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Jennie C Stephens
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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). .. more

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Jennie C. Stephens is an academic researcher, professor, author, and social justice advocate. She is Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also affiliated with the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the department of Cultures, Societies & Global Studies. .. more

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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Aug 19
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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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 5
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jul 16
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jun 29
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
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jun 4
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · May 14
Advancing climate justice requires resisting technocratic false solutions like solar geoengineering. Join me by endorsing the international non-use agreement on solar geoengineering
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Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement @solargeoeng.bsky.social · May 14
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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Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement @solargeoeng.bsky.social · May 14
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · May 11
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · May 1
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Apr 8
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Mar 27
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Mar 12
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

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Project MUSE - Climate Justice and the University
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Feb 25
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...
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Feb 25
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Feb 12
Join us at Maynooth University 7th of March as we build collective power for feminist climate justice! Register here! www.climatejusticeuniversitiesunion.org/events-1
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 27
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 21
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 19
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
Homepage - Design Leaders Conference
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 17
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 9
“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...
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?
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 7
Thank you @kirbypeadar.bsky.social for your enthusiastic response to my new book Climate Justice and the University @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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kirbypeadar.bsky.social @kirbypeadar.bsky.social · Dec 28
Brilliant book by @jenniecstephens.bsky.social
Powerful critique of how universities have become for-profit companies legitimising our unequal fossil fuel capitalist order. Provides radical but hopeful proposals. Must read for all university staff and policy makers. Will shock students
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Jan 7
Thanks to @insidehighered.com for covering my new book - Climate Justice and the University. With climate injustices getting worse, the public good mission of our universities can be reclaimed for transformative change and better futures for all. www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
New book envisions colleges dedicated to Earth's well-being
Drawing on 30 years of experience researching climate, Jennie C. Stephens argues that modern universities are systematically unequipped to fight climate change.
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kirbypeadar.bsky.social @kirbypeadar.bsky.social · Dec 28
Brilliant book by @jenniecstephens.bsky.social
Powerful critique of how universities have become for-profit companies legitimising our unequal fossil fuel capitalist order. Provides radical but hopeful proposals. Must read for all university staff and policy makers. Will shock students
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Dec 20
Our research is mentioned (and I’m quoted) in this excellent coverage on the growing trend of corporate capture of universities - when publicly funded higher-ed institutions are used to advance profit-seeking private sector interests. amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: how a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Dec 14
Inspiring week of events on my new book Climate Justice and the University. First in Dublin RIA then, then Leeds U, University College Cork, & Atlantic Technological University
Recording of Dublin event here
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Books can be ordered at all booksellers
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Mary Mulvey @ecoireland.bsky.social · Dec 10
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Congratulations nice to be at Hybrid Launch # lessons of Hurricane Katherina 1995.Climate Crisis & Polycrisis @maynoothuni.bsky.social
Love looking at mission statement _ rare find good tourism one
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The Climate Alarm Clock @climatealarmclock.bsky.social · Dec 4
New special episode today!

Darragh goes to Cork to find out about climate justice in universities and has a great chat with the irrepressible @profjohnbarry.bsky.social and @jenniecstephens.bsky.social who are working to transform higher education!

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · Dec 4
The first major study on the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and higher education. Work from CSSN scholars S. Hiltner, E. Eaton, @andyjsc.bsky.social, @jenniecstephens.bsky.social, @drnoelhealy.bsky.social, and @geoffreysupran.bsky.social featured: universitytimes.ie/2024/12/clim...
Climate Education and Collective Action Could Spare Higher Education from the Fossil Fuel Industry
A research study reveals the influence of the fossil fuel industry in higher education.
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The Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd (OPP) @oxfordpublicity.bsky.social · Dec 4
Attending #SRHE Society for Research into Higher Education Conference in Nottingham? Look out for @jenniecstephens.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social major new book 'Climate Justice and the University'.

A radical exploration of how #highereducation can advance transformative #climatejustice.
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Nov 25
Disappointing to see this “academic capture” with @TCD aligning their climate agenda with a bank despite research revealing the greenwashing climate obstruction of industry funding universities. The dangers of this is a focus of my new book Climate Justice & the University www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
AIB commits €10m investment to AIB Trinity Climate Hub
The AIB Trinity Climate Hub will bring researchers together to address challenges around maintaining a stable and liveable climate, securing biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature,...
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