Since its inception, the Irish World Academy has long been committed to community-engaged research and practice.
This is evident in the broad range of ongoing partnerships in a range of areas including, health and wellbeing initiatives, education, cultural conversation and exchange, peacebuilding, community music and music therapy.
Current projects include:
- MA Music Therapy, PME Music, and MA Community Music student placements (over 50 local and national community-engaged student research and practice collaborations)
- The National Dance Archive of Ireland (NDAI)
- Dance Limerick
- ABC Start Right Limerick (Paul Partnership PCL), music workshops supporting the well-being of parents and babies in Limerick
- The Mums using Music (MuM) programme as an online programme for wellbeing in pregnancy
- Music Therapy Service at Corpus Christi School, Moyross Co Limerick
- Music Therapy as part of the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service at University Maternity Hospital Limerick
- The Alliance for Recovery Research in Music Therapy
- Glenstal Abbey partnership with MA Ritual Chant and Song
- Irish World Music Café in association with NGO, Doras, and the Participatory Health Research Unit
- Music and Movement for Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults
- Music Therapy department provides support services with Chronic Pain Ireland
- International Association of Music Therapy - Chronic Pain Special Interest Group
- Music Therapy collaboration with Padre Pio Rehabilitation Centre, Cape Coast Ghana and University of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Mindful Music Therapy for Family Carers: a telehealth music therapy service
- Workplace wellbeing: Mindful Music staff workshops
- Music therapy research for people living with dementia
- Cruinniú sessions of traditional music