Tagged: Sustainability

Dr Gerald E. Arhin is a Research Fellow at University College London, where he investigates the political economy of climate-compatible development. His work is based within the Climate Compatible Growth project, funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. His current research spans Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Nepal, examining the political and policy dynamics […]

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 […]

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 […]

How do communities care for their people, nature and place? Of The Land is a musical exploration of community experiences and practices in Badenoch and Strathspey as they respond to climate and nature crises. This event is part of the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, led by Sarah Parry (University of Edinburgh), which received an […]

Led by Professor Sarah Hartley (ACCESS Leadership Team, University of Exeter), this short project will examine the environmental impacts of AI through a social-science lens, providing a holistic understanding of the problem and making policy recommendations to address these impacts in a way that is environmentally and socially just.   Click here to read more about […]

Travel represents a major component of the carbon impact of universities through travel associated with research, student recruitment, international student travel and field courses. Many universities have declared environment and climate emergencies and have values-statements that reference ecological care. Yet shifting practices, systems and policies is challenging, as flying has become so entwined with research […]

The research was undertaken by a non-governmental organisation and developed a range of tools which led to widespread behaviour change in the UK public. Condensing boilers that burn gas contribute greatly to UK greenhouse gas emissions. A way to reduce emissions is to reduce the flow temperature and optimise boiler efficiency. Nesta, a UK innovation […]

Through recorded interviews, he explores how and why Muslims engage with the natural world and environmental sustainability. Here is a trailer highlighting some of key thoughts and comments made in the interviews.   Highlights from some of the other interviews can be found here. Read more about Davide’s project here  

Patrick shares a new Place-based, Just Transition framework that arose from four UK social science research projects funded as part of the IDRIC consortium. The framework is a tool for policy and industry to embed often overlooked social dimensions of industrial decarbonisation – particularly the lived experiences, knowledges and perspectives of communities hosting infrastructure projects […]

  This week (Tuesday 7 November) I joined several ACCESS Co-Investigators at a British Academy event in Exeter city centre looking at what a future sustainable Exeter might look like. The workshop also included several other academics, an ACCESS Leadership college fellow (lovely to catch up Mandy Bisset from The Southampton Collective), as well as […]