Good Relations Week 2026, taking place from 12th to 18th October, embraces ‘Include’ as its theme, recognising that stronger communities are built when everyone feels welcomed, valued and respected. This year’s campaign highlights the importance of inclusion, understanding and connection across all backgrounds, cultures and communities.
Chatty Café’s provide our community with the opportunity to come together and discuss a range of topics – gender equality, cost of living, climate change, education, biodiversity and much more.
On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction hear directly from Eliza Sthapit, National Director of Habitat Nepal. Learn about Habitat Nepal’s response to the August Flash Floods and how Habitat delivers from immediate emergency relief to long-term reconstruction. ReStore Lisburn Riverside Centre, BT27 5EA or Online
Panel discussion with Professor Farhana Sultana, co-directors of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action, Dr Amanda Slevin and Prof. John Barry, and members of the newly formed Climate Justice Universities Union, to discuss what is the role and responsibility of higher education and those who work within it, in responding to the planetary […]
Whose Loss Counts?: Climate Coloniality and the Politics of Evidence This lecture argues that epistemic injustice is itself one of those harms, and that the erasure of Indigenous and Global South knowledge systems from climate governance is structurally embedded in the colonial architectures of global environmental politics rather than incidental to them.
Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow. Forward-thinking solutions, combined with traditional knowledge and inclusive approaches, can help ensure that everyone has access to sufficient, diverse, safe, and nutritious foods, while safeguarding the planet for future generations.
This year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science, running from 17 October to 7 November, explores the theme “Money, Finance and the Cost of Living”, with a programme of events organised across Northern Ireland by Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, bringing social science research into conversations about the issues affecting our lives and communities.
From 20 to 24 October, GDD is back – a community-led festival happening online and in person around the world, all centred on #DoughnutEconomics.
Dr James Warnock (NIEA) addresses 3.2 Unit AS 2: Human Geography, Item 2(b) “Planning in Rural Environments, with reference to the Mournes.
This session will provide an introduction to climate change, carbon emissions and the journey to Net Zero.
Considering climate change in asset management for the water sector
As part of the Nature Towns and Cities project, we are hosting two free screenings of the People’s Emergency Briefing in the Banqueting Hall at Belfast City Hall on Tuesday 27 October. The briefing highlights possible solutions we can explore to create a safer, more resilient place for future generations. Each session will include the […]