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Towards a Psychology of Religion and the Environment: Obstacles and Opportunities
27 November 2025 @ 16:00 – 17:30
The Religious Studies Research Forum at Queen’s University Belfast exists to bring together academics at Queen’s and elsewhere with an interest in theology and religious studies. It organises an annual series of research seminars open to the public and the annual McCosh Lecture, featuring a leading scholar of religion, again aimed at a public audience.
This year their theme is religion and climate change. The series will include the following. For more information contact Dr Diarmid A Finnegan, d.finnegan@qub.ac.uk.
27 November, 4.15pm, 27 University Square, Room 01/003, Towards a Psychology of Religion and the Environment: Obstacles and Opportunities, Speaker: Dr Jesse Preston, University of Warwick
Thursday 4 December 2025 at 4.15pm, Geography Building/0G/033, QUB, Elmwood Avenue. Apocalyptic Conspiracism in the Time of Climate Crisis, Dr Tristan Sturm, QUB.
Thursday 4 December 2025 at 4.15pm, Geography Building/0G/033, QUB, Elmwood Avenue. Apocalyptic Conspiracism in the Time of Climate Crisis, Dr Tristan Sturm, QUB.
Thursday 22 January 2026 at 4.15pm, 27 University Square, Room 01/003. Sacred Worldviews and Climate Security in Africa: Case Studies from Mozambique and Zimbabwe, Dr Joram Tarusarira, University of Groningen.
Thursday 16 April 2026 at 4.15pm, 27 University Square, Room 01/003. A Theology of Climate Failure. Dr Bethany Sollereder, University of Oxford.
The McCosh Lecture. Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 2.30pm, Canada Room and Council Chamber, QUB. Professor Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy.