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Conference Paper / Proceedings

Conference Paper / Proceedings nos hemos escondido, we have hidden ourselves, Festival of Social Science 2024

Nos hemos escondido: we have hidden ourselves

Conference presentation at the Collective Social Futures, Festival of Social Science, 25/26 November 2024 UCC More details Read publication

Journal Article

Journal Article Global Transformation, Cultural Transformation, social Institutions, Change, societal change 2024

Conceptualising Global Cultural Transformation: Developing Deep Institutional Scenarios for Whole of Society Change

This paper aims to contribute to current efforts to improve methodologies to find more ambitious and integrated strategies to jointly pursue the Paris climate target and other Sustainable Development Goals. More details Read publication

Journal Article

Journal Article institutional imagination, societal challenges, Europe 2024

Unlocking institutional imagination: Building institutional capacity to address societal challenges – the case of European missions

This article contains the keynote address given by Wolfgang Polt at the Futures Forum conference on ‘Transformative Change: Unlocking Institutional Imagination’ that took place at Maynooth University on 4 April 2024, with responses from Maggie O’Neill, and Seán Ó Riain, and reflections from Ruth Freeman, Gerry Clabby, and Seán Ó Foghlú. The session was chaired by Ian Hughes. More details Read publication

Journal Article

Journal Article Western tradition, Christian tradition, indigenous worldviews, narratives, paradigmatic transformation 2024

Traditional and Contemporary Eco-cosmologies Within Western and Christian Traditions: Green Shoots for Integral and Integrative Sustainability Transformation

This article traces persistent and important counter-narratives within Western and Christian traditions, which correlate more closely with many indigenous worldviews from across the globe than with dominant narratives from across these traditions. More details Read publication

Conference Paper / Proceedings

Conference Paper / Proceedings Conceptualising, whole-of-society transformation, Deep Institutional Innovation, Sustainability, Human Flourishing 2025

Conceptualising whole-of-society transformation

The model of Deep Institutional Innovation for Sustainability and Human Flourishing. Presented at the 16th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Lisbon, 24-26 June 2025 More details Read publication

Conference Paper / Proceedings

Conference Paper / Proceedings poetics, epistemology, rhizome, arts-based practices, critical phenomenology 2025

Poetics and the Environment - Portals into perception: Knowing with a poetic mind

Conference Paper "Portals into perception: Knowing with a poetic mind" presented at UCC CACSSS Postgraduate Research Conference, University College Cork. 20-21 Feb. 2025 More details Read publication

Report

Report climate Change, Security, Defence,Global Leadership, Ireland, Defence Forces 2025

Defence Forces Review 2024 - Climate Change, Security, and Defence — A Global Leadership Role for Ireland

Ian Hughes and Richard Wood contributed "Climate Change, Security, and Defence — A Global Leadership Role for Ireland" to the Defence Forces Review 2024 (pp. 65-72.) More details Read publication

Deep Societal Innovation for Sustainability and Human Flourishing

Sustainability Institute, Ellen Hutchins Building, University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork, Ireland T23 XE10 ,

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