meaning they joined platform-building or network efforts rather than leading research agendas. With 9 partners across 9 countries from just 2 projects, they appear comfortable working in geographically diverse, mid-sized consortia.

IADT has worked with 9 unique partners spanning 9 countries — an unusually broad geographic spread for only 2 projects, suggesting each consortium was European in scope. No repeated partners are visible, indicating they have not yet formed anchor relationships in EU research networks.

What sets them apart

IADT occupies a rare position as a specialist art, design, and technology institute with demonstrated capacity to work inside formal EU research structures — most comparable institutions remain outside EU project networks. Their combination of creative media practice and structured impact evaluation methodology makes them a credible partner for projects where cultural or social outcomes need to be rigorously measured. For consortia building in creative industries, cultural heritage, or media education, IADT offers Irish national coverage and a connection to the broader FILMEU network of European film schools.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FILMEU_RIT
  The largest-funded project (€467,781) and longest in duration (2021–2024), connecting IADT to a formal European film school alliance and positioning the institute as part of an emerging pan-European creative research infrastructure.
• SoPHIA
  Demonstrates IADT's capacity to work on multi-dimensional impact assessment frameworks, a methodological skill transferable well beyond the heritage sector.