Join us for a discussion and book launch with author Jennie C. Stephens, Professor of Climate Justice (ICARUS) at Maynooth University.
In a conversation on change in higher education with Maynooth Green Campus.
Please, register on Eventbrite
Location: Renehan Hall, South Campus
Time: Monday 16th December 2024 at 3 pm
Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities, higher education can play a powerful role in addressing humanity's intersecting crises. Higher education institutions hold untapped potential to advance social justice and reduce climate injustices. However, universities are not yet structured to accelerate social change for the public good. In Climate Justice and the University, Jennie C. Stephens reimagines the potential of higher education to advance human well-being and promote ecological health.
Drawing on over thirty years of experience working on the climate crisis within higher education, Stephens offers a provocative and pathbreaking vision of how higher education can accelerate the shift toward more equitable, healthy, and stable futures for all. Building on a US and European context, she integrates examples from the innovative landscape of transformative education initiatives worldwide.
With climate chaos exacerbating instability of all kinds, reimagining the transformative power of higher education is hopeful and empowering. By inviting readers to collectively reimagine different priorities and structures within higher education, Stephens disrupts long-held assumptions about how universities advance learning and research, suggesting possibilities to shape a more equitable future for all.
Initial reviews of the book by President Michael D Higgins, Mary Robinson and other climate justice advocates are here on the publishers’ website.
Light refreshments will be served, and we will raffle some books. Get your copy signed by the author!
Maynooth Green Campus team is pleased to support Jennie's work.