Events

Apr
03

UCD campus bird walk with Adam Kane, Barry McMahon and Darren O'Connell

Find out about Belfield's birdlife and UCD bird research on this walk led by bird experts from the UCD Schools of Biology and Environmental Science and Agriculture and Food Science

This walk is part of a series exploring the UCD campus this spring led by researchers and academics and hosted by the UCD Earth Institute – all welcome, no booking required.

Meet at 1pm at the Chess garden, next to the UCD lake and Science Centre (map).

Apr
04

Research Culture across Europe

Thursday 4 April, 16:00, Richview research hub large boardroom, followed by tea/coffee.

Organised by Earth Institute Research Culture & EDI committee and C-NEWTRAL Doctoral Network.

Research Culture encompasses the way we do our research, our behaviours and attitudes to each other in our work, how we value the contributions of others involved in our research and how our research is communicated. As part of the launch of new Doctoral Network C-NEWTRAL and the initiation of the new Earth Institute Research Culture & Equality Diversion and Inclusion Committee, partners from C-NEWTRAL will talk about Research Culture in their institutions. Join us for an informal chat about research culture across Europe followed by tea and coffee. 

Speakers

Dr Lucia Alexandra Popartan, Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. University of Girona

Professor Jacopo Gaspari, Department of Architecture, University of Bologna

Register to attend.

 

Apr
09

EPA Research Call 2024: funding workshop

EPA Research Call 2024: workshop and supports

9 April 2-3pm, E2.14, Science East & Zoom 

The EPA Research Call will support innovative research projects to support policy- and decision-making addressing environmental, climate change and sustainability challenges.  The call will open on 4 April and applicants may apply under a range of broad thematic areas under each of the EPA Research Hubs listed below (more details here

  • Addressing Climate change Evidence Needs
  • Facilitating a Green and Circular Economy 
  • Delivering a Healthy Environment 
  • Protecting and Restoring our Natural Environment 
  • Cross - cutting areas 

The Earth Institute will be holding a workshop at 2pm on Tuesday 9 April in E2.14 Science East and on Zoom to discuss the call topics and bring together potential applicant teams, as well as to outline supports available through the Institute.  You can register for this internal UCD workshop here

In addition, the EPA will hold a webinar  on 17 April at 10am, for which you can register here. 

Apr
11

Theorising Research Ecologies? An Environmental Humanities Symposium

Theorising Research Ecologies? An Environmental Humanities Symposium. 11th April, H204 UCD Humanities Institute (hybrid).

How can the environmental humanities expand to consider ‘research environment’ as a form of environment? How do factors such as location, networking, and working conditions matter to the environmental critic? Through a day of discussions, presentations, and provocations, this event advances the environmental humanities in new place-based and politically engaged directions.

Keynotes: Dr Michelle Bastian and Dr Sam Solnick.

Free to attend in-person or online: https://forms.gle/YSDZiFbWaRGaFFnb6

Some travel bursaries are available for Ireland-based early career researchers - see application form [Word document]

Full event details [pdf form]

A collaboration between MARBEFES (Ashley Cahillane) and Cultural Imaginaries of Just Transitions (Treasa DeLoughry). Funded by the UCD Humanities Institute, the UCD Earth Institute, and the UCD College of Arts and Humanities. Email ashley.cahillane@ucd.ie for more details.

May
08

Network for insect vectors in Ireland: How citizen scientists can contribute, Wednesday 8 May 2024

In this talk members of the Network for insect vectors in Ireland (NetVec Ireland) research project will explain how to identify adult mosquitoes and invasive species and how to collect and identify mosquito larvae. Live specimens and microscopes will be made available on the day to illustrate specific characteristics. Attendees will have the opportunity to get involved as the team will be seeking volunteers to take part in their midge and mosquito surveillance project over the summer.

This hybrid event will take place on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 3-4pm in the 4th floor kitchen, Science East at UCD and on Zoom. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Book a free place

NetVec Ireland is a project funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and aims to establish a national network of expertise in arthropod vectors and vector-borne pathogens. NetVec Ireland aims to help understand how blood-feeding insects are important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals. Citizen scientists can make an important contribution by providing local knowledge and expertise and enhancing sampling capacity. A widespread understanding on how to recognise exotic species will help to improve Ireland’s preparedness and reduce the threat of vector-borne disease.

Speakers: The speakers are Angela Valcarcel Olmeda, a graduate from the University Complutense of Madrid, Faculty of Pharmacy, who is in the third year of her PhD project entitled ‘Irish survey of biting midges and mosquitoes and vector-borne pathogens’, Thomas Curran, who just completed his PhD on the development of DNA-based methods for the identification of mosquitoes and is employed as a postdoc under the current project and the PI, Annetta Zintl, Associate Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine.

This is a UCD citizen science community of practice hybrid event. The UCD citizen science community of practice is supported by the UCD Library and UCD Earth Institute. To find out more, visit our website or join our mailing list.

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