Caillum Hedderman

I’m a twenty-year-old from Limerick in Ireland. With a taste for travel and positive impact, I work and volunteer within the policy sphere where I advise and lobby platforms and institutions on a local, national and international level. At seventeen years old, I was successfully elected to my local authority as the youngest representative where I advise on climate, environment and biodiversity strategic policy. At eighteen years old, I launched into the media sphere stemming from a frustration at the lack of educational reform. Since then, I have become a regular contributor to local and national media in Ireland on issues relating to youth and our environment alongside being a policy advocate to local authorities, national bodies and international organisations and institutions. Additionally, I am currently undertaking studies in the field of Political Science, International Relations, Sociology and Law at University College Dublin. In the role of a Young Journalist at the European Commission, I hope to bridge the gap between high-level political processes and young people facing the challenges of such decision-making processes.

Updated on Wednesday, 08/05/2024