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DrRebecca Jane McConnell

Research Scientist

School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy

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  • Research Scientist
    School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
  • University College Dublin, School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Architectural responses to super wicked problems, including climate change

- Post-war coal modernisation and its cultural-spatial legacies

- Design and representation as tools for visualising complex systems

- Spatial propaganda and communication strategies in architecture

- The politics of architectural imagery: drawing, film, exhibition, and print media

- Post-1945 European industrial architecture and transnational design exchange

- Temporal, geographic, and epistemic peripheries in architectural historiography

- Feminist and post-humanist perspectives in architectural research

- Methodologies of interdisciplinary, design-led, and speculative research

- Public-facing scholarship and visual storytelling through The Future Blueprint

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    The Future Blueprint: A Visual and Spatial Framework for Adaptation and Engagement
    Arts and Humanities Research Council30 Sep 2024 - 1 Sep 2025
    The project catalyses cultural, educational, and policy-level impact by embedding visual futures in public spaces. It enhances public understanding of climate risk, supports creative engagement in adaptation planning, and informs future infrastructure and design policy through participatory insight and visual provocation.