Would you like to play a role in UCC's participation in the UNIC European University Alliance? The UNIC UCC Office is seeking up to twelve voluntary Student Ambassadors for the 2026/27 academic year.

UNIC staff and students are invited to attend the guest lecture on Monday, October 5th at 5PM titled "Sustainability and Regenerative Education in Public Schools in Brazil - Exploring Synergies" by Professor Rafael Nogueira Costa - a researcher at the Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

On September 14th, the EU Presidency associated Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Ireland event "Climate, Migration, Refugees and the SDGs: Leaving No One Behind" was held at UCC in partnership with the UNIC European University Alliance and UCC Collective Social Futures Institute.

Professor Ed Byrne of the School of Engineering and Architecture and Principal Investigator of the 'Deep Societal Innovation for Sustainability and Human Flourishing (DSIS)' project at the Sustainability Institute UCC attended the UNIC International Scientific Conference on 'Sustainable Development and Other Paradigms and Concepts in the Context of Contemporary Civilizational Trends - Global and Local Dimensions' held at University of Łódz from 10-11 September 2026. 

Ed delivered a keynote titled "The Sustainable Development Paradigm Misalignment? From Environmental Crisis to Climate Crisis to Polycrisis to Metacrisis". 

Still time to submit your paper for the 3rd UNIC Thematic Conference under the theme 'Entrepreneurial learning, arts and creativity for inclusive and sustainable urban futures': the deadline for submissions has been extended until 30th Sept 2026. 

UNIC has launched the latest round of two awards, the Thematic Lines Best Paper Award and Thematic Lines CityLabs Award 2027. UCC staff are encouraged to apply.

Join us for a 90-minute discussion on the links between climate change, migration, forced displacement, human rights, security, and sustainable development - hosted by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and held at UCC on September 14 at 14.00 Irish time and available via livestream across the UNIC network.