Events
MRG will support four key actions to generate this community of researchers
- Public lectures
- Fieldtrip
- Seminar – the ‘future of Ireland’s Uplands’
- Networking and promotion
Public Lecture Series (Spring 2022)
Lectures will be held at 7pm on the following dates, with a Zoom link made available shortly.
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8 March 2022: (opens in a new window)Maggie Jackson (Trinty College Dublin). Dr Jackson is glaciologist working on climate change. |
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29 March 2022: (opens in a new window)Seth Campbell (Univ Maine, USA). Dr Campbell is a glaciologist with interests in ice cores, alpine education, climate activism. |
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5 April 2022: (opens in a new window)Ros Bryce (Perth UHI, Scotland). Dr Bryce is Director, Centre for Mountain Studies with a background in ecology and interests in the social dimensions of upland land use. |
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19 April 2022: (opens in a new window)Eugene Costello (UCC/Univ Stockholm). Dr Costello is an archaeologist and historian of upland rural landscapes. |
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3 May 2022: (opens in a new window)Sarah Speck (affiliated researcher GIUZ UZH, Zurich) is a human geographer with interests in ageing and migration in countries of the Global South, with a focus on the Hill Region of Nepal. |
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17 May 2022: (opens in a new window)Jonathan Westaway (University Central Lancashire, England). Dr Westaway a historian of mountaineering, mountain environments and imperial cultures of exploration. |
Fieldtrip
An interdisciplinary field trip for the public in the Dublin/Wicklow Mountains will take place in Summer 2022. The fieldtrip will have a virtual and long term component.
Seminar
A Future for Ireland’s Mountains
Description
The UCD Mountain Research Group (UCDMRG) would like to announce a one-day stakeholders forum: ‘A Future for Ireland’s Mountains’ and an accompanying field trip, which will be held at UCD on October 14th and 15th, respectively.
A Future for Ireland’s Mountainswill seek to bring together researchers and stakeholders, to encourage interdisciplinarity and cross-sectoral dialogue on pressing topics surrounding mountain landscapes and attendant policy decisions at the national level. This will include representation from the Irish Uplands Forum and Mountaineering Ireland, whom we already engaged in discussion with.
In addition to the one-day forum, we will also hold an excursion to view the mountain landscape with an interdisciplinary perspective. This time spent physically present in a mountain landscape will afford the opportunity for more informal discussions regarding pressing issues in the management, use and preservation of mountain landscapes.
Sign Up Details
To sign up for the event, register through our (opens in a new window)Eventbrite page. Tickets are free but limited. Sign up immediately!
Additional information will be forthcoming on the UCD MRG website as well as on (opens in a new window)Twitter @MountainResear1 and (opens in a new window)Instagram @ucdmrg.
If you are interested in receiving updates about the forum and field trip, please email (opens in a new window)UCD.MRG@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list.
Event Logistics
Public Forum: Friday, October 14th
Venue: Room A003, UCD Health Sciences Building
Timing: 11am-4pm, Fri 14th.
Car Parking: paid parking is available at UCD, but places may be limited: see UCD Estate Services (opens in a new window)Hourly Paid Parking
Lunch: Lunch will be in ‘Zone 5’ of O’Brien (outside of Pi). Lunch is provided!
Field Trip: Saturday, October 15th
Venue:Meet at (opens in a new window)Ticknock parking lot
Timing:10am-4pm. Meet at Ticknock parking lot
Car Parking:Parking is free in the Ticknock parking lot. Please use the car park facilties provided and do not block local resident’s access along the public road.