Objekt 2 - Fact sheet prepared for distribution at the mass meeting in Cork

Simon Dalby was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Victoria, Canada (MA) and holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University of British Columbia, Canada. He was Professor of Geography, Environmental Studies and Political Economy at Carleton University in Ottawa until 2012, when he joined Wilfrid Laurier University’s Balsillie School of International Affairs as professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. His research interests include climate change, environmental security and geopolitics, on which topics he has published extensively.