Events

Upcoming Events

• Climate-centered faculty learning communities – Fri 17 July 12-1pm Eastern – a CJUU North American Branch flash talk with CSU Chico's Mark Stemen and University of Richmond's Mary Finley-Brook. Register here!
• Collective Action Town Hall. Thursday 23 July. ALL MEMBERS WELCOME. Join for an empowering discussion about collective action and organising. Contribute to strategies and structures within the Climate Justice Universities Union. Facilitated by John Barry and Jennie Stephens. 7pm Irish Time, 2pm EST, 11am Pacific Register Here!
• CJUU Book Club. Discussion of Imbolo Mbue's novel How Beautiful We Were. Tuesday September 1st, 19:00-20:30 Irish Time, 2-3:30 EST Register Here!
• AI-Free Teaching Tips and Strategies – Fri 21 Aug 12-1pm Eastern – a CJUU North America Flash Talk with Loyala-Marynount College's Amy Woodson-Boulton. Register here!
• Collective Action Town Hall. Thursday 10 September. Join for an empowering discussion about the power of collective action and organising. Learn more about the strategies and structures within the Climate Justice Universities Union. Facilitated by John Barry and Jennie Stephens. All welcome. 7pm Irish Time, 2pm EST, 11am Pacific. Registration details to follow.
• Climate and Democracy flash panel – Fri 18 Sept – with Environmental Voter Project's Shannon Seigal, Yale Climate Connection's Marija Veneer, and Brandeis University's Sabine von Mering. 12-1 pm Eastern, Register here!
• Climate Literacy Requirements ("Climate GEs") Flash Panel – Fri 16 Oct -- with University of California, San Diego's Adam Aron, University of California, Davis's Mark Huising, and San Francisco State University's Autumn Thoyre. 12-1 pm Eastern, Register here!
• The next CJUU All-Ireland Assembly will be hosted at Trinity College Dublin in December 2026. Registration details to follow.

Past events

• Climate Justice in Transition: Centering Equitable Solutions in a Shifting Policy Landscape. Thursday 25th of June. 2pm EST, 11am Pacific, 7pm Ireland. Hosted by Second Nature, this webinar featured the Climate Justice Universities Union with Jennie Stephens as a panelist.
• AI, Misogyny and Climate Justice. Wednesday 24th of June IN PERSON ONLY IN DUBLIN
• 28th of May AI, Misogyny and Climate Justice. Virtual workshop. All Union Gathering.
• 30th of April 2026 - Tech Justice and Practical Steps to Resist Big Tech.
• 19 of March 2026, AGM (Annual General Meeting). The Union held it's first AGM!
• 26 of Feb 2026 Launch of North American Branch of CJUU (Online)
• Feb 17th, 2026 Sustainable Food Systems — Climate Justice Universities Union All-Ireland Spring Meeting Location: Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Athlone Description: Sustainable Food Systems – What is the role of universities in making Ireland’s food system more sustainable?
• Dec 08th, 2025 Science in Resistance - The Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice, with Fernando Racimo
• Nov 25th, 2025 GLOBAL EVENT: Resisting GenAI and Big Tech in Higher Education
• 2025-11-19 What is to be Done in Responding to the Planetary Crisis? Workshop at Queen's University Belfast
• 2025-11-13 — GenAI and Big Tech in HE, Critical implications Location: South East Technical University (SETU) Carlow Campus. Description: Scrutinising the Uncrital Adoption of GenAI in Irish HE.
• 2025-03-07 — Spring in-person meeting at Maynooth University
  Location: Maynooth University
  Description: Building Collective Power for Feminist Climate Justice.
• 2025-01-23 — Launch of the Galway Branch of the Climate Justice Universities Union
  Location: Galway
  Description: A collaboration with University of Galway and ATU Galway.
• 2025-01-22 — Launch of the ATU Mayo Branch of the Climate Justice Universities Union
  Location: Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland
• 2024-12-13 — Virtual ‘Community Conversation’ Members Meeting
  Location: Online
• 2024-12-10 — Book launch event of Jennie Stephens’ Climate Justice and the University. Royal Irish Academy and Online.
  With Professors John Barry and Anna Davies. Recording
• 2024-11-21 — All-Ireland Meeting — University College Cork
  Location: University College Cork
• 2024-10-26 — “We are the University”: A People’s Assembly — Ecoversities Alliance ‘Re-imagining Education Conference 4.0’
  Location: Online
  Description: Online participatory conference session.
• 2024-10-18 — Virtual ‘Community Conversation’ Members Meeting
  Location: Online
• 2024-08-16 – 2024-08-17 — First Coordinating Team Meeting — Cloughjordan Ecovillage
  Location: Cloughjordan, Tipperary
  Description: Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary.
• 2024-05-30 — All-Ireland Meeting — Technological University Dublin
  Location: TU Dublin
• 2024-03-15 — All-Ireland Meeting — Queen’s University Belfast
  Location: Queen’s University Belfast
  Description: Organisers’ Report (PDF).
  Links: Organisers’ Report — QUB (PDF)

2023-11-03 — All-Ireland Meeting — University of Galway
Location: University of Galway
Description: Organisers’ Report (PDF).
Links: Winter 2023 Organisers’ Report — University of Galway (PDF)