Scholars
Calum McGeown
Maynooth University
Based in
Ireland
Europe
Calum is an interdisciplinary researcher exploring critical perspectives on and approaches to our planetary crisis. He is currently based at Maynooth University, Ireland, where his postdoctoral work focuses on issues of climate and energy (in)justice. His broader research interests include power, post-growth political economy, green political theory, state theory, radical climate activism and social movement strategy. He received his PhD in Politics from Queen’s University Belfast in 2023. He also serves as a member of the Coordinating Team for the Climate Justice Universities Union.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Ireland United KingdomFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Climate Justice Social movementsPublications
Articles
McGeown, C. (Forthcoming, 2025), ‘Green Republicanism’, In: Wissenburg, M. and Machin, A. (eds.), Edward Elgar Handbook of Environmental Political Theory in the Anthropocene, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
McGeown, C. and Barry, J. (2023), ‘Agents of (un)sustainability: democratising universities for the planetary crisis’, Frontiers in Sustainability, 4, 1166642
McGeown, C., Barry, J. and Taylor, L. (2023), ‘Lough Neagh: UK and Ireland’s largest lake is being suffocated by business and agricultural interests’, The Conversation.
McIlroy, D., McGeown, C. and Park, J. (2022), ‘A Cost of Living: Dialectics of the Necrocene and Securing the Means of Resistance’, Journal of Class & Culture, 1(2), pp. 195-215
McGeown, C. (2021), ‘Citizens’ Assemblies Won’t Save Us’, Green European Journal, 21, pp. 72-78