1977    Moles, R. 'Biogeographical field study of farmland', Journal of
    Geography in Higher Education, 1(2), 20-26.

1982    Moles, R. 'A study of some bird communities of the Burren, co. Clare',
    Irish Naturalists Journal, 20(10), 419-423.

1983    Moles, R. 'A structure for geography as a second level subject',
    Geographical Viewpoint, 12, 32-45.

1986    Moles, R. 'Microcomputers and the geography teacher', Geographical
    Viewpoint, 14, 74-77.

1987    Moles, R. 'Why bother to teach geography?', Teaching Geography,
    12(2), 81-83.

1989    Moles, R. 'Ten years of state examinations in school geography',
    Geographical Viewpoint, 17, 51-65.

1991    Moles, R. 'Integrating equal opportunity in the curriculum of teacher
    education 1988-1991: TENET programme dissemination phase',
    Irish Education Studies, 10, 279-281.

1991    Moles, R. & Breen, J. 'Surveillance of recent vegetation change in the Burren, co. Clare, Republic of Ireland', Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, 1, 151-156.

1991    Moles, R. 'Feminist theory and teaching post-primary geography',
    Geographical Viewpoint, 19, 69-77.

1991    Moles, R. ‘Geography in the Junior Certificate of
    Education', Geographical Viewpoint, 19, 99-101.

1992    Moles, R. 'Trampling damage to vegetation and soil cover at paths     
within the Burren National Park, Mullach Mor, co. Clare', Irish      Geography, 25( 2), 129-137.

1993    Moles, R. 'Should the Burren interpretative centre be completed? An exploration of some of the issues'. Geonews, 34, 14-23.

1994    Moles, R. & Gleeson, J. 'Boys needed to move the goalposts. A pilot project on gender equity through post-primary geography teaching.' Geographical Viewpoint, 22, 61-67.

1995    Moles, N., Moles, R. & O’Donovan,G. 'Evidence for the presence of
Quaternary loess-derived soils in the Burren karstic area, western Ireland.' Irish Geography, 28(1), 48-63.

1995    Moles, R. & Breen, J. 'Long-term change within lowland bird      communities in relation to field boundary attributes.' Biology and     Environment. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 95B, 203-216.

1997    O'Regan, B. & Moles, R. 'Applying a systems perspective to environmental policy.' Journal of Environmental Planning and      Management, 40(4), 535-538.

1999    Moles, R., Moles, N. & Leahy, J. ‘Radiocarbon dated episode of Bronze Age slope instability in the south-eastern Burren, county Clare.’ Irish Geography, 32(1), 52-57.

1999    Aslibekian, O., Childs, P. & Moles, R. ‘Metal concentrations in surface water in the vicinity of the Silvermines abandoned mine site’. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 21, 347-352.

2000     Moles, R. & Kelly, R. ‘Using the concept of sustainability in regional management in Ireland’. Environmental Practice, 2(3), 227-229.

2000    Kelly, R. & Moles, R. ‘Towards sustainable development in the Mid-West region of Ireland’. Environmental Management and Health 11(5), 422-432.

2001    O’Regan, B. & Moles, R. ‘A system dynamics model of mining industry investment decisions within the context of environmental policy’. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 44(2), 245-262.

2001     O’Regan, B.& Moles, R. ‘An insight into the system dynamics method: a case study in the dynamics of international minerals investment.’ Environmental Modelling and Software, 16, 339-350.

2001    O’Regan, B.& Moles, R. ‘Modelling the effect of information feedback on the spread of the Ebola virus.’ Journal of Environmental Management and Health, 12, (4).

2001   O’Regan, B. &  Moles, R.  'Modelling to Learn - A case study in international mineral investment'.   Corporate Environmental Strategy (Special Edition on Investment) (in  press).

2001    O’Regan, B. & Moles, R. ‘The impact of environmental policy on mining firms.’ Environmental Science and Technology, (USA), (in review process).

Published conference papers (Refereed)

1997    O’Regan, B and Moles, R. ‘Modelling policies and decision making in complex systems.’ Technology, the environment and us. Proceedings of the Sixth IRNES Conference, Graduate School of the Environment, Imperial College, London, 235-239.

1998    O’Regan, B., Moles, R., ‘Modelling the Effect of Environmental Policy on the Mining Industry.’ In: Proceedings of the Advances in European Environmental Policy Conference, London School of Economics, UK.

