ACCESS
ACCESS - Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science
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Summer Schools

The ACCESS summer schools provide relaxed and friendly environments for PhD students and Early Career Researchers to;

  1. Meet and discuss their research with experts in the field and their peers, working together on issues of environment and climate change.
  2. Receive interactive training in communicating climate and environmental social science for impact beyond academia (e.g., with policymakers, media, and publics)
  3. Gain insights into career paths for environmental social scientists post-PhD.

Birgitta Gatersleben (ACCESS Co-Director) introduces the aims of the ACCESS Summer Schools

The most recent ACCESS Summer School was held in September 2025

Last year’s Summer School was held on 22-24 September at the beautiful Cumberland Lodge.

Read the 3-day programme here.

Summer School attendees

ACCESS Summer School September 2023

Dartington Hall with tree in the foreground in full blossomThe second residential summer school took place at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK from Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 September 2023, focused on the ACCESS Guiding Principles.

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ACCESS Summer/Winter School January 2023

Sitting room at Cumberland Lodge

The school was held at Cumberland Lodge. The three days , focused on the theme of Communicating Climate and Environment Social Science for Impact Beyond Academia.

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