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Personal profile
Teaching Interests
Colin teaches aspects of conflict, environmental and landscape change and development on the geography and environmental science degrees. He is course director for the Combined Subjects degree programmes, undergraduate Geography programmes, and leads the annual 2nd year fieldschool to Cyprus and the 3rd year programme to Catalonia.
Research Interests
Colin’s research focusses on historic landscape and societal change, environment and conflict, and the historical archaeologies of past maritime societies. He is currently engaged in research across the Middle East and Africa, as well as across the Atlantic maritime zone of NW Europe.
Elected Fellow Society of Antiquaries (FSA) 2006
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Current and Recent Grants
2019-23: Maritime endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (MarEA). Co. PI: C Breen. The Arcadia Fund. £2m (with Southampton University)
2017-2022: Rising from the depths: utilising marine cultural heritage in East Africa to develop sustainable social, economic and cultural benefits. RCUK Global Challenges Fund Co I C Breen £2.4m (led by Edinburgh University)
2017-18 Syria Coastal Heritage Management and Environmental Change. PI C Breen. HFF £68,000.
2013-14 Heritage, Community and Sustainability. PI C Breen. AHRC £79,493.
2013-14 Ulster and Western Scotland heritage and community sustainability. PI C Breen. AHRC £53,082.
2012-15: Climate change, maritime and freshwater archaeology services. PI: C Breen. Co-Is: W Forsythe and R Quinn. Funding: NI Environment Agency. £390,000
2012-13 Community-led heritage knowledge co-production for sustainable development. PI C Breen. AHRC £18,990
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, National University of Ireland, Galway
Unknown, Open University
Master
Bachelor, University College Cork
Master, University of St Andrews
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Maritime Endangered Archaeology Project
Andreou, G., Huigens, H. O., Ortiz-Vazquez, R., Nikolaus, J., Westley, K., El Safadi, C., Breen, C. & Blue, L., 2021, 2 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Rising from the Depths Network: A Challenge-Led Research Agenda for Marine Heritage and Sustainable Development in Eastern Africa
Henderson, J., Breen, C., Estevez, L., La Chimia, A., Lane, P., Macamo, S., Marvin, G. & Wynne-Jones, S., 22 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Heritage . 4, 3, p. 1026-1048 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Archaeology of Salt Production in Post-Medieval Ireland
Forsythe, W., McConkey, R. & Breen, C., 12 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Post-Medieval Archaeology. 55, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Whole-island wind bifurcation and localized topographic steering: impacts on aeolian dune dynamics
Smith, A., Jackson, DWT., Cooper, A., Beyers, M. & Breen, C., 1 Apr 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 763, p. 1-17 17 p., 144444.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructing Contemporary Nationhood in the Museums and Heritage Centres of Catalonia
Breen, C., Forsythe, W. & Raven, J., 1 Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Museum and Society. 18, 2, p. 170-82 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press / Media
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The Coalition of Aid and Development Agencies in Northern Ireland (CADA) One World Festival: Climate injustice: transforming many small actions into a collective response
Paul Dunlop, Sara Mc Dowell, Colin Breen & Sara Benetti
13/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities