John Barry

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 2546
Emailj.barryqub.acuk

Room 01.007 - 23 University Square
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am open to PhD applications covering the following areas:
- Green political economy;
- Post-growth economics and politics;
- Green political theory;
- Civic republicanism, socialism, Marxist, feminism and green issues;
- Low carbon energy transitions;
- Climate change politics, policy and governance;
- Heterodox political economy;
- Class, loyalism and republicanism in Northern Ireland

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Interests

Green political theory, politics and political economy of sustainability, post-growth political economy, the politics and political econonomy of the planetaryr crisis, climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, trades unions and the just transition, place based climate action, cultural and psychological dimensions of climate grief, anger and anxiety, greening the economy, environmental and sustainable development policy-making, environmental ethics, transition to a low-carbon/renewable energy economy, normative dimensions of the transition from unsustainability, theories and practices of active citizenship, democracy and green politics, civic republicanism and green political theory, interdisciplinary and transdiciplinary sustainability research, Q methodology.

Research Statement

Green political theory, politics and political economy of sustainability, greening the economy, environmental and sustainable development policy-making, environmental ethics, transition to a low-carbon/renewable energy economy, normative dimensions of the transition to sustainability, citizenship, democracy and green politics, civic republicanism and green political theory, interdisciplinary sustainability research.

Teaching

International Political Economy (MA Module)

The Politics and Political Economy of Low Carbon Energy Transitions (MA Module)

Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability (Level 3 module)

Democracy, Ethics and Economy (Level 2 module)

Issues in Contemporary Politics (Level 1 Module)

MSc Leadership in Sustainable Devleopment

Local and Regional Sustainability (MA Module)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

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1 Similar Profiles

1 Finished
9 Active

R1468CPH: Developing system-oriented interventions to reduce car dependency for improved population health in Belfast
Hunter, R., Barry, J., Garcia, L., Kee, F., Longo, A., McKeown, G. & Murtagh, B.
20/11/2020 → …
Project: Research
R1161MEE: Prosperity Partnership Call 2 Strategic Students-Wrights Group and QUB
Early, J., Barry, J., Cunningham, G. & Taylor, S.
03/05/2020 → …
Project: Research
R1051MEE: Roadmaps to Zero Net Emissions in Urban Public Transport
Early, J., Barry, J., Cunningham, G. & Taylor, S.
04/04/2019 → …
Project: Research
R1050HAP: The Place based Climate Action Network
Barry, J.
29/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
R1989CCE: Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions (ACCEPT)
Rooney, D., Barry, J., Berry, E., Cunningham, E., Dempster, M., Martin, P., Morrow, R., Niblock, C., Price, M., Robertson, P., Smyth, B. & Zhang, X.
22/11/2018 → …
Project: Research

The Politics of Actually Existing Unsustainability: Human Flourishing in a Climate-Changed, Carbon-Constrained World
Barry, J., Feb 2012, Oxford University Press. 336 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
145 Citations (Scopus)
Agents of (un)sustainability: democratising universities for the planetary crisis
McGeown, C. & Barry, J., 15 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainability. 4, 14 p., 1166642.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
33 Downloads (Pure)
Complex interventions to reduce car use and change travel behaviour: an umbrella review
Cleland, C. L., Jones, S., Moeinaddini, M., Weir, H., Kee, F., Barry, J., Longo, A., McKeown, G., Garcia, L. & Hunter, R. F., 02 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Transport and Health. 31, 27 p., 101652.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
File
20 Downloads (Pure)
Engineering with Social Sciences and Humanities; Necessary Partnerships in Facing Contemporary (Un)Sustainability Challenges?
Byrne, E., Keohane, K., Revez, A., Boyle, E., McGookin, C., Dunphy, N., O’Neill, C., Harris, C., Hughes, I., Sage, C., Barry, J., Ó Gallachóir, B. & Mullally, G., 18 Jan 2023, Engineering, Social Sciences, and the Humanities. Have Their Conversations Come of Age?. Christensen, S. H., Buch, A., Conlon, E., Didier, C., Mitcham, C. & Murphy, M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 375-393 19 p. (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology; vol. 42).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Citation (Scopus)
Imagining climate resilient futures: A layered Delphi panel approach
Flood, S., Rogan, F., Revez, A., McGookin, C., O'Dwyer, B., Harris, C., Dunphy, N., Byrne, E., Gallachóir, B., Bolger, P., Boyle, E., Glynn, J., Barry, J., Ellis, G. & Mullally, G., 01 Mar 2023, In: Futures. 147, 103100.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
33 Downloads (Pure)

Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor
Barry, John (Recipient), 01 Jan 2007
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Carson Fellow
Barry, John (Recipient), 01 May 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Higher Education Academy Centre for Anthropology, Sociology and Politics (C-SAP) Associate
Barry, John (Recipient), 30 Sep 2007
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Institute of Governance fellowship
Barry, John (Recipient), 30 Sep 2003
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Most Cited Paper 2012: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Barry, John (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Reducing Car Dependency
John Barry (Participant)
30 May 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
‘Living the Agreement – Legacy Matters’ Conference Report to Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, QUB, April 1st, 2023
John Barry (Member of programme committee)
01 Apr 2023
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Community activism for planetary health
Amanda Slevin (Invited speaker) & John Barry (Invited speaker)
09 Jan 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The climate crisis, the energy transition and the cost of profiteeting crisis
John Barry (Invited speaker)
10 Dec 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
The role and responsibility of academics and universities in responding to the planetary crisis
John Barry (Invited speaker)
08 Dec 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

BBC Talkback 'The Rights of Nature'
John Barry
04/08/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Climate crisis
John Barry
31/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Greece wildfires: Professor John Barry, Queen's University Belfast, warns we haven't seen the worst impact of climate crisis
John Barry
26/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBC Good Morning Ulster discussion of Greek Wildfire and Climate Breakdown
John Barry
24/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBC Radio Ulster Talkback discussion on Greek Wildfires, Global Heatwave and Climate Crisis
John Barry
24/07/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment

John Barry

Personal profile

Interests

Research Statement

Teaching

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Dive into details

R1468CPH: Developing system-oriented interventions to reduce car dependency for improved population health in Belfast

R1161MEE: Prosperity Partnership Call 2 Strategic Students-Wrights Group and QUB

R1051MEE: Roadmaps to Zero Net Emissions in Urban Public Transport

R1050HAP: The Place based Climate Action Network

R1989CCE: Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions (ACCEPT)

The Politics of Actually Existing Unsustainability: Human Flourishing in a Climate-Changed, Carbon-Constrained World

Agents of (un)sustainability: democratising universities for the planetary crisis

Complex interventions to reduce car use and change travel behaviour: an umbrella review

Engineering with Social Sciences and Humanities; Necessary Partnerships in Facing Contemporary (Un)Sustainability Challenges?

Imagining climate resilient futures: A layered Delphi panel approach

Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor

Carson Fellow

Higher Education Academy Centre for Anthropology, Sociology and Politics (C-SAP) Associate

Institute of Governance fellowship

Most Cited Paper 2012: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Reducing Car Dependency

‘Living the Agreement – Legacy Matters’ Conference Report to Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, QUB, April 1st, 2023

Community activism for planetary health

The climate crisis, the energy transition and the cost of profiteeting crisis

The role and responsibility of academics and universities in responding to the planetary crisis

BBC Talkback 'The Rights of Nature'

Climate crisis

Greece wildfires: Professor John Barry, Queen's University Belfast, warns we haven't seen the worst impact of climate crisis

BBC Good Morning Ulster discussion of Greek Wildfire and Climate Breakdown

BBC Radio Ulster Talkback discussion on Greek Wildfires, Global Heatwave and Climate Crisis

John Barry

Personal profile

Interests

Research Statement

Teaching

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Projects

Research output

Prizes

Activities

Press/Media