Dr Christine Bonnin

Assistant Professor at UCD School of Geography and co-lead on CUPCHAT, working with communities to create a more regenerative and sustainable form of tourism.

Dr Craig Bullock

Research Fellow at UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, leads WaterLANDS project, engaging with local communities to undertake hands-on restoration of wetland sites. 

Dr Emma Farrell

Senior Interdisciplinary Researcher in UCD School of Education, works with SOPHIA to ensure that the voices and experiences of people living with obesity are central to the study's mission of improving treatment of this chronic disease.

Dr Philip Crowe

Assistant Professor at UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, team member of CCAT, co-founder of the UCD Centre for Irish Towns, research focus includes citizen engagement, in terms of active participation processes for observation, sense-making and co-creation.

Dr Shane McGuinness

Research Fellow at UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, Steering Committee member of WaterLANDS, conservation biologist specialising in the human dimensions of wildlife conflict.

Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy

Assistant Professor in UCD School of Education, co-lead on the SOPHIA international consortium which aims to develop a more equitable and patient centred approach to obesity treatment and care.

Dr Arlene Crampsie

Assistant Professor at UCD School of Geography, UCD and co-lead on CUPHAT, research interests include Environmental History highlighting the need to foreground human narratives of the impacts of past climate events to build resilience to future climate change.   

Dr Karen Foley

CCAT

This UCD-led project set out to build capacity to change in Irish Sea coastal communities through citizen engagement in activities such as participatory mapping, geodesign, geogames, online events as well as created interactive teaching resources. 

CUPHAT

Researchers from UCD School of Geography and colleagues in Aberystwyth University and Dyfed Archaeological Trust are working with communities in four upland areas of Ireland and Wales to create a more regenerative and sustainable form of tourism. 

SOPHIA

An international interdisciplinary research consortium led by UCD, SOPHIA places the voices, perspectives and experiences of those living with obesity at the heart of the work being carried out to optimise future treatment. 

WaterLANDS

Researchers from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy and UCD Earth Institute are bringing diverse organisations from 14 European countries together to work with local communities and restore wetland sites damaged by human activity.