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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 · 5d
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · 5d
Yes it will be recorded!

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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · 11d
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Ireland’s new climate justice President
Catherine Connolly won over 63% of the vote because she effectively linked many different climate justice issues to a vision of a better future and a unified Ireland, writes Jennie C Stephens, Profess...
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Irish Legal News @irishlegal.com · 14d
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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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · 18d
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

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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Oct 18
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!
cssn.org Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · Oct 14
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...

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · Oct 14
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...

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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · Oct 13
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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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
solargeoeng.bsky.social 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
www.oxfamireland.org/ground-up-cl...

📍Where? University College Cork, Devere Hall
#groundup25

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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

muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
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...
calendar.mit.edu

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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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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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