DrMiguel Angel Trejo-Rangel

Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the Environmental Policy Group within the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy. His research focuses on identifying ways to promote climate mitigation and adaptation by enhancing stakeholder engagement and informing environmental policy to build more resilient communities. He holds a Doctorate in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil, an Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in Water Science and Engineering with a specialisation in Flood Risk Management from UNESCO-IHE, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Management of Coastal Areas from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Miguel began his journey at UCD in 2024 as a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant in the Environmental Policy Group. Since then, he has been contributing to the “Using Worldviews to Inspire and Scale Climate Action” (UWISCA) project, which seeks to identify the values and worldviews shaping climate-change perceptions among the Irish public and to design and test communications grounded in those perspectives. He also lectures in the Environmental Policy and Politics, Land Use and Sustainability, Environmental Economics, Environment, Society and Development, and Environmental Management modules.

Before joining UCD, Miguel worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on two other research projects in Ireland. In 2022, he contributed to the Smart Building Living Lab (SmartLab) at the University of Limerick, a project aimed at exploring ways to make buildings smarter so they can better respond to occupants’ needs, operate more efficiently, and interact effectively with a future decarbonised energy grid. In 2023, he joined the Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS) at Maynooth University, working on the Operationalising Resilience in Climate Action (ORICA) project, which examined how resilience is defined and implemented across Irish climate policy.

In addition to his research and teaching experience, Miguel has worked as a consultant for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and the National Water Commission of Mexico, helping to identify flood-prone areas in Mexico and Brazil. He also served as a Research Assistant at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he developed a socioeconomic index that was integrated into risk assessments.