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Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All

Wednesday 8th January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00 (GMT)

This event is hosted by the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE) and the Centre for Higher Education Transformations (CHET).

Venue – Hybrid / School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square

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About the event

This event is part of the School of Education's Bristol Conversations in Education research seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public.

Speaker: Jennie C. Stephens (Professor of Climate Justice, ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland)

Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All

The new book by Jennie C Stephens, Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future for All (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024) is a radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice.

Amid the worsening climate crisis and intensifying inequities and injustices, higher education can play a powerful role in addressing the intersecting crises facing humanity. Institutions of higher education 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 Stephens reimagines the potential of higher education to advance human well-being and promote ecological health.