MR MÍCHEÁL CALLAGHAN
Ph.D. Student
UCD Sutherland School of Law
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Mícheál is a Ph.D candidate in UCD. He graduated with a law degree (LLB) from Trinity College Dublin in 2013, and completed an LLM in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development at Queen’s University Belfast in 2014 – 2015.
His dissertation focused on the policy and regulatory barriers to food security in Northern Ireland and how the ‘commons transition’ paradigm might lead to new opportunities in creating a more sustainable food system. He is passionate about environmental sustainability and is active in a number of environmental groups and NGOs and groups including Friends of the Earth and Transition Monaghan, which he co – founded.
He is particularly interested in actions that people can take at local level to improve their environment and how legal and regulatory frameworks can enable and encourage this.