Congrats to Assistant Prof. @lindafoxrogers.bsky.social, on the REMARC project research, published by EPA Research. The project explored the barriers to septic tank remediation through the perspectives of households, as well as local authority officials. #UCD #TUD #UCC www.epa.ie/publications...

Congrats to Assistant Prof. @lindafoxrogers.bsky.social, on the latest REMARC project research, published by EPA Research. The project explored the barriers to septic tank remediation through the perspectives of households, as well as local authority officials. #UCD #TUD #UCC lnkd.in/dwD9iyPp

Well done to Weike Li, Prof. Gianni Talamini, Mucong Li, and Assistant Prof. Caterina Villani (UCD APEP) for their latest publication in Travel Behaviour and Society, which examines station–city integration across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen...

Interested in a career as a professional planning practitioner? Applications are now open and filling up fast for UCD EngArch 1-year Masters of Regional and Urban Planning Programme (MRUP). How to apply below 👇 #planning #masters #ucdplanning www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmD...

Interested in a career as a professional planning practitioner? Applications are now open and filling up fast for UCD EngArch 1-year Masters of Regional and Urban Planning Programme (MRUP). How to apply below 👇 #planning #masters #ucdplanning www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmD...

Well done to Weike Li, Prof. Gianni Talamini, Mucong Li, and Assistant Prof. Caterina Villani (UCD APEP) for their latest publication in Travel Behaviour and Society, which examines station–city integration across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen...

Last Thursday, 5 March, UCD Library had the pleasure of welcoming Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned economist and professor at Columbia University. Sachs was at UCD to speak about sustainability and has an interest in the role and work of libraries in championing UN sustainable development goals.

ICLEI's 5 principles to guide a #JustTransition in your community! Our new resource supports cities and regions to deliver just outcomes across every phase of their climate action journey. Download now 👉 iclei.org/e-library/pe...

Published today: Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning by Daniel Galland, @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social and @drjwharrison.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @regstud.bsky.social gawc.lboro.ac.uk/new-book-reg...

🌟 Registration is now open for #RSA26 🌟 Join the RSA community in Gothenburg in June. 🔶 Regions as Arenas in a Changing World: Rethinking Spatial Theories 📆 15-18 June 2026 To benefit from the early bird rate, register by 31st March 🔗 bit.ly/4atPUlH 😊 🔁

Many thanks to Asst Prof Ítalo Sousa de Sena @ucdengarch.bsky.social for his presentation last Friday on 'Game-based approaches for Citizen Participation in Research' as part of the UCD #CitizenScience Community of Practice. @craft Find out more & view his presentation at buff.ly/QfB07kO

How are we doing? Dublin City Council wants to hear your views through our Citizen Sentiment Survey. Your feedback will help track progress as we deliver on the Corporate Plan over the coming years. 👉 Share your thoughts: https://engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projects/citizen-sentiment-survey

Reminder! There will be two Information Events during the consultation period for The Chapelizod Road & Conyngham Road Active Travel Scheme.   Click here to have your say: https://f.mtr.cool/uvzlgkotuy #ActiveTravelNetwork

Join Dr Ítalo de Sena on Friday for a look at games & how they can serve as rigorous methods for #CitizenScience. There will be time for Q&A and to play a board game! 📆27 Feb 10.30-12.30 📍Link 3, James Joyce Library (& online via Zoom) Details & register➡️ buff.ly/F1SsinN @ucdcs.bsky.social

⏰ FINAL REMINDER: Urban Urgencies Call There is still time to apply for our new grant supporting rapid-response, collaborative research on the most pressing urban challenges—from the climate crisis to AI and housing. 🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC) Don't miss out! 🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz

Have your say in shaping Dublin’s future over the next five years — informed by voices across the city. Take our Citizen Sentiment Survey and help us understand how we are performing and where we can improve. 🔗 Take the survey: https://engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projects/citizen-sentiment-survey

🌟The abstract portal is open for our 2026 Student and Early Career Conference 🌟 🔶 Emergent Directions in Regional Research 📆 3-4 September 2026 🌍 Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK For detailed information and to view the call for papers: 🔗 bit.ly/4kJkYBh 😊 🔁

Europe's resilience starts with local adaptation planning. Our latest issue of iNews, ICLEI’s global newsletter, is now out. Read our updates 📨 mailchi.mp/iclei.org/in...

✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨ ⏳ Deadline: 19th February For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH Join the RSA community in Gothenburg ➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World 📆 15-18 June 2026 😀🔄

Fingal County Council celebrated the official opening of the Ongar Barnhill Road, Dublin 15, a major strategic investment that unlocks housing potential, boosts sustainable transport & delivers stronger, efficient connections throughout the area. #fingal #roads #ongar #barrnhill #dublin15 #housing

Confused by how exactly the planning system can support nature recovery? You're not the only one. This blog provides insights from 4 focus groups with planning & ecology practitioners involved in local government, national policy and the development & biodiversity sectors:

Dublin City Council has published the pre‑planning design for #GrowCollegeGreen. The updated design creates a safer, greener&more accessible public space–shaped by thousands of submissions and extensive engagement since 2024. Open until 11 March 2026. Have your say→ engage.dublincity.ie

UCD researchers from the #REALLOCATE project have developed an innovative way to allow children to meaningfully contribute to traffic safety and urban-design decisions in their neighbourhood using #Minecraft. ➡️Read the case study here: lnkd.in/dtEb2DPJ youtu.be/lb3KzFfAqQI

Join Dr Ítalo de Sena @ucdengarch.bsky.social for a look at games & how they can serve as rigorous methods for #CitizenScience. There will be time for Q&A and to play a board game! 📆27 Feb 10.30-12.30 📍Link 3, James Joyce Library (& online via Zoom) Details & register➡️ buff.ly/pkcDCNe

Flooding is stabilising and clean‑up is underway. Some roads remain closed—avoid floodwater and follow local authority updates. Govt supports are available for affected homes, businesses and communities. More info: gov.ie/FloodResponse

🌊✋ Is the planning system broken, or is the solution to flooding less engineering and more nature-based? UCD Assistant Professor Fiachra O'Loughlin of @ucdengarch.bsky.social joins @thejournal.ie The Explainer podcast to discuss flood defences and the devastation caused by recent storms.

Join Dr Ítalo de Sena @ucdengarch.bsky.social for a look at games & how they can serve as rigorous methods for #CitizenScience. There will be time for Q&A and to play a board game! 📆27 Feb 10.30-12.30 📍Link 3, James Joyce Library (& online via Zoom) Details & register➡️ forms.gle/cZhNbRNF4TZ2...

Worth checking out: €466.7 million is available under Horizon Europe’s 2026-2027 Cluster 5 Work Programme to support research and innovation projects in #Climate, #Energy and #Mobility. Deadlines stretching into March and April 2026. #HorizonEU cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...

Worth checking out: €466.7 million is available under Horizon Europe’s 2026-2027 Cluster 5 Work Programme to support research and innovation projects in #Climate, #Energy and #Mobility. Deadlines stretching into March and April 2026. #HorizonEU cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...

Check out the REALLOCATE featured in the new Social Innovation Mission Facility (SIMF) publication, which highlights how #CoCreation and participatory tools can support #InclusivePlanning in practice. simissionfacility.eu/publication-...

Check out the REALLOCATE featured in the new Social Innovation Mission Facility (SIMF) publication, which highlights how #CoCreation and participatory tools can support #InclusivePlanning in practice. simissionfacility.eu/publication-...

The historic Skerries Carnegie Library has officially reopened following a major €8.9 million restoration and redevelopment project. Watch the video here youtu.be/Y9DELRJvgPI Find out more at www.fingal.ie/news/skerries-carnegie-library-reopens-after-eu89-transformation-quadrupling-size

Read this article in @irishtimes.com by @briancaulfield.bsky.social Prof in Transportation @tcddublin.bsky.social and member of the RIA's Climate Change and Environmental Sciences committee, which looks at how the aftermath of storm Chandra ‘has shown that our infrastructure is not fit for purpose’.

