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Dr Cormac Forkan Research Ireland Public Service Fellowship Award 

The UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway, is delighted to congratulate our colleague Dr Cormac Forkan on being selected as part of Research Ireland’s 2026 Public Service Fellowship Programme, the agency’s largest Public Service Fellowship programme. 

The programme offers academic researchers a unique opportunity to be seconded to Government Departments and Public Sector Bodies to work in partnership on issues of national importance.

As part of the programme, Cormac will be seconded to the Department of Education and Youth, where he will explore the social and economic benefits of inclusive primary and secondary education and how inclusive education systems can secure public and political support.

The theme of Public Service Transformation Week 2026 is Stronger Together:  Delivering the Public Services of the Future, in recognition of the vital contribution that research and academic expertise can make in supporting delivery of Ireland’s public service transformation strategy, Better Public Services.