Susan Hegarty
Dr
Susan Hegarty is a geographer and Associate Professor in the DCU School of
History and Geography. Her research focuses on citizen science for
monitoring water quality, and on the evolution of the Irish landscape and our use of that landscape. She has researched the role of the Quaternary
ice-sheets on this landscape and the role Quaternary sediments play in the
vulnerability of water sources to pollutants. She is also interested in the
exploitation of Irish mineral resources in the nineteenth century.
She is enthusiastic about transmitting the importance of Geography to the wider public, and to this end has taken part in a number of documentary series on both Irish and British television channels and is involved in a number of citizen science projects looking at water quality in Ireland. She also sees fieldwork as an integral part of the training of geography students, and promotes field studies within undergraduate geography. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kelly-Quinn, M; Biggs, JN; Brooks, S; Fortuño, P; Hegarty, S; Jones, JI; Regan, F (2023) 'Opportunities, approaches and challenges to the engagement of citizens in filling small water body data gaps'. Hydrobiologia, 850 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Kearney, K.; Gearey, B.; Hegarty, S.; Richer, S.; Ferreira, C.; O’Carroll, E.; Hamilton, D.; Eogan, J.; McClatchie, M.; Armit, I.; Nagle, C.; Taylor, K.; Hull, G.; Becker, K. (2022) 'A multi-proxy Holocene palaeoenvironmental record of climate change and prehistoric human activity from Lough Cullin, southeast Ireland'. Holocene, 32 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Hegarty, S.; Hayes, A.; Regan, F.; Bishop, I.; Clinton, R. (2021) 'Using citizen science to understand river water quality while filling data gaps to meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 objectives'. Science of the Total Environment, 783 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Peñalver, R; Jacobs, MR; Hegarty, S; Regan, F (2021) 'Assessment of anthropogenic pollution by monitoring occurrence and distribution of chemicals in the river Liffey in Dublin'. Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 28 (38). [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Susan Hegarty (2020) 'The Arigna iron and coal works during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries'. BREIFNE, 14 (55):606-620. | |
| 2020 | Susan Hegarty; (2020) 'Female students of geology in Victorian Dublin'. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, . [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Hegarty S. (2018) 'George Victor Du Noyer's career in the Ordnance and Geological Surveys (1835-69): Geologist by profession, artist by temperament'. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics and Literature, 118C :271-298. | |
| 2017 | Susan Hegarty (2017) 'The early days of the Geological Survey in Cork: the all-encompassing pencil of George Victor du Noyer'. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, . | |
| 2012 | Hegarty S. (2012) 'The dry channels at Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny: a relict landscape of subglacial water'. Irish Geography, 45 (2):175-197. [DOI] | |
| 2010 | Susan Hegarty (2010) 'Early Holocene deposit beneath Abbey Street, Kilkenny City'. Old Kilkenny Review, . | |
| 2004 | Hegarty S. (2004) 'Limits of Midlandian glaciation in south-eastern Ireland'. Irish Geography, 37 (1):60-76. |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Hegarty S., Slaimi A., O’Connor N., Regan F (2020) 'Citizen Science and Water Quality Monitoring: Evidence from Dublin and Beyond' In: Clean Water and Sanitation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Switzerland : Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70061-8_131-1 | |
| 2019 | Susan Hegarty (2019) 'Leitrim’s physical landscape' In: Leitrim: History & Society. Dublin : Geography Publications. | |
| 2019 | Susan Hegarty (2019) 'G.V. du Noyer, G.H. Kinahan and M. Close' In: Giants of the Irish Quaternary. Dublin : IQUA. | |
| 2017 | Susan Hegarty (2017) 'Du Noyer in the Ordnance Survey - illustrating Ireland's geology' In: Stones, slabs and seascapes: George Victor du Noyer's images of Ireland. Cork : Crawford Art Gallery. | |
| 2017 | Susan Hegarty (2017) 'Monaghan’s physical landscape: exploiting its natural resources' In: Monaghan History and Society. Dublin : Geography Publications. [Link] | |
| 2017 | James Kelly and Susan Hegarty (2017) 'Introduction: writing the history of Irish education' In: Schools and schooling, 1650–2000 New perspectives on the history of education – the eighth Seamus Heaney lectures. Dublin : Four Courts Press. [Link] | |
| 2014 | Susan Hegarty (2014) 'Appendix 4: Petrography of two hones' In: Woodstown: A Viking-age Settlement in Co. Waterford. Dublin : Four Courts Press. | |
| 2014 | Susan Hegarty (2014) ''County Cavan's physical geography - the canvas for our cultural imprint' In: Cavan History and Society. Dublin : Geography Publications. | |
| 2014 | Susan Hegarty (2014) ''Physical Environment and Geophysics: Geology, Geomorphology and Palaeoenvironment'' In: Woodstown: A Viking-age Settlement in Co. Waterford. Dublin : Four Courts Press. | |
| 2009 | Susan Hegarty & Ruth McManus (2009) 'Becoming Geographers - promoting skills and citizenship in undergraduate fieldwork'' In: Celebrating Geographical Diversity. United Kingdom : Herodot Thematic Network. | |
| 2007 | Susan Hegarty (2007) 'Changing Circumstances, Changing Technologies, Same Values: Maintaining the centrality of fieldwork with increasing numbers' In: Changing Geographies: Innovative curricula. United Kingdom : Herodot Thematic Network. |
Edited Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | James Kelly and Susan Hegarty (Ed.). (2017) Schools and schooling, 1650–2000: New perspectives on the history of education – the eighth Seamus Heaney lectures. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Reports
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Other Activities
Research Interests
- Catchment-scale management of water resources
- Citizen science for water quality monitoring
- Irish landscape evolution and environmental history (particularly in the south-east of Ireland)
- Historical use of Irish mineral resources