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Department of Geography PhD Seminar
PhD Researchers - Jayita Kundu, Eray Canlar, Mohamed Bile and Jack Edmunds-Bergin will be presenting at the PhD Seminar.
When: Thursday, 01 May 2025
Neutrality, Geopolitics in Ireland: A Conversation
Neutrality, Geopolitics In Ireland: A Conversation Speakers: Professor Padráig Carmody TCD, Dr Rory Rowan TCD, Professor Gerry Kearns MU and Dr Mark Walsh MU.
When: Wednesday, 30 April 2025
MUSSI/Geography Early Career Research Skills Seminar Series
MUSSI and the Geography Research Committee are pleased to introduce the 2025 Early Career Research Skills Seminar Series.
When: Thursday, 17 April 2025
Undergrad Spring Open Day
Department of Geography will have a stand at the Undergrad Spring Open Day, please feel free to come along and ask lots of questions!
When: Saturday, 12 April 2025
How real is the risk of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapse
Dr. Gerard McCarthy is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist, currently based at Maynooth University in Ireland, where he works with the ICARUS Climate Research Centre and the Department of Geography. His research focuses on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and sea level rise. He has been instrumental in studying the AMOC, a system of ocean currents that significantly affects Europe’s climate. His findings have raised awareness of its potential weakening due to climate change, which could lead to significant impacts in parts of Europe, including Ireland. Before joining Maynooth, Gerard worked at the National Oceanography Centre in the UK, contributing to major projects like the RAPID array, which monitors the AMOC. He has been featured in media outlets like The Irish Times, RTÉ and BBC for his insights into the future impacts of climate change, particularly for Ireland.
When: Thursday, 10 April 2025
Dr. Cailfhionn D'Arcy and Dr. Catherine Hayes
Dr Caoilfhionn D'Arcy will be talking about: Campaigning in modern elections on the island of Ireland: the influence of Geography on election campaigns and Dr Catherine Hayes will be talking about: No Doctor, No Village: How Irish general practitiioners (GPs) perform placemaking through their everyday practices
When: Thursday, 03 April 2025
'The Rent Strike' Seminar
'The Rent Strike' is a documentary that tells the story of the rent strikes which occurred throughout Ireland between 1970-73 through interviews with people who organised and participated in the campaign and their relatives. Introduced by Professor Karen Till, Dr Fiadh Tubridy and Dr Carla Kayanan
When: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Postgrad Open Day 11th March 2025
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Find your edge with a Maynooth University Master's degree. Our Master’s programmes blend world-class teaching and cutting-edge research to give you the competitive edge you need—whether you're charting a new direction or advancing in your current field. Enjoy flexible learning options and access to a wide range of courses supported by scholarships. Find your edge in Maynooth on Tuesday 11th March, 3pm-6pm. Register now for our Postgrad Open Day and join us on campus to meet with faculty & current Master's students. https://campaigns.maynoothuniversity.ie/pgopendays/?utm_source=orgsocial&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postgrad_24-25&utm_id=postgrad_24-25_mar
When: Tuesday, 11 March 2025
HER-SELF Launch
DAFM funded research project titled “HER-SELF: Highlighting pathways to Empower Rural women to have Sustainable and Equitable Livelihoods in Farming”
When: Friday, 07 March 2025
Professorial Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jennie Stephens
Jennie C. Stephens is Professor of Climate Justice at the ICARUS Climate Research Centre at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. She was a 2023-2024 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice fellow at Harvard, and she served as the Director of Northeastern University's School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs from 2018-2022. She is an internationally recognized expert on renewable energy transformation, the power of fossil fuel interests, energy justice, climate justice, higher education, energy democracy, and gender and race in energy and climate. Her forthcoming book, Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All (Johns Hopkins University Press, December 2024), reimagines higher education for a more equitable, healthy and stable future for all. Her 2020 book, Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership (Island Press), inspires collective action by elevating the stories of innovative diverse leaders who are linking climate and energy with jobs and economic justice, health and food, transportation and housing. Her work explores how to mobilize transformative change by diversifying leadership, redistributing wealth and power, and moving beyond technocratic solutions so that feminist, antiracist, anticolonial principles are prioritized. Before joining Maynooth University in Ireland in summer 2024, Professor Stephens was on the faculty at Northeastern University (2016-2024), the University of Vermont (2014-2016) and Clark University (2005-2014). She earned her PhD at the California Institute of Technology in environmental science & engineering and her BA at Harvard in environmental science & public policy. www.jenniecstephens.com
When: Thursday, 06 March 2025