- M.Sc. in Climate Change
- MA in Society and Space
- MSc in GIS/Remote Sensing
- PhD/MLitt in Geography
- Current Research Students
- Alexander, Paul
- Bergamasco, Ambra
- Broderick, Ciaran
- Burroughs, Elaine
- Caloca, Silvia
- Caughey, Helen
- Conniffe, Thomas
- Courtney, Daniel
- Creamer, Caroline
- Daly, Gavin
- Duffy, Catriona
- Flood, Stephen
- Graham, Ciara
- Grassick, Denise
- Grealis, Eoin
- Hall, Julia
- Harrigan, Shaun
- Kennedy Doyle, Thérèse
- Keogh, Stephanie
- King, Julie
- Lin, Weihsuan
- Lucas, Steven
- McCaffery, Conor
- McGing, Claire
- McGloughlin, Jackie
- Millerick, Martin
- Monaghan, Irene
- Morris, Irene
- Naughton, Éamonn
- Nicholson, Oliver
- Noone, Simon
- Ní Mhórdha, Fionnuala
- O' Mahony, Eoin
- O'Byrne, John
- O'Reilly, Zoë
- Pegley, Suzanne
- Pollard, Ciarán
- Rigney, Stephen
- Salmon, Nichola
- Sheehy, Michael
- Smyth, David
- Tembo, Mavuto
- Walsh, Sandra
- Completed Research Theses
NUIM Dept. of Geography
Postgraduates
Nichola Salmon
![Nichola Salmon]](/sites/geography.nuim.ie/files/images/postgrad-portraits/nicholasalmon1.jpg)
Contact: nichola.salmon@nuim.ie
ICARUS, Laraghbryan House (St. Anne's), North Campus, NUI Maynooth.
Tel: +353 1 708 6836
Biography:
Nichola graduated from NUI Maynooth in 2008 with First Class Honours degree in Geography & Sociology. She is now pursuing her doctorate degree under the supervision of Professor John Sweeney at the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) within the Department of Geography at NUI Maynooth. In May 2009, Nichola successfully completed the Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PCTL). She has held various teaching roles in the department since 2008 primarily with undergraduate students.
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Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland - Impacts and Adaptation |
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| Description of Project: | |
| This research aims to investigate the impacts projected climate change is likely to have the Irish tourism sector. Following this, strategic recommendations on how the Irish tourism sector can best adapt to a changing climate will be made.
The investigation of climate change impacts on tourism will be supported by the development of a Tourism Climatic Index (TCI) for Ireland based on the TCI first established by Mieczkowski in 1985. The TCI is a quantitative approach used to evaluate a regions climate for the purpose of general tourism activity. This research is the first application of the empirically statistically downscaled data from the HadCM3 global climate model generated by Fealy and Sweeney (2008) to a tourism climatology model (TCI) for Ireland. Using observed data from 14 synoptic weather stations across Ireland, a TCI is constructed for the baseline period of 1961-1990. Future TCIs are calculated for the 14 synoptic stations under the A2 SRES projection for the time periods of 2021-2050 and 2051-2080. Stemming from the investigation of possible impacts on Irish tourism, the concepts of climate change adaptation, vulnerability, adaptive capacity and resilience will be employed to aid the development of appropriate adaptive measures for the Irish tourism industry. |
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| Supervisor: | |
| Professor John Sweeney |
Presentations
April 2013, 'Climate Change and Tourism – Facing the Future in Ireland', To be presented at Facing the Future Symposium, 10-12th April 2013, University of Dundee, Scotland.
March 2012, 'A Tourism Climatic Index for Ireland', Poster presented at The Science of Weather Forecasting, Irish Meteorological Society Conference, 24th March 2012, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
November 2011, 'Developing a Tourism Climatic Index (TCI) for Ireland', Presented at the Environmental Protection Agency's 9th Annual Postgraduate Seminar, 17th November 2011, Gresham Hotel, Dublin.
March 2011, 'Irish Tourism - Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change', Poster presented at Ireland's Weather, Past, Present and Future, Irish Meteorological Society Conference, 26th March 2011, NUI Maynooth.
February 2011. 'Challenges for Tourism in face of Climate Change - Ireland and Developing Countries', Presentation to Former President of Ireland Dr. Mary Robinson and Dr. Tara Shine of the Mary Robinson Foundation on Climate Justice, 1st February 2011, at ICARUS, NUI Maynooth.
June 2010. 'Communication, Coordination and Adaptation for Climate Change in Ireland - An Integrated Approach (CoCoAdapt)', Joint Poster by Sweeney, J., Murphy, C., Gormally, M., Sheehy-Skeffington, M., Bourke, D., Coll, J., Flood, S., Hall, J., McGloughlin, J., Salmon, N. and Smyth, D. presented at the Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change Conference, 30th June 2010, Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
June 15th, 2010. 'A Changing Climate - Challenges and Opportunities for Irish Tourism', Paper presented at Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 15th-16th June 2010, Shannon College of Hotel Management, Limerick.
