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UCD Climate Fellows

The UCD Climate Fellows Programme supports the wider dissemination of climate research and the career development of leading-edge climate academics and researchers, with a particular emphasis on enhancing the societal impact of climate research.

Our second cohort of UCD Climate Fellows was appointed in November 2025 and reflect the breadth of academic disciplines and research approaches that are contributing to our understanding of the climate crisis.

Through the programme, which is managed by the UCD Earth Institute, the Fellows are supported in developing new projects and initiatives, expanding their network of academic and societal collaborators, and enhancing the impact of their research. 

Our 2026 call will open in April 2026.

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A truck drives on a flooded road 16Nov
Tadhg O'Mahony on Ireland's erratic approach to climate action

Dr Tadhg O'Mahony, Assistant Professor in UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy and UCD Climate Fellow writes in the Irish Examiner that Ireland’s climate policy has been on the wrong track for far too long. Course-correction, he says, is the only way forward.

Panel discussion at CF 2025 launch 06Nov
UCD Climate Fellows announced as part of event on how to talk about climate change so that people actually listen

People don’t talk about climate change enough, it can seem unreal and distant, and can be an uncomfortable and divisive topic for people to discuss - so how do we talk about climate change so that people actually listen? asked climate change communications expert George Marshall yesterday at an event in UCD where seven new Climate Fellows were announced.
Oliver Kinnane at JOC October 2025 22Oct
Retrofitting derelict properties key to cutting carbon emissions, says Oliver Kinnane

Retrofitting 100,000 of Ireland's vacant homes by the end of this decade could cut embodied carbon-related emissions by over one million tonnes, Oliver Kinnane - Head of School at UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy and UCD Climate Fellow - has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy.
Graham Benham receives coveted ERC Starting Grant 04Sep
Graham Benham receives coveted ERC Starting Grant

Dr Graham Benham, Assistant Professor in Applied and Computational Maths, and Earth Institute Climate Fellow, is among four early-career academics from UCD to receive prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants to support their research. The awardees will each receive over €1.5 million for their respective research projects, which explore the topics of wave technology, long-term pain, criminal governance and infectious livestock disease.
A builder on a construction site 29Apr
Decarbonising buildings and the impact on housing supply

Research to policy seminar in Dublin city centre hosted by Oliver Kinnane, head of School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy and UCD Climate Fellow

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Portrait photo of a person 14Mar
Fabiola Schneider on values-driven investments

Dr Fabiola Schneider, assistant professor in accountancy and Climate Fellow at UCD, discusses the “warm glow” effect that comes with deciding to invest responsibly in a recent Irish Times article.
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
Hand holding Climate Justice Now placard 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.

UCD Climate Fellows 2024 illustrative poster 21Oct
UCD Earth Institute announces inaugural Climate Fellows

The UCD Earth Institute is delighted to announce the launch of our inaugural Climate Fellows initiative, welcoming thirteen exceptional academics and early-career researchers to the programme in 2024.
Derrymore Saltmarsh Co Kerry 29May
Saltmarshes - Much More Than Meets the Eye

Sitting unassumingly on the margins of our coasts, between tide and terrestrial, lie saltmarsh habitats. These habitats, long perceived as waste grounds and areas for land reclamation, are in fact a major ally in mitigating and adapting to climate change, says Dr Grace Cott (UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science).

Contact the Earth Institute

O'Brien Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
E: earth.institute@ucd.ie