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Ohlmeyer has been the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI for 25 research and research infrastructure projects with awards totalling c. €22 million from national, European and international funders.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
In addition to historical research, Ohlmeyer regularly speaks on topics that relate more generally to the importance of the arts and humanities,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Analysis: What's the point of an arts degree?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/analysis-what-s-the-point-of-an-arts-degree-1.3014518|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|title=The Stem obsession does a disservice to arts and humanities|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/the-stem-obsession-does-a-disservice-to-arts-and-humanities-1.2548342|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Are arts degrees past their sell-by date?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/are-arts-degrees-past-their-sell-by-date-1.3360465|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> the value of inter- and trans-disciplinarity,<ref name=":3">{{cite web|date=2016|title=Interdisciplinarity for Impact|website=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix2kFb1Kado}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=European Union Research & Innovation Days, Brussels, 24-26 September 2019: "Me and My Society – Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities" – SHAPE-ID: Shaping Interdisciplinary Practices in Europe|date=30 September 2019 |url=https://www.shapeid.eu/european-union-research-innovation-days-brussels-24-26-september-2019-me-and-my-society-integration-of-social-sciences-and-humanities/|access-date=2020-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> educational policy,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=McGuire|first=Peter|title=How to future-proof your child|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/how-to-future-proof-your-child-1.3612827|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> and digital humanities.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title=Jane Ohlmeyer presents a case of successful interdisciplinary research in the digital humanities — en|url=http://www.iea.usp.br/en/news/jane-ohlmeyer-presents-case-of-successful-interdisciplinary-research-in-the-digital-humanities|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.iea.usp.br}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web|date=2016|title=Trinity Centre for Digital Humanities|website=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLmqyHAemc}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Blaise|title=Digital Humanities: an Historical Perspective Jane Ohlmeyer Trinity College Dublin|url=https://slideplayer.com/slide/6066458/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=slideplayer.com}}</ref> She has commented on the barriers facing women in the university sector<ref>{{cite web|title=It's the don of a new age|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12162735.its-the-don-of-a-new-age/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=HeraldScotland|date=13 December 2000 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|last=O'Brien|first=Carl|title=Mediocre men outperform outstanding women|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/mediocre-men-outperform-outstanding-women-1.3160597|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite web|title=Irish Research Council welcomes establishment of gender equality task force for higher education sector|url=http://research.ie/2017/11/06/irish-research-council-welcomes-establishment-of-gender-equality-task-force-for-higher-education-sector/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Irish Research Council|language=en}}</ref> and launched a free Democracy Curriculum in 2020.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|title=Democracy curriculum|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/democracy-curriculum-1.4221302|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> She is a committed advocate of the public humanities and policy engagement and is a notable public commentator on contemporary issues, including [[Brexit]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|title=Brexit presents major opportunities for researchers – but are we ready to grasp them?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/brexit-presents-major-opportunities-for-researchers-but-are-we-ready-to-grasp-them-1.2810244|access-date=2020-11-21|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite web|date=2018-11-01|title=Trinity voices Brexit fears with Financial Times open letter|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30882402.html|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Irish Examiner|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{cite web|date=2017-03-21|title=NI students face huge rise in fees for Republic courses|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/brexit/2017/0321/861413-brexit-higher-education/|language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Ohlmeyer delivered the [[Ford Lectures]] on 'Ireland, Empire and the Early Modern World' at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Thinking on Arts and Humanities: A Conversation with Sara Guyer and Jane Ohlmeyer {{!}} Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes|url=https://chcinetwork.org/ideas/global-thinking-on-arts-and-humanities-a-conversation-with-sara-guyer-and-jane-ohlmeyer|access-date=2020-11-21|website=chcinetwork.org|language=en}}</ref> She was the eleventh women to deliver the prestigious lectures since they were founded in 1896. Ohlmeyer was the first person from a university in Ireland to since [[F. S. L. Lyons|F.S.L Lyons]] in 1977. Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], this was the first time the lectures were delivered online. The lectures are now available on the [[RTÉ]] website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ohlmeyer|first=Jane|date=2021-03-04|title=Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World: watch the lectures|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/history/2021/0304/1201023-ireland-empire-and-the-early-modern-world-watch-the-lectures/|language=en}}</ref>