1999    Moles, R., Gray, N. and Aslibekian, O. ‘Metal contamination of surface water related to past mining activity in Ireland.’ Proceedings of International Mine Water Association (Ed. Rubio, F.), international conference on Mine, Water and Environment, Sevilla, Spain, Sept 13-17, 1999, pp535-541.

1999    O'Regan, B. and Moles, R. ‘The Impact of Environmental Policy on the Mining Industry’. In: Proceedings of the 4th Systems Science European Congress (Eds. Lorenzo Ferrer et al), Valencia-Ibiza, pp1069-1076. ISBN: 84-7795-233-7.

2000    Moles, R and Aslibekian, O. ‘Environmental contamination related to mine drainage distribution from old mine sites by waterways.' Proceedings of the 7th International Mine Water Association Congress, Ustrón, Poland, September 11-15, 2000.

2000    Moles, R. and O’Regan, B. ‘A computer simulation model exposing the interrelationships between host-government policy and the investment decisions of international mining firms.’ In: Proceedings of the First World Conference on Production and Operations Management, Sevilla, Spain, ISBN 84-8009-102-9.

Other published conference papers

1998     Moles, R. ‘Structures, representation, organisation.’ The National    Environment Partnership Forum. Proceedings of the Consultative     Conference, Department of the Environment, Dublin, 38-41.

1998    Moles, N. and Moles, R. ‘Mineralogy, geochemistry and provenance of
Burren glacial deposits.’ Ireland since the Carboniferous, the Irish Geological Association, Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, the British Geomorphological Research Group and the Ulster Museum, Queen’s University of Belfast.

2000    O’Regan, B., Moles, R. ‘Modelling the Impact of Environmental Policy on the Investment Decisions of Mining Firms.’ In: Proceedings of the International Workshop in Environmental Management, Braunschweig, Germany.

2000    O’Regan, B., Moles, R. ‘Environmental Policy and the Mining Industry.’ In: Proceedings of the International Systems Thinking in Management Conference, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

2000    O’Regan, B., Moles, R., ‘Using Systems Modelling to Examine the Relationship between Environmental Policy and Mining Company Decision Making.’ In: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Eco-Management and Auditing Conference, Manchester, UK, ISBN 1-872677-31-2.

2001    Aslibekian, O. and Moles, R. ‘Regional assessment and mapping of groundwater recharge in Ireland using GIS application.’ In Proceedings of 3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Perth, Australia, 401-406.

2001 O'Regan, B., Moles, R., 'The costs and benefits of environmental policy within the context of the broader minerals policy of mineral producing countries.'   In Proceedings of the 2001 Environmental Policy and the Costs of Compliance Research Workshop, London School of Economics, UK, Sept. 17-18.

Conference oral papers/posters

'TENET: the post-primary geography project.' The Educational Studies Association of Ireland, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, September 1991.

'Exploration of equal opportunity through geography teaching.' DoE/EU TENET Project, Marino College of Education, Dublin, October 1991.

'The management of Mullach Mór in the Burren National Park: some issues'. 2nd Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Trinity College, Dublin, January 1992.

'Changes at the edges of Burren grassland patches 1979-1992'. Grassland and Grassland Management Conference, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, February 1992.

'Ten years of surveillance of Burren sward vegetation'. Annual conference of the Association of Irish Geographers, University College Cork, May 1992.

'Birds of field boundaries in co. Down'. 2nd National Ornithological Research Conference, University College Cork, November 1992.

'Bird communities in relation to farmland field boundary habitats'. 3rd Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Queen's University of Belfast, January 1993.

'Vegetation dynamics of Burren grassland patches'. 4th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College Galway, January 1994.

'Should the Burren interpretative centre be completed? An analysis of some of the issues'. Invited paper, Institute of Technology, Sligo, April 1994.

'Annual change in the species composition of Burren vegetation patches'. (With G. O'Donovan) 5th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College Cork, January 1995.

'Evidence for the presence of loess in the Burren, co. Clare.' (With N.Moles) 38th Irish Geology Research Meeting, Institute of Technology, Sligo, February 1995.

'Lowland bird communities in relation to field boundary attributes'. (With J.Breen). 6th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College Dublin, January 1996.

'An analysis of possible benefits and disadvantages of an Irish company adopting an Environmental Management System'. (With B. O'Regan)
6th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University College Dublin, January 1996.

