Amanda Slevin

Dr Amanda Slevin is an environmental sociologist and educator. She is Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action, and Research Fellow with GroundsWell, in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast.

Amanda’s research interests include: society-environment interactions; decision-making and policy-formation around multi-level climate action and hydrocarbon extraction; community climate action and positive peace; energy conflicts and just transition; community and stakeholder participation; transformative pedagogy.

Amanda combines her interdisciplinary academic research and 20+ years’ experience in community development, youth work, adult and community education to advance multi-level socio-ecological action. In tandem with academic outputs, like her co-edited book ‘Addressing the climate crisis: Local action in theory and practice’ (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), Amanda often organises, co-organises and participates in community engagement events, writes accessible articles, engages in public debate via media interviews, and collaborates with myriad partners.

Encompassing over 200 outputs, Amanda’s track-record of societal impact includes invited high-level inputs to climate and energy policy (UK, Irish and NI Governments), innovative student and stakeholder engagement initiatives like the award-winning ‘Creating our Vision for a Greener Future’. She co-founded Belfast Climate Commission, chairs its Community Climate Action Working Group, and as Chair of Climate Coalition Northern Ireland (2020-22), Amanda played a leadership role in the movement behind NI’s first Climate Change Act.