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In 2011 Ohlmeyer was appointed Trinity's first Vice President for Global relations, a post she held until 2014.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Ohlmeyer designed and implemented Trinity's "Global Relations Strategy".<ref>http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/71407/GRS_Update_Web2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y {{Bare URL PDF|date=September 2022}}</ref>
Ohlmeyer has held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford,<ref>{{cite web|date=2020|title=All Souls College Visiting Fellows 2020 - 2021|url=https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/news/visiting-fellows-2020-2021}}</ref> Ashoka University,<ref>{{Cite tweet|title= Teaching a course on
She is member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]],<ref name="Jane Helen Ohlmeyer">{{cite web|date=2015-10-19|title=Jane Helen Ohlmeyer|url=https://www.ria.ie/jane-helen-ohlmeyer|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Royal Irish Academy|language=en}}</ref> the [[Irish Manuscripts Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|date=8 August 2017|title=Minister Humphreys announces appointments to the Irish Manuscripts Commission|url=https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Minister_Humphreys_announces_appointments_to_the_Irish_Manuscripts_Commission.html}}</ref> and of a number of editorial and advisory boards including the [[Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chcinetwork.org/assets/misc/PDFs/CHCI-Board-Committees-2020.pdf|title=CHCI Board Committees 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2019|title=Global Thinking on Arts and Humanities: A Conversation with Sara Guyer and Jane Ohlmeyer|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2019-07-01-CHCI-Interview.php}}</ref>
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* Human+ (2020–25), a ground-breaking project co-funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and undertaken in partnership with the Adapt Centre which places the human at the centre of technology innovation to serve the long-term and collective needs of society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trinity launches EU-backed fellowship Human+ for technological innovation|url=https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/trinity-launches-eu-backed-fellowship-human-technological-innovation|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Science{{!}}Business|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=9 Jun 2020|title=Where technology meets the human being: Trinity launches Human+|url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/where-technology-meets-the-human-being-trinity-launches-human/}}</ref>
* The Global Humanities Institute on the 'Crises of Democracy' (2017–19), funded by the [[Mellon Foundation]], brought together a consortium of humanities scholars spanning four continents to explore the various threats to democracy through the lens of cultural trauma.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 August 2019|title=International Scholars Ask if Democracy is at Risk|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2019-08-08-Democracy-GHI.php}}</ref>
* 1641 Deposition Project (2007-10), a flagship technology project which digitised 8,000 witness accounts from the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641|1641 rebellion]], making these controversial documents available online in a fully Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) compliant format. The website was launched in 2010<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-10-23|title=Bloody history of the 1641 rebellion is published online|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-11605241|access-date=2020-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|date=2010-03-07|title=Witness statements from Irish rebellion and massacres of 1641 go online|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/07/irish-rebellion-archive-online|access-date=2020-11-21|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> by President [[Mary McAleese]] and [[Ian Paisley]], Lord Bannside<ref>{{cite web|title=McAleese and Paisley launch transcripts of 1641 horrors|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mcaleese-and-paisley-launch-transcripts-of-1641-horrors-26692370.html|access-date=2020-11-21|website=independent|date=23 October 2010 |language=en}}</ref> and a Research Impact Showcase was held to mark the tenth anniversary of the project on 22 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 Oct 2020|title=Heritage, History and Memory Celebrating the Legacy of the 1641 Depositions|url=https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/media/news/articles/2020-10-23-1641-Depositions.php}}</ref> Ian Adamson, the once Honorary Historian of the Ulster Unionist party also accompanied Ian paisley and Jane to the symposium.
== Public engagement and advocacy ==
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