Jennie C Stephens
@jenniecstephens.bsky.social
Climate justice scholar activist feminist. Professor of Climate Justice. Maynooth University Ireland. Author of Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future’s for All (Johns Hopkins University Press 2024).
Honoured to meet President Catherine Connolly at a climate event today at An Taisce in Dublin & present on transformative climate justice. Inspired that she referred to my recent article on #climatejustice in the Irish Examiner.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Honoured to meet President Catherine Connolly at a climate event today at An Taisce in Dublin & present on transformative climate justice. Inspired that she referred to my recent article on #climatejustice in the Irish Examiner.
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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'
'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'
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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'
'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
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4qE27dB co-sponsored by the @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social and the Campus Climate Network
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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
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!
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join us Tuesday 21 Oct for panel discussion on Climate Justice Research for Transformative Action. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/geography/ev...
Register to join us in person or online: forms.office.com/e/G9ktW4J9iF
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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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August 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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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
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 ...
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July 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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
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Wed July 2nd 9am EST, 2pm Ireland
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June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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
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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June 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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
Prof. Jennie Stephens, Professor of Climate Justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, on why she signed the Open Letter calling for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering 💬
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May 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Advancing climate justice requires resisting technocratic false solutions like solar geoengineering. Join me by endorsing the international non-use agreement on solar geoengineering
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...
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.
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May 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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...
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...
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
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May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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I’ll be discussing feminist climate justice collective action on a panel Friday morning.
Register now
www.oxfamireland.org/ground-up-cl...
📍Where? University College Cork, Devere Hall
#groundup25
April 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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
www.oxfamireland.org/ground-up-cl...
📍Where? University College Cork, Devere Hall
#groundup25
I’ll be discussing feminist climate justice collective action on a panel Friday morning.
Register now
www.oxfamireland.org/ground-up-cl...
📍Where? University College Cork, Devere Hall
#groundup25
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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March 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
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Project MUSE - Climate Justice and the University
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March 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
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...
February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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...
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...
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…
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February 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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
February 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Join us at Maynooth University 7th of March as we build collective power for feminist climate justice! Register here! www.climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/events-1
Reposted by Jennie C Stephens
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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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...
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...
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January 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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...
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...
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
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January 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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...
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
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January 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
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...
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...
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January 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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...
“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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@hopkinspress.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/clima...
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?
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“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
@hopkinspress.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/clima...
@hopkinspress.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/clima...