Africa, Ireland and UCD: Working together to address global sustainability challenges - Call for Presentations & Posters

Call for Presentations and Posters!

Africa, Ireland and UCD: Working together to address global sustainability challenges
Thursday 22 May 12:30-5:30, followed by reception

Venue: O'Brien Centre for Science, UCD

Hosted by UCD Earth Institute and UCD Office of Global Engagement.

UCD’s Africa Engagement Strategy 2023-2028 was published last year, establishing Africa as a priority region and committing the university to deepening its research, scholarship and innovation engagement with the continent. This ambition will be achieved through the development of meaningful and equitable relationships with scholars and institutions from across the continent of Africa, as well as leveraging the broad range of existing partnerships. 

UCD is among the Irish Higher Education Institutions most actively engaged with Africa and with African partners, based on student population, educational initiatives, and research collaborations. However, this engagement is often siloed within different academic disciplines, limiting a more cohesive approach that fully reflects Africa’s global significance and the potential for impactful research partnerships.

In this context, interdisciplinary sustainability, climate and environmental research that tackles urgent global and interconnected challenges is a critical priority.  The aims of this event are to connect researchers across UCD who engage with Africa in these areas, engage with the wider political, policy and funding context for these activities, and to build capacity for future initiatives. We hope that the legacy of the event will be a UCD network for sustainability research in Africa and an agenda for future collaborations and partnerships in this area.

The first session in this event will showcase environmental, climate and sustainability researchers across multiple disciplines in UCD who work with African partners or whose research is centred on African contexts. It will create a space to share research and explore intersections, synergies and opportunities to collaborate.  

Full details of the event including programme and registration can be found here. 

Call for research presentations and posters

We are currently inviting submissions for the first session:  environmental, climate and sustainability researchers across multiple disciplines in UCD who work with African partners or whose research is centred on African contexts.  

Presentations must be 1-slide and five minutes in length, outlining your current or recent research project related to Africa. Please include information on the research project and its aims, where it took place and local partners you worked with, challenges faced as well as any outcomes. 

Posters must be A0 in size and will be mounted in the Science Centre for display during the event. 

The (opens in a new window)call for submissions closed on Wednesday 30 April, 5pm but we may be able to accommodate late submissions - please email (opens in a new window)caitriona.devery@ucd.ie if you would like to present a poster or slide.

Final presentations will be required by Friday 16 May, 5pm. Posters must be brought to the venue on the morning of the event.