UCD EARTH INSTITUTE
Earth Talks
Conversations with researchers from UCD Earth Institute.
Discover how researchers from science, engineering, arts, humanities and social sciences are addressing urgent climate, environmental and sustainability challenges
Latest Earth Talks
Climate change, degrowth and social justice
Human rights, gender, wellbeing, economics, the four day week, environmental sociology and research to policy with Dr Orla Kelly, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.
November 2024
Fatbergs, comedy, culture and the bioeconomy
Sustainability, agriculture and food production, waste management, circular economy, research communication and public engagement with Associate Professor Tom Curran, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering.
October 2024
Geographies of power: understanding empire and environment
The Russian empire, environment and empire, landscape & environmental change, visual culture & representation, political ecology and capitalism with Associate Professor Jennifer Keating, School of History.
April 2024.
Mesolithic archaeology, hunter gatherers & representations of the past
Hunter gatherers, Mesolithic Ireland, representations of the past, mountains and colonial legacies in archaeology with Prof. Graeme Warren, School of Archaeology.
March 2024.
Exploring the environment through creative writing
Writing, nature, sound, language, ecology, climate anxiety, environmental humanities and interdisciplinarity with Dr. Paula McGrath, School of English, Drama and Film.
January 2024.
Designing environmental policy through the behavioural science lens
Defining well-being, nudges, sludge, and ethical frameworks for public policy interventions with Dr Leonhard Lades, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy.
December 2023.
Geological time & transformation and what rocks can tell us about climate change
Applications of geochemistry, how ice ages reveal past climates, the Anthropocene, and the rich diversity of Ireland’s geology with Professor Frank McDermott, School of Earth Sciences.
November 2023.
Landscape architecture: interdisciplinary environmental design
The role of design in the built and natural environment, cultural representations of landscape, land use and land use change in Ireland with Dr Karen Foley, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy.
October 2023.
All-island environmental co-operation & well-being
North-south environmental governance, how the environment intersects with economics, and his interest in subjective well-being with Dr Finbarr Brereton, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy.
June 2023.
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