Poul Holm (https://www.tcd.ie/tceh/people/HOLMP) is President of the Humanities for the Environment. His day job is as a Professor of Environmental History at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Poul is a pioneer of global marine environmental history. In the past two decades he has been at the forefront of developing modes of inquiry into human exploitation of the sea and understanding the impact of human extractions for the marine environment. He directed the History of Marine Animal Populations project (2000-2010) with 15 teams and more than 100 researchers (historians, archaeologists, marine scientists) and established baselines for historical fisheries of main commercial species and in major habitats. In 2015-2021, he led a European Research Council Advanced Grant, NorFish, which pioneered Big Data analytics, DeepChart Mapping, and historical ocean productivity modelling on the basis of multinational, multi-archival research. In 2021-2027 he leads an ERC Synergy project 4-OCEANS on the global history of humans and marine life through the last two millennia.

Poul has a keen eye for the relevance today of the past, and likes to explore new fields, often in interdisciplinary contexts. He co-authored the Humanities World Report in 2015 which is a global review of the state of the humanities and emerging research fields.  Poul co-chaired the SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) report titled Food From the Oceans which examines the question of how the ocean can help satisfy the global demand for food.  https://www.sapea.info/sapea-provides-evidence-for-the-european-commission-on-food-from-the-oceans/

Poul is Vice President (ex officio) of Academia Europaea and Chair of the Humanities Class.