'Are the Burren stone-free drifts loessic in origin?' (With N. Moles)
Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, February 1996.

'Are the Burren stone-free drifts loessic in origin?' (With N. Moles)
Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, University College Galway, March 1996.

'Glacial drifts of the Mullach Mor area of the Burren, co. Clare'. Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Galway, May 1996.

'Applying a systems perspective to environmental policy'. (With B. O'Regan) 7th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University of Limerick, January 1997.

'Assessment of the environmental impacts of mining on geological media' (With O. Aslibekian) 7th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University of Limerick, January 1997.

'The Internet as an environmental resource'. (With B. O'Regan)
7th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University of Limerick, January 1997.

'Environmental impact statements for the mining industry' (With B. O'Regan)
7th Annual Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University of Limerick, January 1997.

'Burren vegetation patch dynamics' (With G. O'Donovan)
7th Environmental Researchers Colloquium, University of Limerick, January 1997.

'Burren vegetation patch dynamics' (With G. O'Donovan)
International Association for Landscape Ecology Annual Conference, September 1997.

'Systems dynamics and environmental management' (With B. O'Regan)
The 6th Annual IRNES Conference on Technology, the Environment and Us, Imperial College London, Graduate School of the Environment, September 22-23, 1997.

'SWOT analysis of the Mid-West Region' (With E. McCann)
EU funded An Taisce/URGE Conference on Regional Sustainability, Birr, Co Offaly, October 19 1997.

‘Environmental management systems for local authorities’ (With R. Kelly)
8th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Sligo Institute of Technology, Jan 31-Feb 1, 1998.

‘Towards a more holistic approach to environmental policy formulation’ (With B. O’Regan). 8th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Sligo Institute of Technology, Jan 31-Feb 1, 1998.

‘Application of cartographic data to the assessment of pollution hot-spots in the vicinity of abandoned mine sites’ (With O. Aslibekian & P. Childs, 8th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Sligo Institute of Technology, Jan 31-Feb 1, 1998.

‘Membership, structures and working arrangements for the National Environment Partnership Forum.’ National Consultative Conference for the NEPF, Department of the Environment, Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin, March 24-25, 1998.

‘Mineralogy, geochemistry and provenance of Burren glacial deposits’. (With N. Moles). Ireland since the Carboniferous Conference. The Irish Geological Association, Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, the British Geomorphological Research Group and the Ulster Museum.
Queen’s University of Belfast, September 9-10, 1998.

‘Quaternary deposits and Bronze Age mass movement in the Burren, western Ireland’. (With N. Moles). IQUA Annual Symposium, Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggar’s Bush, Dublin, November 20 1998.

‘Water quality assessment in the vicinity of the Silvermines abandoned mine sites’. (With O. Aslibekian & P. Childs) 9th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Johnstown Castle Campus, Jan. 29-31, 1999.

‘Development of a range of environmental management systems for Irish local authorities’. (With R. Kelly). 9th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Johnstown Castle Campus, Jan. 29-31, 1999.

‘Chemical modelling of an Irish raised bog at Clara, Co. Offaly’. (With M. McKeon & J. Leahy). 9th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Johnstown Castle Campus, Jan. 29-31, 1999.

‘Quaternary deposits and soils of the Burren, Co Clare’
(with N. Moles). 41st Annual Irish Geology Research Meeting
Trinity College, Dublin 2, Feb. 26th - 28, 1999.

‘Metal contamination of surface water related to past mining activity in Ireland’ (With N. Gray and O. Aslibekian). International Mine Water Association Conference on Mine, Water and Environment, Sevilla, Spain, Sept 13-17, 1999.

‘The Impact of Environmental Policy on the Mining Industry’ (With B. O’Regan) 4th Systems Science European Congress, Valencia-Ibiza, Sept 20-24 1999.

‘A computer simulation model exposing the interrelationships between host-government policy and the investment decisions of international mining firms’ (With B. O’Regan). First World Conference on Production and Operations Management, Seville, Spain, Aug 27- Sept 1, 2000.

‘Regional assessment and mapping of groundwater recharge in Ireland using GIS application.’ (With O. Aslibekian). 3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Perth, Australia, 2000.

‘Using Systems Modelling to Examine the Relationship between Environmental Policy and Mining Company Decision Making.’ (With B. O’Regan) The Sixth Annual Eco-Management and Auditing Conference, Manchester, UK, June, 2000.

