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Denis Linehan is a Human Geographer, with wide ranging interests in urbanism and culture.  He teaches across postgraduate and undergraduate modules in the University, notably (GG2024) Social Geographies and Sustainability, (GG3043) Urbanism and the Anthropocene and (AT6017 & AT6021) CityLabs I&II.  At UCC, he co-directs the UNIC MSc Programme, RePIC: ReDesigning the Post Industrial City.  His research has been published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geography, Journal of Historical Geography, Cities, Architectural Research Quarterly, Irish Architectural & Decorative Studies, Cultural Geographies, Social and Cultural Geography, Irish Geography and Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, amongst others. His book collaborations include Atlas of Cork City (CUP, 2005, 2nd Edition 2011), Spacing Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2013), Ordnance: War, Architecture and Space (Routledge, 2016) and Colonialism, Tourism and Place: Global Transformations in tourist destinations (Edward Elgar, 2020).   His curatorial experience and creative work include the exhibition Lost Boys: The Territories of Youth (2013) at The Glucksman Gallery and contributions to Infra -Éireann at the Venice Architectural Biennale (2015), Memory of Place  (2022) , L'Aventure du câble transatlantique.(ARTE, 2024) and Egon Riss (Isokon, London, 2026)  A lot of this work can be accessed at  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denis-Linehan. He has served on the editorial boards of Geography Compass (Blackwell) & Dialogues in Human Geography (Sage).  In addition to his multiple on-campus roles , he has completed a phase as External Examiner at the University of Cambridge and the University of Ulster. 

UCC Futures (primary)

  • Collective Social Futures

Other research affiliations

  • UCC Futures - Sustainability Institute

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):

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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