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Consensus - Project Team

From left to right: Dr Frances Fahy (NUIG), Prof Dr Anna Davies (TCD), Mr Kevin Woods (EPA), Dr Henrike Rau (NUIG), Dr Jessica Pape (TCD). Picture taken at the first EPA Consensus Meeting at Trinity College Dublin, April 2009.

 

Prof. Dr. Anna Davies (Principal Investigator)

Department of Geography
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Email: daviesatcd.ie

Prof. Anna Davies works on the interface of physical and human geography examining the formation and implementation of environmental policy. She has been working in the environmental field for the past ten years. Following completion of her PhD at the University of Cambridge, Anna conducted post-doctoral research on sustainable communities with the Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies in Cambridge. Issues of environ­mental awareness, environmental action and community capacity building were the central components of this research. In 1999 Anna was appointed as a lecturer in environmental geography at King's College London where she maintained her research interest in the areas of environmental policy, politics and values. In 2000 she was awarded a fellowship from The Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, in New York, to work with their project ’Understanding Values’: the role of values and the environment in the US, China, Japan and India. Anna joined the Department of Geography in Trinity College Dublin in September 2001 and was awarded a Research Fellowship by the IRCHSS in 2005. She became Associate Professor in 2007. During her time at Trinity has worked on a range of projects with the common theme of environmental governance with attention to the sectors of climate change, biodiversity, waste, urban sustainability and sustainability enterprise and themes of environmental risk and environmental justice. Further details of current projects can be found on the research pages of the School of Natural Sciences ( http://www.naturalscience.tcd.ie/governance.php).

Anna’s research interests include environmental governance, environmental politics and planning, environmental justice, values and valuation, environmental education and sustainable development.

Staff page: http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/GeographyWebsite/Staff_Pages/AD_01.php

Dr. Frances Fahy (Project Manager)

School of Geography and Archaeology
NUI, Galway
Ireland

Email: frances.fahynuigalway.ie

Dr Frances Fahy is a lecturer in Environmental Geography at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She completed her Geography and Sociology degree (1997-2001) and Ph.D. (2001-2005) in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin. Frances formerly worked as an EPA Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Geography NUI, Galway (2005-2007) and as a lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Environmental Sciences in University of Ulster (2007-2008) before joining the School of Geography and Archaeology in November 2008. Frances’ primary research interests are in the field of environmental planning and sustainability, specifically the social and cultural consequences of environmental change. As an active researcher and lecturer in human geography and environmental planning Frances’ main expertise and research interests include: socio-environment interaction; urban environments; waste management policy and planning; LA21 and planning at all scales; environmental planning including EIA and SEA; sustainable development; environmental governance; sustainable communities; quality of life; sustainability tools including indicators and community mapping; and research methods.

Staff page: http://www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/fahy.html

Dr. Henrike Rau

School of Political Science and Sociology
NUI, Galway
Ireland

Email: henrike.raunuigalway.ie

Dr Henrike Rau is a lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her current research activities focus on socio-cultural and environmental con­sequences of increased physical mobility, alternative modes of transport (including virtual mobility tools) and sustainable transport options in urban and rural areas. Other research interests include sustainability research in the social sciences, social research methods and cultural diversity and cross-cultural research. Henrike’s recent publications include the edited collection Environmental Argument and Cultural Difference: Locations, Fractures, and Deliberations (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008, co-edited with Ricca Edmondson) as well as peer-reviewed book chapters and journal articles on transport and mobility issues. Most recently, Henrike has participated in a successful bid for EPA funding for a large-scale collaborative research project on consumption, environment and sustainability (CON­SEN­SUS). This project will run from January 2009 until December 2012 and includes a work package on transport and the ’sustainable consumption of distance’ lead by Henrike. She is also the convenor of the Governance and Sustainable Development research cluster in the School of Political Science and Sociology and a founding member of the Sustainability Research Network Ireland (SRNI). Henrike spent the first part of her sabbatical leave in 2008-9 as a visiting academic at the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna (Austria).

