Jennie C Stephens

Ireland’s new climate justice President Catherine Connolly won over 63% of the vote because she effectively linked many different climate justice issues to a vision of a better future and a unified Ireland, writes Jennie C Stephens, Profess...

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Spot on here by @orlakelleher.bsky.social

'we need to be alert to the risk that the housing crisis is potentially being weaponised to push through a deregulatory agenda in planning and environmental law'

Resisting GenAI and big tech in higher education. Join the conversation 25 November
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4qE27dB co-sponsored by the @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social and the Campus Climate Network

New open-access resource on climate obstruction detailing all the ways industry has been strategically sabotaging climate action. Great collaborating with many colleagues at @cssn.org. I’m a lead author on last chapter on resisting climate obstruction. Check it out!

Join us Tuesday 21 Oct for panel discussion on Climate Justice Research for Transformative Action. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/geography/ev...

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Just published chapter on on "Politicizing financial innovations for transformative climate justice” with @martinsokol.bsky.social in open access book on climate politics. Thanks to @matpaterson.bsky.social Paul Tobin & @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social 4 editing+

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Universities, polycrisis and regional redistribution - Review of Regional Research As humanity faces a worsening polycrisis, the need for systemic change in society is becoming more widely recognized. This time of increasing disruptions of all kinds comes with new opportunities for ...

Check out our new research w/ @martinsokol.bsky.social on redistributing higher ed to meet urgent community needs - moving away from financialized universities reinforcing profit-seeking competitiveness toward transformative accessible collective community-based orgs more like public libraries

Join us virtually to discuss universities, transformative climate justice & roles of academics in resisting dehumanization, fossil fueled authoritarianism, & militarism. With Laura Horn, Vera Trappmann Aaron Thierry & others.
Wed July 2nd 9am EST, 2pm Ireland
Virtual link here lnkd.in/evjcRj_j

Our new publication on why gender equity & care are essential for transformative climate justice. Integrating care, care work & feminist principles into climate policy is necessary for transformative change. Part of "Changing the Conversation About Climate Change" special issue
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Advancing climate justice requires resisting technocratic false solutions like solar geoengineering. Join me by endorsing the international non-use agreement on solar geoengineering

Opinion: Normalising the corporate funding of higher education in Ireland is a dangerous game Professor Jennie C Stephens and Conchúr Ó Maonaigh of Maynooth University investigate how much corporate money is being used to fund education in Ireland.

We raise concerns about the risks of corporate funding of Irish universities in @thejournal.ie. Entangling profit-driven agendas with the public good mission of universities Is dangerous. With Conchur O Maonaigh www.thejournal.ie/readme/fundi...

Irish universities take millions of euro from big business. Are they too close for comfort? Many higher education institutions now rely on industry-sponsored professorships, research centres and scholarships to plug State funding gaps

Our research highlighting multiple risks of industry funding of universities featured in the Irish Times. Corporate investments strategically distract from industry harms, erode support for non-commercial areas, & promote industry friendly policies & perspectives www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Excited to be speaking at the Oxfam Ireland Ground Up: Climate Justice Forum this Friday!

I’ll be discussing feminist climate justice collective action on a panel Friday morning.

Register now
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📍Where? University College Cork, Devere Hall
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MaynoothPalFest25

Looking forward to the Maynooth Festival of Palestinian Culture April 7-10 at the National University of Ireland @maynoothuniversity.ie Great to see such broad support across the university @mu-ssi.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social @maynoothenglish.bsky.social

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Thrilled that my new book - Climate Justice and the University - is now available open access. This radical exploration of higher ed reimagines how universities could engage with transformative change for a better future for all. Download whole book or individual chapters

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New paper highlighting risks of corporate funding in higher ed in Ireland. Need for more transparent data and more inclusive decision-making if universities are to retain their independence and integrity publicpolicy.ie/education/in...

Profit-seeking solar geoengineering exemplifies broader risks of market-based climate governance Despite uncertainties about its feasibility and desirability, start-up companies seeking to profit from solar geoengineering have begun to emerge. One…

Not only is market-based climate governance inadequate, non-transformative and unjust, it also dangerously results in companies selling “cooling credits” trying to profit from solar geoengineering. Check out our new research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join us at Maynooth University 7th of March as we build collective power for feminist climate justice! Register here! www.climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/events-1

Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Book Talk: Climate Justice and the University This talk will be a radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice. Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities, higher education can play...

Giving a book talk at MIT next Tuesday Feb 4th on Climate Justice and the University at 4:30pm. Looking forward to seeing Boston/Cambridge friends & colleagues. calendar.mit.edu/event/book-t...

Why is climate justice missing from new Government programme? Ireland is uniquely positioned to lead on transformative climate justice, but the incoming Government is proceeding with business as usual

In 2025, a narrow focus on limited, gradual emissions reductions is not enough. My thoughts on the lack of ambition in the new Irish government’s climate plans www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Homepage - Design Leaders Conference

Looking forward to speaking at the Design Skillnet #DesignLeadersConf on Courage, Creativity & Transformative #ClimateJustice. The conference takes place in Dublin on January 30th. Find out more and get tickets at designleadersconference.com @designskillnet.bsky.social

Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this pap...

Check out our new research on how the fossil energy, plastic & agrichemical industries are interconnected in their climate obstruction narratives and coordinated in efforts to deny & delay the transformative climate action needed for a stable & healthy future. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

On climate change, are universities part of the problem or part of the solution? As the effects of climate change become increasingly more extreme, fossil fuel interests are preventing transformative change. Where do universities stand?

“Higher ed is critical social infrastructure…. to encourage & support transformative thinking, research & learning toward climate justice.” My latest in @timeshighered.bsky.social on the new book Climate Justice & the University
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Thank you @kirbypeadar.bsky.social for your enthusiastic response to my new book Climate Justice and the University @hopkinspress.bsky.social

New book envisions colleges dedicated to Earth's well-being Drawing on 30 years of experience researching climate, Jennie C. Stephens argues that modern universities are systematically unequipped to fight climate change.

Thanks to @insidehighered.com for covering my new book - Climate Justice and the University. With climate injustices getting worse, the public good mission of our universities can be reclaimed for transformative change and better futures for all. www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

Our research is mentioned (and I’m quoted) in this excellent coverage on the growing trend of corporate capture of universities - when publicly funded higher-ed institutions are used to advance profit-seeking private sector interests. amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Congratulations nice to be at Hybrid Launch # lessons of Hurricane Katherina 1995.Climate Crisis & Polycrisis @maynoothuni.bsky.social
Love looking at mission statement _ rare find good tourism one

Inspiring week of events on my new book Climate Justice and the University. First in Dublin RIA then, then Leeds U, University College Cork, & Atlantic Technological University
Recording of Dublin event here
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Books can be ordered at all booksellers
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Really enjoyed this episode about climate justice in universities, with @profjohnbarry.bsky.social and @jenniecstephens.bsky.social

Loved John's point about finding hope and joy in climate action, very different from optimism without agency. Hope requires urgency and action

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