Explore UCD

UCD Home >

News

News

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.

Scorecard of Irish political party manifestos for general election 2024 in the style of whitegoods energy rating 25Nov
2024 General Election manifesto analysis for faster and fairer climate action

Earth Institute research group commissioned by the Friends of the Earth Ireland publishes independent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Irish political party manifestos on climate in the lead up to the general election on 29 November 2024.
Smoking chimneys 22Nov
Karen Keaveney Appointed Chair of National Decarbonisation Zone Strategy Group

Karen Keaveney has been appointed Chair of Ireland’s National Decarbonisation Zone Strategy Group, an interdepartmental group established by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications.
Portrait photo of a person 20Nov
Andrew Parnell appointed as Met Éireann Professor of Weather and Climate Research at UCD

Andrew Parnell has been appointed to lead a new multi-million-euro research programme to develop weather and climate services for Ireland using AI and data science hosted between the Earth Institute and the School of Mathematics and Statistics, funded by Met Éireann.

UCD Earth Institute

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 7777