Check out PEP's Prof. Mark Scott's ( @markscott-ucd.bsky.social ) collaboration with Menelaos Gkartzios and Prof. Nick Gallent on this Viewpoint article in Town Planning Review, reflecting on Abercrombie’s seminal rural planning work. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Check out PEP's Prof. Mark Scott's ( @markscott-ucd.bsky.social ) collaboration with Menelaos Gkartzios and Prof. Nick Gallent on this Viewpoint article in Town Planning Review, reflecting on Abercrombie’s seminal rural planning work. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Fingal County Council has welcomed a major investment in active travel, with funding now confirmed for key walking, cycling and public realm projects across the county. Mayor Cllr Tom O’Leary outlines the key projects. Find out more at www.fingal.ie/news/eu331m-funding-approved-active-travel-fingal

Interesting, food for thought, does "reverting" to an original historic plan inherently create a safer and better public space, or are there other critical design principles to consider? #MountjoySquare #UrbanRegeneration www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

📢 Call for Papers Commodification & Resistances in Land and Housing 📍 PUCP, Lima | 🗓️ 14–16 Oct 2026 🌍 Global North–South dialogue #USFSeminarSeriesAwards–funded event ⏰ Deadline: Feb 1 🔗 ow.ly/XTUF50XZtsQ #UrbanStudies #HousingJustice #LandCommodification #CFP

With one month left to nominate for the #UrbanismAwards, where are the places you think the AoU should be learning from? If you need some inspiration, head to theaou.org/2Qs and when you're ready to nominate, visit theaou.org/nominate

The best way to create world class streets is to start with world class sidewalks. Sidewalks are the foundation of what make cities affordable, accessible, and loved. Our resource guide: www.sociallifeproject.org/sidewalk_res... by Fred Kent & @drtpanova.bsky.social #UrbanDesign #Placemaking

New year, new procurement? Maybe not everywhere on the calendar, but across cities in Europe, public procurement is clearly being rethought. foodclic.eu/news/why-pub...

The 7th Guangzhou Award is now open for submissions, inviting cities and regions worldwide to showcase innovative approaches to urban governance and sustainable development. Apply by 30 April 2026, with an early submission window until 31 March 2026. www.guangzhouaward.org/p/the7th?lan...

The abstract for a roundtable on "Youth participation and the city: From epistemic justice to prefigurative planning" has been accepted for #AESOP2026 in Helsinki. Congrats to Dr. Caterina Villani (UCD), who is co-convening the session with Dr. Francesca Ranalli (Utrecht University). #UCDPlanning

The abstract for a roundtable on "Youth participation and the city: From epistemic justice to prefigurative planning" has been accepted for #AESOP2026 in Helsinki. Congrats to Dr. Caterina Villani (UCD), who is co-convening the session with Dr. Francesca Ranalli (Utrecht University). #UCDPlanning

🌟 New RSA blog: The Human Flourishing Geographic Index (HFGI) offers a new way to study regions—tracking happiness, belonging, purpose, and well-being at fine spatial and temporal scales across the U.S. By Stefano Iacus & Devika Jain 🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

🎄✨ Happy Nollaig na mBan! Each January 6, Women’s Christmas traditionally recognised the work of women during the festive period. On this day, men took on the household work, giving women the space to rest and spend time together. #nollaignamban #womenschristmas

#12DaysofIrishResearch: Dolphin House, Dublin’s largest public housing complex, is undergoing regeneration. Dr Joe Whelan (@tcddublin) is documenting life in the flats and how change is experienced using arts-based techniques. Funded under New Foundations:https://pulse.ly/uexy3qulwm

Fixing South Kerry's depopulation problem An alarming drop in the number of children in South Kerry is running counter to the population rise elsewhere, and it's all down to housing policy” ..my piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social today www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

As the UK faces more heatwaves, heavier rainfall & rising insurance pressures linked to climate change, the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social & TCPA have published a suite of guidance to help local authorities consider #climate impacts in all #planning decisions. View the topic resources: shorturl.at/fsz1r

Ireland is an outlier for houses. We need more three storey medium-density terraced housing as an alternative to semi-Ds or apartments. Here are examples from John Dobbins, and Amsterdam. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...