Welcome to
The Arts & Culture in Education
Research Repository
Creativity is Ireland’s ultimate natural resource. To confront unprecedented social, economic, and environmental challenges, we need a paradigmatic shift. We are moving beyond simply funding the arts—we are researching, embedding, and liberating how to BE creative to drive a true knowledge society.
The Arts and Culture in Education Research Repository (ACERR) is a national alliance of over 10 cultural and educational institutions. We aim at bridging the gap between artistic practice and academic research, empowering Irish creators to shape policy and spark open innovation.
By partnering with the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), we ensure that arts research is securely preserved, freely and publicly accessible in the long term.
Why it Matters
Expanding the Canvas of Research
Empowering Irish arts researchers to publish multidimensional, heterogeneous datasets – moving far beyond the traditional A4 PDFs.
Redefining
Success & Metrics
Overcoming traditional publication barriers and rewriting the rules for citation, impact, and KPIs in the creative arts sector.
Securing
Global Funding
Providing the Open Science infrastructure required to back competitive Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland proposals and major European funding bids under Horizon Europe schemes.