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  • Dr
    Darren
    Clarke

    Primary Department
    School of History and Geography
    Role
    Chair: BA in Climate & Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor in Climate and Environmental Change
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    Phone number:
    01 700
    9124
    Campus
    St Patrick's Campus
    Room Number
    SPD D307

    Academic biography

    Darren Clarke is an Environmental Geographer whose research spans topics including Global Environmental Change, Climate Change, Environmental Policy and Governance, Adaptation, Social Vulnerability and Environmental Psychology. He has experience in teaching both physical and human geography modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is the current Chair of the BA in Climate & Environmental Sustainability programme.

    His research focuses on the dynamics of adaptation as a social and governance issue and how transformation of vulnerable communities can be facilitated in adapting to external shocks, with a particular emphasis on understanding climate change/environmental change and its impacts on social behaviour and actions. His research to-date has focused on transformative change, which is recognised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a crucial strategy if societies are to respond to climate change in a sustainable and equitable manner.

    His interests are therefore at the forefront of global environmental change discussions. 大发体育在线_大发体育-投注|官网over, given the diversity of fields which his research addresses, it is inherently interdisciplinary in nature. 

    Research interests

    Climate change policy and governance

    Climate adaptation

    Environmental psychology

    Transformative change

    Flood risk management

    Climate change and society

    Transport sustainability