Further Resources
Environmental Sustainability
Academic Literature:
- Tao, Y., Steckel, D., Klemeš, J. J., & You, F. (2021). Trend towards virtual and hybrid conferences may be an effective climate change mitigation strategy. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-14.
- Neugebauer, S., Bolz, M., Mankaa, R., & Traverso, M. (2020). How sustainable are sustainability conferences?–Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of an international conference series in Europe. Journal of cleaner production, 242, 118516.
- Yates, J., Kadiyala, S., Li, Y., Levy, S., Endashaw, A., Perlick, H., & Wilde, P. (2022). Can virtual events achieve co-benefits for climate, participation, and satisfaction? comparative evidence from five international agriculture, nutrition and health Academy week conferences. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(2), e164-e170.
- Caset, F., Boussauw, K., & Storme, T. (2018). Meet & fly: Sustainable transport academics and the elephant in the room. Journal of transport geography, 70, 64-67.
- Ligozat, A. L., Névéol, A., Daly, B., & Frenoux, E. (2020). Ten simple rules to make your research more sustainable. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(9), e1008148.
Selected Other Resources:
- EHPS 2022 Conference guidance – https://2022.ehps.net/ehps-2022-sustainability-initiative/
- Ghent University Transition Plan to Sustainable Travel Policy 2020-2030: https://www.ugent.be/en/ghentuniv/mission/sustainability/climateplan/travelpolicyplan
- Massey University guidelines for low-carbon travel: https://www.massey.ac.nz/documents/890/Massey_Guidelines_for_low_carbon_travel_nexdSbf.pdf
- Massey University Re-imagining Staff Travel: https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/17741/Re-imagining_Massey_Staff_International_Air_Travel_Practices_Summary_report_250822.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- RGS-IBG 2022 Conference sustainability information – https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/sustainability-at-the-conference/
- Small Pond Science conference relations – https://smallpondscience.com/2022/02/03/if-your-society-is-serious-about-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-you-need-to-keep-having-online-conferences/
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change: travel strategy: https://tyndall.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/tyndall_travel_strategy_updated.pdf
- University of Cambridge Sustainable Travel Policy: https://www.environment.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/guidelines_for_sustainable_business_travel_approved.pdf
- University of Edinburgh Sustainable Travel Policy 2020: https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/sustainable_travel_policy_2021_dec_2021_2.pdf
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Academic literature:
- Agyeman, J. and Evans, B., 2004. ‘Just sustainability’: The emerging discourse of environmental justice in Britain?. Geographical Journal, 170(2), pp.155-164.
- Ahmed, S. and Swan, E., 2006. Doing diversity. Policy Futures in Education, 4(2), pp.96-100.
- Hoicka, C.E., 2023. How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers. Energy Research & Social Science, 97, p.102964.
- Kelly, C., Dansereau, L., Sebring, J., Aubrecht, K., FitzGerald, M., Lee, Y., Williams, A. and Hamilton-Hinch, B., 2022. Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What’s the difference for health researchers?. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), pp.1-8.
- Watson, H.R., Wisdom, H., Michael, C., Marshall, N. and Neve, H., 2023. Equality pledges: A novel approach to embedding EDI and promoting positive culture change in a UK university. Equity in Education & Society, p.27526461221149033.
- Wolbring, G. and Lillywhite, A., 2021. Equity/equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in universities: the case of disabled people. Societies, 11(2), p.49.
Selected Other Resources:
- University of Oxford report on Equity and inclusivity in research funding | Research Support (ox.ac.uk)
- Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) EDI plan https://www.creds.ac.uk/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-plan/
- Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations EDI Plan https://cast.ac.uk/about-cast/cast-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-plan/
- POSTnote Research Briefing: Invisible Disabilities in Education and Employment – https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0689/
- C-DICE – EDI Toolkit – https://www.cdice.ac.uk/online-training-resources/
- Changing Nature Project – Diversity and Inclusion Training- https://www.bristol.ac.uk/policybristol/policy-briefings/changing-nature-project/
- Changing Nature Project – Unconscious bias – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsOc7LEtGjcNl108d-Nv2SDgAVWx-j6SR
Knowledge Co-production
Academic Literature
- Beier, P., Hansen, L. J., Helbrecht, L., and Behar, D. (2016) A How-to Guide for Coproduction of Actionable Science Conservation Letters 10 (3) 288-296.
- Bremer, S. and Meisch, S. (2017) Co-production in climate change research: reviewing different perspectives WIREs Clim Change, 8:e482.
- Harvey, B., Cochrane, L., & Van Epp, M. (2019). Charting knowledge co‐production pathways in climate and development. Environmental Policy and Governance, 29 (2) 107-117.
- Norström, A.V., Cvitanovic, C., Löf, M.F. et al. (2020) Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nat Sustain 3, 182–190.
- McCabe, A., Parker, R., Osegowitsch, T., & Cox, S. (2021). Overcoming barriers to knowledge co-production in academic-practitioner research collaboration. European Management Journal.
- Hakkarainen , V , Mäkinen-Rostedt , K E , Horcea-Milcu , A-I , D’amato , D , Jämsä , J & Soini , K (2022) ‘Transdisciplinary research in natural resources management : Towards an integrative and transformative use of co-concepts ‘, Sustainable Development , vol. 30 , no. 2 , pp. 309-325.
Selected Other Resources:
- Co-production in research – https://www.ukri.org/about-us/policies-standards-and-data/good-research-resource-hub/research-co-production/ (UKRI)
- Co-production: what it is and how to do it – https://www.scie.org.uk/co-production/what-how/ (Social Care Institute for Excellence)
- A Co-production Model: Five values and seven steps to make this happen in reality – https://qi.elft.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/C4CC-Co-production-Model.pdf (NHS England)
- A Guide to Co-production – https://api.warwickshire.gov.uk/documents/WCCC-859-394 (Warwickshire County Council)
- What does ‘co-production’ look like for Food System transformation? – Transforming UK Food Systems (ukri.org)