‘A Computer Simulation Model exposing the Interrelationships between Host-Government Policy and the Investment Decisions of International Mining Firms.’ (With B. O’Regan), First World Conference on Production and Operations Management POM Sevilla 2000, Spain, September, 2000.

‘Environmental Policy and the Mining Industry.’ (With B. O’Regan) International Systems Thinking in Management Conference, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, November, 2000.

‘New exposures of a late Asbian shale/limestone slump breccia near Mullach Mór, co. Clare, Ireland.’ (With N.Moles) 44th Annual Irish Geological Research Meeting, University of Ulster, Coleraine, 23-25 February, 2001.

’The influence of geology, geomorphological processes and past land-use on soils and Quaternary landscape evolution near Mullach Mór, Burren National Park.’ (With N.Moles) Annual Meeting of the Irish Quaternary Association, Trinity College, Dublin, April 7, 2001.


Reports
1992    Moles, R. Futures: Exploring equal opportunities. Geography. EU/      Department of Education, Dublin.

Kelly, R., O'Regan, B., Moles, R., Ravetz, J. and D. McEvoy, 2001.  Report to the Irish Environmental Protection Agency & the Irish National Spatial Strategy Unit: Methodologies for the Estimation of Sustainable Settlement Size in the Irish Context.  Research funded under the Environmental RTDI scheme.

Other publications

1981    Moles, R & Travers, I. Mullach Mor Habitat Map, Office of Public Works, Dublin.

1995    O'Regan, B & Moles, R. 'Environmental management systems: benefits and disadvantages.' Environmental Management Ireland, Vol 3,      No. 3, 30-33.

1997    Breen, J. & Moles, R. (Eds.) 7th Irish Environmental Research   Colloquium:     abstracts. University of Limerick.

1997    O'Regan, B. & Moles, R. Guidelines for the preparation of      environmental impact statements for mineral extraction in Ireland.     http://www.b-i.net/mineline/

1997    O'Regan, B. & Moles, R. The Internet: an environmental resource.  Environmental Management Ireland, Vol. 3, No. 5, 30-31.

1997    Moles, R. and O'Regan, B. 'Environmental management systems:   benefits and disadvantages'. Environmental Initiative Info., June 1997, 5.

1999    Moles, R. Review of Harrop, O. & Nixon, A. 1998 ‘Environmental Assessment in Practice’, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42(6), 903-904.

1999    McKeon, M., Leahy. J.J. and Moles, R. ‘Chemical modelling of an Irish raised bog at Clara, co. Offaly’, Biology and Environment, 99B, 2, 133.

1999    Kelly, R. and Moles, R. ‘Development of a range of environmental management systems for Irish Local Authorities’, Biology and Environment, 99B, 2, 138.

1999    Aslibekian, O., Moles, R. and Childs, P. ‘Water quality assessment in the vicinity of Silvermines abandoned mine site, Biology and Environment, 99B, 2, 160.

2000    Moles, R. Review of Barrow, C. J. ‘Environmental Management. Principles and Practice’, 1999, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 43(1), 160.

2000    Kelly, R. and Moles, R. ‘Local Agenda 21 in the Mid-West Region of Ireland’, Local Authority News, 19(5), 4-5.


POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Completed
Dervilla O'Byrne, Teaching methods adopted for second level geography, MA (NCEA), 1985

Claire Lane, Feminism and second level geography teaching, MA (NCEA), 1988

Louis Mulqueen, Development education in Irish second level education, MA (University of Limerick), 1991

Olga Aslibekian, Environmental impact on geological media of base metal mining in Ireland, MSc (University of Limerick), 1996

Bernadette O'Regan, Modelling the effects of environmental policy on base metal mining using a system dynamics approach, PhD, 2000

Olga Aslibekian, Environmental risk assessment of abandoned mine sites in Ireland, PhD, 2001

Current post-doctoral mentoring

Olga Aslibekian, Movement of phosphorus to surface water

Current postgraduate supervision

Ruth Kelly, Towards sustainability for Irish local authorities, PhD

Paul Byrne, Movement of phosphorus from fields to surface water, MSc

Deirdre Mullins, GIS application in assessment of biodiversity in wooded landscapes, MSc

Donnacha Doody, Relationship between overland flow and phosphorus mobilisation, MSc