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Earth Institute International Women\'s Day Research Celebration 07Mar
Earth Institute International Women's Day Research Celebration

UCD Earth Institute held an International Women's Day Research Celebration on Thursday 6 March at 15:00 in Quinn School of Business, focussing on the gender dimension of research. UCD President Professor Orla Feely opened the event and we heard from Dr Marion Boland from Research Ireland as well as six research case studies.
UCD artists in residence in RHA exhibition about bogs 28Feb
UCD artists in residence in RHA exhibition about bogs

UCD artists in residence Fiona McDonald and Siobhan McDonald feature in BogSkin exhibition in the Royal Hibernian Academy which runs until 20 April 2025. Fiona collaborated with staff from the School of Agriculture and Food Science on the creation of her installation.

Mite on the head of a bee pupa Gilles San Martin 24Feb
Tackling the varroa mite: A global threat to honey bees

The invasive Varroa parasitic mite has contributed to significant decline in honey bee populations since the 1960s. Newly published meta-analysis by UCD researchers has evaluated the efficacy of different treatments against the Varroa mite.
Views of beech trees from below 20Feb
Communications vacancy at the Earth Institute

We're looking to recruit a communications professional to work with our environmental, climate and sustainability research community, helping us build relationships with stakeholder groups, communicate our research findings more widely and to further the societal impact of our work
people watching a presentation 28Jan
Coffee morning research talk programme for 2025

Our coffee morning research talk series kicks off this week with talks on AI, ancient Greece, migration and more - join us each Thursday from 10.45.
Embroidered quilt 17Dec
Exploring Plant Memories: Bridging Art, Science, and Sustainability

In Memory of Plants, a collaboration between Joanna Kacprzyk and artist Lorna Donlon, demonstrates how art and science can intersect to foster sustainability by addressing Plant Awareness Disparity and reconnecting people with the natural world through personal and emotional engagement.
Group shot of four people 11Dec
Earth Institute journalist in residence scheme 2025 open for applications

Applications are open for our 2025 journalist-in-residence scheme which offers journalists a unique chance to work with top environmental, climate and sustainability researchers at UCD.
Group of people next to excavated hole 02Dec
Discovery of a 2000-year-old fig in Co. Dublin highlights ancient trade links with the Roman Empire

A collaboration between Fingal County Council and UCD School of Archaeology's Meriel McClatchie has unearthed the charred remains of a fig that is almost 2000 years old. How did a fig make its way from distant lands to a field in Fingal almost two millennia ago?
Speakers at a seminar 27Nov
Democracy and Environment seminar: delivering climate and environmental action

Event on 26 November co-organised with UCD Dublin European Institute and the UCD Centre for Democracy Research.

Storm, lighthouse

Aftermath of Storm Darragh highlights neglected disaster scenarios facing Ireland

Dr Ronan McDermott explains why the aftermath of Storm Darragh rather than Storm Éowyn is indicative of the complex multi-hazard interactions that climate change will present Ireland

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Storm, lighthouse 21Feb
Greater than the sum of their parts: why the aftermath of Storm Darragh highlights neglected disaster scenarios facing Ireland

Dr Ronan McDermott from the UCD Centre for Humanitarian Action and School of Agriculture and Food Science explains why the aftermath of Storm Darragh rather than Storm Éowyn is indicative of the complex multi-hazard interactions that climate change will present Ireland
View of Leinster House, Dublin. Jeanhousen, wikimedia 17Jan
Lessons from a decade of climate politics in Ireland

With the publication of the draft Programme for Government this week by the incoming coalition of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by Independents, Dr Cara Augustenborg (UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy) reflects on ten years of analysing and assessing Irish governments on their climate and environmental policies.
Man carrying out experiment in a field, large capital N 12Dec
N is for Nitrogen

Ernest Osei-Asante's research investigates how optimising livestock diets can mitigate urine nitrogen emissions. Ernest, a doctoral researcher and Teagasc Walsh Scholar from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, explains his work in our A-Z of Environmental and Sustainability Research series.

Tierney Building in UCD 18Nov
Climate change, degrowth and social justice

Interview discussing human rights, gender, wellbeing, degrowth and the four day week with Dr Orla Kelly, UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.

Green Hydrogen factory concept. Credit: iStock 14Nov
Can sea water power the future of green hydrogen?

Climate change is having a major impact across Europe. The European Drought Observatory has reported that nearly 50% of the continent is under drought warning with southern European countries having already in place severe water restrictions. So where does the green hydrogen economy sit in all of this, asks Veronica Sofianos from the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering?
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View from the atrium in the Quinn School 07Oct
Fatbergs, comedy, culture and the bioeconomy

Interview discussing sustainability, agriculture and food production, waste management, circular economy, culture, heritage, research communication and public engagement with Associate Professor Tom Curran, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering.

Heritage grain varieties at the Organic Village at the National Ploughing Championship 2024 24Sep
A UCD archaeologist at The Ploughing

Why would an archaeologist from UCD be interested in attending ‘the Ploughing’, one of the largest gatherings of farmers in Europe? Meriel McClatchie, an Associate Professor at UCD School of Archaeology, highlights the value of stepping outside the university to meet people from the wider farming sector, where together we can explore the deep history of farming in Ireland and its relevance for the future.

Pine marten in a forest, large capital M 31Jul
M is for Mammal

The history of mammals in Ireland is complicated, with extinctions of large mammals in the past and management problems in the present. Will it come full circle with the reintroduction of some of the long-gone large mammals in the future?, asks Virginia Morera-Pujol, a postdoctoral researcher in the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

Geographies of power: understanding empire and environment\n 26Apr
Geographies of power: understanding empire and environment

Interview discussing the Russian empire, environment and empire, landscape and environmental change, visual culture and representation, political ecology and capitalism with Associate Professor Jennifer Keating, UCD School of History.

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