Staff page: http://www.nuigalway.ie/soc/staff/Rau/index.html

Dr. Jessica Pape (Project Coordinator)

School of Geography and Archaeology
NUI, Galway
Ireland

Email: consensusnuigalway.ie

Dr. Jessica Pape is a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She completed her master and PhD at the department of politics and public manage­ment at the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 2009. Jessica was working as a research fellow in an interdisciplinary and international research project on environmental policy con­vergence in Europe and the OECD (ENVIPOLCON) from 2003-2006, which explored the impact of international trade and institutions on environmental policy convergence in 21 OECD countries. Building on extensive expert surveys and case studies conducted in this project, Jessica explored in her PhD the environmental performance of France and the Netherlands in the field of water quality policies in the time period 1970-2005 by analyzing the impact of national regulatory styles on instrument design and implementation procedures in the two countries. Jessica’s primary research interests are in the field of environmental policy, sustainable development, implementation theories, public opinion, European Union and International Relations.

Staff page: http://www.tcd.ie/Geography/GeographyWebsite/Staff_Pages/ResearchStaff/JessicaPape.php

PhD Students working in the Consensus Project:

Ruth Doyle, BA, MA 
Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences
Trinity College Dublin

Email: rdoyle4tcd.ie

Ruth completed her undergraduate degree in Geography in Trinity College Dublin in 2006 and was awarded first class honors and a Gold Medal for academic merit. On graduating, Ruth joined RPS, an engineering and environmental consultancy. Working with the Project Communications Team she remained there until starting research on the Consensus project. Work in RPS involved researching, developing, and delivering environmental awareness campaigns and public consultation programmes for government departments, bodies and agencies.

As part of the Consensus project, Ruth is focusing on sustainable consumption of energy and water in the home. Using participatory techniques, this project will integrate householders and non-governmental stakeholders in sustainable consumption program development. Research will examine the combination of technological, social and cultural changes necessary to make Irish household consumption more sustainable.

Mary Jo Lavelle, BA, MA
School of Geography and Archaeology
NUI, Galway

Email: m.lavelle1nuigalway.ie

Mary Jo Lavelle is a PhD candidate in the School of Geography and Archaeology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her current research activities focus on the attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable household consumption and sustainable lifestyles. Before joining the School of Geography and Archaeology, Mary Jo was working as a researcher in the Health Promotion Research Centre in the National University of Ireland, Galway.  Mary Jo graduated with a Masters in Health Promotion from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 2008.  Her main research interests include human behaviour; in particular the conceptual models that underpin behavioural change. For completion of her M.A. degree, Mary Jo conducted research examining the reported attitudes and knowledge, in an Irish population, towards skin cancer and sun protection behaviours.  Prior to her M.A., she completed her undergraduate B.A. degree in Psychological Studies and English (2004-2007). Mary Jo’s other research interests include Environmental Psychology, Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles, Health Psychology, and Health Promotion; in particular the role of socio-economic environments and population health, public policy and advocacy, as well as social research methods.

Barbara Heisserer, Dipl.Verw.wiss.
School of Political Science and Sociology
NUI, Galway

Email: barbara.heisserergmail.com

Barbara Heisserer is a PhD student at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Given the centrality of transport and mobility in the transition to sustainable consumption, Barbara is researching the socio-cultural determinants of transport in Ireland and examining ways of encouraging sustainable mobility patterns, particularly through the use of economic incentives. Barbara was working as a research assistant at the University of Konstanz. She was involved in the teaching of undergraduate courses on public management on national level and in international organizations. She completed her master at the department of politics and public management at the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 2008. Barbara’s primary research interests are in the field of environmental policy, sustainable development, public administration and management of international organizations, comparative politics and research methodology.

Michael Hynes, BA, MA
School of Political Science and Sociology
NUI, Galway

Email: m.hynes5nuigalway.ie

Having worked for nearly 20 years with the Irish postal service, An Post, Michael took voluntary redundancy at the end of 2006 to undertake a Masters Degree in Information Technology at NUI Galway, for which he obtained honours in 2009.  He completed his undergraduate studies through Oscail, the National Distance Learning Centre at Dublin City University, in 2005 obtaining a 1st class honours B Sc in Information Technology.  He is a member of the Irish Institute of Training & Development. 

Michael’s PhD work for the CONSENSUS project will be to develop and test a pilot scheme aimed at exploring the advantages and drawbacks of virtual mobility options (e.g. teleworking, travel information, online shopping and banking).  The project will be carried out in collaboration with DERI (Digital Enterprise Research Institute) at NUI, Galway.

 

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