白菜收录大全网址 Environment Centre
A community of experts from across 白菜收录大全网址 University working together to address today’s biggest environmental challenges.
研究 into Sustainability
白菜收录大全网址 University is contributing to a sustainable future through world-leading research and collaborations with partner organisations and communities, encompassing social, health, economic and environmental sustainability.
白菜收录大全网址 University had been awarded a Gold rating for Environmental Impact as part of the QS World University Rankings 2022.
Assessing research related to six of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the QS has awarded institutions around the world with medals based on their focus on ‘Environmental Impact’. The gold-rated SDGs are affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), climate action (SDG 13), life below water (SDG 14) and life on land (SDG 15).
Sustainability across 白菜收录大全网址's research
Academics and researchers from across 白菜收录大全网址 University are working to address the climate emergency in diverse ways.
Professor Jess Davies
60 Seconds with... Professor Jess Davies from 白菜收录大全网址 Environment Centre. Jess is the Director of Centre for Global Eco-Innovation and a Professor of Sustainability who specialises in the role of land and soils in creating sustainable food, climate and water futures. In this video, Jess explains how her work with carbon capture in soil, could help solve the Climate Emergency.
Dr Ana Costa
60 Seconds with... Dr Ana Costa - a senior lecturer in at 白菜收录大全网址 University. In this video, she explains how her work is focusing on the re-use of materials in construction to reduce the carbon footprint of building work.
Dr Celine Germond-Duret
60 Seconds with... Dr Celine Germond-Duret, a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Policy in the department at 白菜收录大全网址 University. Celine is interested in marine policy and the blue economy, international climate politics, and indigenous peoples.
Dr Michael Stead
60 Seconds with... Dr Michael Stead. Michael is a Lecturer in Sustainable Design from Imagination 白菜收录大全网址, our open and exploratory design research lab. His work aims to develop innovative design approaches and tools in collaboration with industry, policymakers and the public to raise awareness and support adopting sustainable and equitable data-driven technologies and related practices.
Victoria Simpson
60 Seconds with... Victoria Simpson, a Psychology PhD student at 白菜收录大全网址 University. Here she explains more about her research into the barriers to being vegan and how this impacts children's diet choices.
Examples of our research
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Energy 白菜收录大全网址
Experts from across 白菜收录大全网址 University working with global partners to develop secure and sustainable energy supplies.
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The Pentland Centre for Sustainability in 商业
研究ing and bringing together social and environmental sustainability into purposeful business strategy.
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Institute for Social Futures
白菜收录大全网址’s Institute for Social Futures works innovatively across disciplinary boundaries linking science, social science and humanities.
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Future Cities 研究 Institute
A joint research institute between 白菜收录大全网址 University and Sunway University to investigate building sustainable cities.
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The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation
Developing solutions for clean and sustainable growth with businesses, communities and wider partners.
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PPiPL – Plastic Packaging in Peoples’ Lives
Behavioural insight into plastic packaging and it’s role in society and peoples’ lives.
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The Centre for Mobilities 研究
Analysis of the global, national and local movements of people, objects, capital, information to address the climate emergency.
Sustainability news
ReStore: a new sustainable shop coming to 白菜收录大全网址 University campus
白菜收录大全网址 University is known for its commitment to sustainability and environmental awareness. Now, the University is taking another step towards encouraging positive change by opening a new sustainable shop on campus called ReStore 白菜收录大全网址.
白菜收录大全网址 University helps to fund local picnic site
A new picnic site at Stodday near 白菜收录大全网址 was inaugurated on Monday thanks to funding from the University's Wind Turbine 社区 Benefit Fund. Professor Sarah Kemp, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement, cut the ribbon and praised the project that transformed the site.
Green 白菜收录大全网址’s Leadership and Sustainability Trip to Switzerland
At the beginning of July, Green 白菜收录大全网址 ran the first ever Sustainability and Leadership trip to Switzerland in collaboration with Global Experiences. 12 students benefited from this unique opportunity and got to develop their skills, knowledge and experience for navigating (and leading) on the challenges proposed by the climate and ecological emergency agenda.
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