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About Urban Climate Collab

Urban Climate Collab is a research project aiming to investigate and strengthen collaborations between universities and municipalities when working together to achieve climate action in cities. City contexts have a key role to play in addressing sustainability challenges. For many urban residents, climate action and sustainability can act as a vehicle to achieve their own local objectives in relation to health, equity, wellbeing, safety, and resilience. City-University partnerships can help to support such objectives whilst also working towards meeting the international and national policy targets which are in place. While taking an international approach to investigate city-university partnerships, Urban Climate Collab will also work directly within our local context, partnering with Cork City Council. Providing relevant findings in relation to achieving action and impact hold importance in the context of Cork City, with the city acting as an EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart City, seeking to achieve decarbonisation by 2030. 

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05 May 2026

Urban Climate Collab Featured at UNIC Lightning Bites

Within the UNIC Lightning Bites Series, speakers are invited to share concrete insights and examples of engaged research that is driving meaningful change in post‑industrial cities. The event featured short, focused online talks from a diversity of perspectives, highlighting key challenges, opportunities, and emerging directions in engaged research. Engaged research is a collaborative approach where researchers partner with community members, stakeholders, or end-users throughout the entire research lifecycle. It aims to address real-world, complex societal issues by integrating diverse perspectives and generating knowledge that is relevant, useful, and meaningful to the communities involved.
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26 Mar 2026

ENGAGED presented and explored at UCC workshop

ENGAGED is a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland between now and 2030. This workshop, hosted by UCC, explored the different elements of the roadmap to enhance engaged processes across universities in Ireland. Access the ENGAGED roadmap here
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23 Feb 2026

Energy West, Galway- Community Visioning and Community Action

Energy West hosting an event in the Portershed, Galway, exploring community visioning and energy transitions. Invited panellists, including Evan Boyle, provided insights from around Ireland. A summary is provided below:  
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15 Oct 2025

UNIC Autumn School on Sustainability Leadership at UCC

Monday 13th - Friday 17th October 2025: International Sustainability Autumn School at University College Cork. This Erasmus+ funded programme brought together postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and academics from across Europe to explore what it means to be a sustainability leader in today’s rapidly changing world with a presentation from Dr. Evan Boyle on transdisciplinary approaches to collaboration. 
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