An architectural and craft history expert, Christine is an international authority on the City of Dublin and on the early modern interior in Europe, Britain and Ireland.
The awards, announced today by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, celebrate Irish Research Council-funded researchers who have made highly significant and valuable contributions to knowledge, society, culture and innovation.
Responding to the award, Christine Casey, Professor of Architectural History at Trinity’s School of Histories and Humanities, said:
“It is a great honour to receive this award. By encouraging collaboration between the Humanities and STEM disciplines in the New Horizons programme, Irish Research Council funding opened the way to a dynamic new perspective on the production of architecture in Ireland, predicated on materials and making rather than traditional emphasis on design, style and patronage”.
In addition to Professor Casey’s success, Trinity researcher Dr Daniel Gilligan was awarded the Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence for being the top-ranked postgraduate researcher in the AHSS category, whose project examines Private Wrongs and Constitutional Order: A Theory of Constitutional Horizontality.
Dr Daniel Gilligan, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Law, said:
“I’m really delighted — and very surprised — to have received this award. There is so much great work being done by postgraduate researchers in the Arts and Humanities, in Trinity and elsewhere, so I am humbled to be recognised. It is a great vote of confidence in the work I’m doing.”
Commenting on the successes of Trinity researchers in the awards Dr Linda Doyle, Provost and President of Trinity College Dublin said:
"I want to congratulate the Trinity researchers recognised in this year's awards and I’m delighted that Christine Casey has been named Researcher of the Year. Christine is not only a world-class researcher but also an outstanding teacher. Her passion shines through in all she does in the Department of History of Art and Architecture.
"I also want to congratulate Daniel Gilligan who has won the Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence. Eda Sagarra is a Fellow Emeritus here in Trinity and it is marvellous to see her name associated with this award and to see Daniel receiving it now for postgraduate scholarship in our School of Law."
The Dean of Research, Prof. Sinéad Ryan, added:
“I offer my warm congratulations to Professor Christine Casey on this Researcher of the Year award. It is a recognition of the excellence of her research, a body of work which offers us the possibility of a new way of seeing the built environment around us in Ireland. This award also underlines the importance of funding and enabling research in all disciplines as well as supporting collaboration across different fields, something we hope to see continued in Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland’s plans for the future.
“The award to Dr Daniel Gilligan of the Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence also shows how essential it is to support research across the entire career span. It is particularly pleasing to see Trinity researchers at all career stages recognised and commended in these awards, and I extend my sincere congratulations to them all.”