Deborah Conlon

Minh Nguyen is an MSCA doctoral candidate of the PRESILIENT project at Dublin City University, researching the informal economy in Vietnam. She holds an MPP from Fulbright University Vietnam and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Management from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU. Driven by a passion for inclusive development, Minh’s background includes experience as a dedicated…

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Artist and Project Manager Marie Gordon (mild.ie) is interested in using socially engaged art practice to support communities to engage with climate action in empowering  and creative ways. Marie’s most recent creative project was ‘Tern the Tide’, in 2023-2024 – working with the Kilcoole, Co.Wicklow community to creatively celebrate the work of BirdWatch Ireland and…

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Ziqi is a Project Officer at ECO-UNESCO, a Dublin-based environmental education and youth organisation celebrating its 40th anniversary. Since October 2023, she has worked on several initiatives at ECO-UNESCO, all have sustainable development perspectives incorporated: enhancing asylum seekers’ green-sector employability, supporting youth climate justice action, and delivering an accredited QQI Level 5 course in Peer…

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Wiza Kabaghe is a PhD Fellow at the University of Bucharest in Romania and Development Perspectives in Ireland under the PRESILIENT project with a particular focus on Informality and Housing in Zambia. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Urban Management and Development from Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands. His research interest includes urban policy…

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  Hi I am Liz Coakley Wakefield. I live on the Mizen peninsula in beautiful wild west Cork. I am a retired primary school teacher, my speciality was inclusion.  I am passionate about equality, the environment and animals.

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My name is Rob, I’ve lived on the Mizen peninsula in West Cork for six years. I’m a retired science teacher, I’m passionate about protecting biodiversity and global justice. We share our home with five cats and nine guinea pigs.

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Tejaswy Swathi Kovuri (She/Her) holds a Masters in Science, Global Health from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Doctor of Pharmacy from Osmania University, India. She worked as a research assistant at School of social work and social policy in Trinity College Dublin recently, and as a data analyst in India for four years and has…

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My name is Louise MacAvin, and I work in the further education and training sector in SOLAS, the state agency responsible for further education and training (FET) in Ireland. In the past few years, my work has been focused on collaborative initiatives such as the development of green skills FET Micro-Qualifications for employees and employers.…

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Marie is an experienced Home Economics teacher who taught at secondary level for many years before diversifying to community education where she taught textiles to travellers for 8 years. During her teaching career she availed of a career break and studied at the Grafton academy of dress designing and also did numerous courses in creative…

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Ali Warner is a facilitator and host with twenty years experience of holding programmes as part of leadership & organisation development and multi-stakeholder conversations within large organisations, the public sector and communities. Her desire is for everyone to feel welcomed, included and engaged in events she is part of, and to host warm and inviting…

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