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Frances Fahy

NUIG

Frances Fahy is Professor of Geography at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Prof Fahy is an environmental geographer and she has published more than > 80 publications including three edited volumes and numerous peer reviewed articles in journals such as Global Environmental Change, Area, Energy Policy, and Journal of Consumer Policy. Prof Fahy has coordinated > 20 funded research projects and is the coordinator and lead of the Horizon 2020 project, EnergyPROSPECTS (2021-2024). She is currently leading nine partners across Europe on this 3 million Euro social science research project which is exploring energy citizenship across Europe. In addition, Frances is the lead social scientist on the H2020 CAMPAIGNers project examining sustainable lifestyles across Europe (2021-24) and she is leading the Irish research team on the European JCI-SOLTICE CCC-CATAPULT project, investigating young people's relationship with climate change.  Prof Fahy previously served as Head of Geography at NUI Galway (2014-2017) and is the past President of the Geographical Society of Ireland (2012-2014) and a past Chair of the Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG) of the Royal Geographical Society (2007-2012). Frances was the recipient of the 2013-14 Fulbright Scholar Award and travelled to the US to conduct research on: Communicating Sustainability Research – Challenges, Opportunities and Dissemination Strategies. Prof Fahy is the Vice-Chair for the International Geographical Union Congress 2024 ‘Bridging a World of Difference’. 

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