Dublin City University was founded in 1981 and comprises over 17,500 students including over 2600 postgraduate students. DCU is Ireland’s most innovative and fastest growing university, and delivers more than 200 programmes across five faculties. Excellence in DCU education and research has led to the University being consistently ranked among the top young universities globally, appearing in the 2021 QS Top 70 under 50, and 2020 Times Higher Young University Top 150. Nationally, DCU has been named Sunday Times ‘University of the Year’ three times (2004, 2010, 2021). The DCU Centre for Climate and Society brings perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and cognate disciplines to bear on the challenge of climate change. The Centre is engaged in a range of research and outreach on the climate emergency. The Centre collaborates with civil society, policymakers, local authorities, communities, and educators at multiple levels of governance on ways to strengthen governance and foster public engagement with this issue.
