Articles tagged with 'Sustainable Futures' | University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is at the heart of four new projects that have received a share of millions of pounds awarded to the Greater Manchester Innovation Accelerator, to turn cutting-edge technologies into businesses in Greater Manchester – in ...

The University of Manchester has published a report into the climate impact of its endowment investments which reveals that, by 31 July 2022, the carbon intensity of its endowment equity investment portfolio has been reduced by 55% from 2019....

Professor Michael Shaver, Director of the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub and Sustainable Futures, part of the University of Manchester, has published an open letter calling on Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham following visit to grasp op...

In this blog Prof Best and Prof Paterson discuss themes surrounding climate governance and central banking, which emerged during a recent workshop involving leading scholars hosted by the Politics Department and SCI in February at the University of M...

A one-man show about climate resilience, Who Ya Gonna Call? jumps headlong into some of the most difficult questions about our uncertain future - with the help of some buckets, some sand, a few old records, and a dash of black humour.Who Ya Gonna Cal...

The UK government recently launched “It all adds up”, a campaign aimed at providing “simple, low or no-cost actions that households can take to immediately cut energy use and save money”. The campaign speaks to persistent calls to increase the assist...

Textiles 2030 is WRAP’s award-winning, ground-breaking initiative, harnessing the knowledge and expertise of UK leaders in sustainability to accelerate the UK fashion and textiles industry towards a circular economy.Building on the Sustainable Clothi...

A radioactive robot developed by The University of Manchester researchers has been awarded Best Invention in 2022 by Time Magazine....

We are delighted to announce that we are welcoming bestselling author and renegade economist Professor Kate Raworth for the Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture 2022 on 6th December from 3pm!This event is held in collaboration with the Su...

Over 40,000 staff and students at The University of Manchester have been nominated for The Earthshot Prize for their practical action on climate change. ...

Dr Jennifer O’Brien, SEED,  Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning, and Sustainable Futures Challenge Lead for Inspired and Informed Futures, has been awarded a Higher Education and the SDGs Challenge Grant by the Association of Commo...

A powerful new crop management tool has been launched today, to enable farmers, businesses, and governments to make more informed decisions about water management, irrigation investments, and climate risks....

Catherine Walker will be speaking at a Sustainable Futures seminar alongside Jelena Ponocko, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Julien Harou, MUI/MERI, on 22nd September 2022 at 2pm. Her talk is entitled ‘From the classroom to t...

Mat Paterson was part of a Manchester Histories Festival and Creative Manchester event on climate histories and politics with Vlad Jankovic and Aditya Ramesh.The Cottonopolis Collective, which Ali Browne is part of, held an event at the Manchester Hi...

Innovation with urban infrastructure and its social organisation has become a key strategic concern for policymakers and other stakeholders at urban scale. As a response to a range of pressing contemporary and future challenges facing urban contexts,...

This cross-platform event between the Digital Futures, Creative & Heritage and Data Science & AI themes and the Creative Manchester platform will highlight and map out expertise, strengths and possible directions at the intersection of AI/data scienc...

This networking and ideas generation event brought together researchers from across the University of Manchester to explore how digital technology can be used to develop innovative responses to climate change. It showcased exciting research in this a...

Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. We are pleased to announce that Dr Johan Oldekop has been awarded a grant of €2 million to investigate sustainable forest transitions from the European Re...

In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as:“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”World Commission on Environment and Development 1987, p.43 (...

On Thursday, 27th January 2022, the first event of the Sustainable Futures Seminar Series took place. We were joined by our guest speakers Dr Neil Dixon and Dr Aled Roberts from The University of Manchester. The event brought attendees from across th...

On Wednesday, 8th June 2021, The University of Manchester internally launched Sustainable Futures with a showcase event. The Sustainable Futures Internal Showcase Launch, which took place on Tuesday, 8 June 2021, brought together academics with an in...

UoM is committed to supporting and amplifying the excellent research on environmental sustainability across the University through the creation of Sustainable Futures. Building on an extensive mapping and consultation exercise an interdisciplinary wo...

The University’s 'Our Future' Strategy includes a strong commitment to environmental sustainability: “We will be recognised globally for the excellence of our people, research, learning and innovation, for the benefits we bring to society and the env...

On Wednesday, 20 October 2021, The University of Manchester externally launched Sustainable Futures with a showcase event. The event brought together over 200 attendees, including Manchester academics focused on sustainability research, representativ...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of leads for the five Sustainable Futures challenge areas. The leads are:Dr Kate Scott, Presidential Fellow, Faculty of Humanities | Net-zero futuresDr Helen Holmes, Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Human...

The University of Manchester has been named the world’s number one university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings...