Tagged: Interdisciplinary

This new ACCESS paper in the journal Environmental Science and Policy explores what exactly environmental social science (ESS) is and why defining ESS is so important: “Environmental social sciences are often perceived to have less impact than other scientific perspectives. To help make a case for its value and importance it is essential that those […]

This practical toolkit will help environmental and social scientists, practitioners and policymakers to build stronger relationships and collaborate more effectively on urgent environmental problems. Collaborative working across environmental disciplines and sectors is vital. Alongside technical improvements and breakthroughs, profound societal change will be necessary to meet our climate and environment goals. There is growing recognition […]

Over the past year, ACCESS and the Institution for Environmental Sciences (IES) have been working together on the Environmental Social Science in Interdisciplinary Working project to strengthen interdisciplinary working between environmental and social scientists, equipping both communities with the tools and insights needed to work more effectively together on urgent environmental issues. They have developed […]

Our fifth and final ACCESS Assembly was held on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June 2026 at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus. We enjoyed keynotes from Prof. Julian Agyeman (Tufts, USA) and Prof. Yacob Mulugetta (UCL, African Institute for Sustainable Energy and Systems Analysis), an international discussion panel with Prof. Julie MacArthur (Royal Roads, […]

Last month, ACCESS and project partners the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) hosted the second in a series of roundtables for the Environmental Social Science in Interdisciplinary Working project. Whereas the first roundtable focused on sharing experiences and identifying enablers and barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration which includes environmental social sciences, this latest session moved from […]

Last year, I didn’t just feel tired – I felt burnt out. There’s a version of the postdoc journey that looks neat on paper, you do a PhD, stay in the same lab, build on familiar questions with familiar people. That hasn’t been my story. My path has been more zigzag than ladder, moving across […]

Rabin Doolub doesn’t fit neatly into any one box. He’s been a teacher, a civil servant, and is now a sustainability leader in higher education. What ties his journey together is a deep commitment to making meaningful change and doing it in a way that puts people first. As Head of Environmental Sustainability at Middlesex […]

This initial roundtable is the first of three roundtables, which will help inform the project in its overall aim to develop an understanding of the key enablers and barriers to collaboration across the environmental and social sciences, and then to co-produce tailored resources to support practical approaches to bridging disciplines. This roundtable, held in central […]

Dr Najma Mohamed is Head of Nature-Based Solutions at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) at the University of Cambridge. Dr Mohamed delivered a keynote at this year’s ACCESS Annual Assembly 2025 on ‘Putting People at the Heart of Place-Sensitive Just Transitions‘. We interviewed her afterwards, asking about her academic journey, […]

Dr Aryo Feldman grew up on the island of Jersey, where agriculture was part of the landscape and daily life. Much of the island is farmland, and with a father who worked in agricultural economics and international development, farming and food systems were always in the background. Still, it wasn’t until later that these early […]