Institute for Lifecourse and Society

The Institute for Lifecourse and Society

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The Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS) is a newly designated research institute for the applied social sciences at University of Galway. ‌The Institute will represent a significant and innovative development in that for the first time it brings together the fields of children, youth, older people and disability into one domain of research, teaching and policy. It will provide greater focus, coherence and direction to applied social science research at the University. Its core function is to achieve international excellence in social policy and practice development through the pursuit of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences by creatively integrating the rich and diverse intellectual resources from within the University and beyond.