June 30th, 2010. 'Communication, Coordination and Adaptation for Climate Change in Ireland - An Integrated Approach' (CoCoAdapt)', Joint Poster by Sweeney, J., Murphy, C., Gormally, M., Sheehy-Skeffington, M., Bourke, D., Coll, J., Flood, S., Hall, J., McGloughlin, J., Salmon, N. and Smyth, D. presented at EPA Climate Change Conference, 30th June 2010, Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
April 30th, 2010. 'Tourism, Climate Change and Landscape Aesthetics - A Changing Tourist Gaze', Presentation at Conference of Irish Geographers, 30th April - 2nd May 2010, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
November 20th, 2009. 'Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland - Impacts and Adaptation', Facing Climate Change and the Global Economic Crisis - Challenges for the Future of Tourism, 20-21 November 2009, Bolzano, Italy.
May 14th, 2009. 'Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland', Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium, Department of Geography, University College Cork.
March 2nd, 2009. 'Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland', Postgraduate Research Seminar Series, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth.
Publications
Salmon, N. (submitted) ‘Environment’. In: Cater, C. and Garrod, B. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Tourism. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
Salmon, N. (submitted) ‘Resilience’. In: Cater, C. and Garrod, B. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Tourism. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
Salmon, N. (submitted) ‘Geographical Information Systems’. In: Cater, C. and Garrod, B. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Tourism. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
Salmon, N. (submitted) ‘Greenhouse Gas’. In: Cater, C. and Garrod, B. (eds.) The Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Tourism. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
Salmon, N. (2012) ‘Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland – Impacts and Adaptation’. In: Sweeney et al., (2012) Climate Change: Adapting Ireland, Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change in Ireland: an Integrated Approach (2007-CCRP-2.6 COCOADAPT). Environmental Protection Agency Publication, Ireland (submitted). [Peer-Reviewed]
Salmon, N. (2011) ‘Tourism and Climate Change in Ireland: Impacts and Adaptation’. In Weiermair, K., Pechlaner, H., Strobl, A., Elmi, M. and Schuckert, M. (eds.) Coping with Global Climate Change: Strategies, Policies and Measures for the Tourism Industry, Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. 115-133. ISBN: 978-3-902811-16-5 [Peer-Reviewed]
Salmon, N. (2010) ‘A Changing Climate – Challenges and Opportunities for Irish Tourism’, Proceedings from Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 15th-16th June 2010, Shannon College of Hotel Management, Limerick. Available Online. (PDF Document) [Peer-Reviewed]
Salmon, N. (2009) ‘Identity, Space and Sexuality: A Case Study of homosexual male students in NUI Maynooth’, Milieu: Journal of the NUI Maynooth Geography Society, 32, 28-33.
Salmon, N. (2007) ‘Ireland’s Waste Mountain’, Milieu: Journal of the NUI Maynooth Geography Society, 30: 86-89.
Teaching
2012-2013:
- Workshop Leader and Research Project Supervisor to 3rd Year Undergraduate Students as part of the GY310B Geography Research Workshop module. Responsible for designing the over-arching workshop topic and outline, "The Geography of Irish Tourism", planning and running twelve weekly workshops covering topics such as research design, literature reviews, academic report writing, oral presentation skills, critical thinking, academic argument etc. Responsible for the supervision of students in the design, development and undertaking of their individual research project and all grading requirements as part of this module. Also acts as an academic referee for students.
- Teaching Assistant/Tutor as part of the GY114 - Introduction to Geosciences module and GY124 – Introduction to Human Geography: People and Places.
2010-2011:
- Workshop Leader and Research Project Supervisor to 3rd Year Undergraduate Students as part of the GY310 Geography Research Workshop module. Responsible for designing the over-arching workshop topic and outline, "Tourism Geographies", planning and running eleven weekly workshops covering topics such as research design, literature reviews, academic report writing, oral presentation skills, critical thinking, academic argument etc. Responsible for the supervision of students in the design, development and undertaking of their individual research project and all grading requirements as part of this module. Also acts as an academic referee for students who have completed my workshops.
2009-2010:
- Research Project Supervisor to 3rd Year Undergraduate Students as part of the GY309 Individual Project module. Responsible for designing a project topic and outline, "Contemporary issues in Irish tourism" and the supervision of students in the design, development and undertaking of their thesis research project.
- Fieldtrip Assistant on 2nd Year Undergraduate Module: GY206 International Fieldtrip (5 ECTS). Gave introductory talk to students on tourism geographies in the context of the French Riviera, assisted students with assigned field tasks, presentations and final assignment. Designed final module assignment summary and evaluation questions for students.
- Teaching Assistant/Tutor as part of the GY114 - Introduction to Geosciences module.
2008-2009:
- Teaching Assistant/Tutor to 1st Year Undergraduate students as part of the GY100 Geography Tutorial Programme, covering topics from GY111 Introduction to Physical Geography: Climate, GY112 Introduction to Physical Geography: Earth Sciences, GY121 Introduction to Human Geography: Humanity and Environment and GY124 Introduction to Human Geography; People and Places.
Internships
- Was a SPUR (Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research) intern in 2007 with ICARUS, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth.
- Completed a 12-week internship in 2008 researching both Climate Change Education and African Development Issues, in the Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth.
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member of the Geographical Society of Ireland.
- Member of the Irish Meteorological Society (and European Met. Society).
- Member of the Tourism Society, UK.