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Principal investigator of the IPeAAT project, and lecturer in environmental archaeology at ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork. Ben’s research interests span palaeoecology, wetland archaeology, and alluvial geoarchaeology. He was previously co-PI of the JPICH/Horizon 2020 funded ‘ and is co-author of the recently published

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Postdoctoral researcher for the IPeAAT project, based at ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork. Claire's research explores the social and eco-literal value of the historic environment, focusing in particular on the relationship between cultural heritage and wellbeing. She has written and spoken widely on , and the power of cultural heritage to ground and create meaning for individuals and communities. Her current work seeks to gain a greater understanding of how reflective engagement with heritage assets can not only promote wellbeing, but also a greater sense of ecocultural identity and .

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Ellen is a Postdoctoral Researcher for the IPeAAT Project, based at ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork. She is an environmental specialist and a licensed archaeology director who has worked and published extensively on archaeological excavations across Ireland for over 20 years. Ellen co-authored the  for Transport Infrastructural Ireland, and has collaborated on a number of projects, most recently the ERC funded  Project. Her main research interests are long-term vegetation dynamics and landscape change, management and use of forest systems, and impacts of climatic change.  

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IPeAAT project postdoctoral research assistant based at ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork. Lauren’s research interests lie in palaeoenvironmental studies, tephrochronology, and the impacts of humans, climate, fire, and volcanic eruptions on the environment. She is keen to promote policy-research links having previously undertaken a fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in .