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Social Enterprise and environmental sustainability: challenges and opportunities
26/04/2013
Held in Cardiff on 16 April, this event brought researchers, policy makers and practitioners together to discuss the opportunities and challenges for social enterprises to help create environmental sustainability.
Cardiff screening of Thin Ice
09/04/2013
The Sustainable Places Research Institute has teamed up with the Climate Change Commission for Wales to hold a free screening of Thin Ice.
New Sustainability Science Summer School
08/04/2013
The Sustainable Places Research Institute is launching a new Sustainability Science Summer School to be run in June this year.
Governance for sustainable development: what can we learn from others?
15/03/2013
This was the subject for discussion at a recent briefing given to Assembly Members and researchers at the National Assembly for Wales.
Making sense of sustainability
15/03/2013
Cardiff University and Aberystwyth University are embarking on a new initiative on the theme of "Making sense of sustainability".
International honour for advancing environmental social science research
25/02/2013
Susan Baker, Professor at the School of Social Sciences and researcher at the University's Sustainable Places Research Institute, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
Funded PhD studentship available
07/02/2013
PhD Studentship looking at building community resilience: the role for community energy projects in reducing urban poverty
World leading Islamic environmentalist to visit Cardiff
30/01/2013
'Muslims, the Environment and the Challenge of the Emerging Order - An Islamic Perspective' Professor Susan Baker will chair this seminar when Fazlun Khalid visits Cardiff in February.
A new vision for upland Wales
14/01/2012
What does the future hold for land use and climate in upland Wales? Workshop led by researchers from the Institute
Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Spatial Development Planning
06/12/2012
A three months interactive programme for Postgraduate Students in Leuven, Belgium
How green is cycling?
15/11/2012
Cardiff University publishes report into the environmental impact of the Tour de France
Cardiff International Conference on Sustainable Place-Making
29th/30th October 2012
Coping with the adaptive changes necessary as a result of climate change and resource depletion becomes one of the main challenges facing the world in the second decade of the 21st century.
Spatial Development Planning
24/10/2012
A two week Intensive Learning Programme for Postgraduate Students in Ankara, Turkey (2-14 April 2013)
Sustainability Week 2012
18/10/2012
Griff Rhys Jones will lead a celebration of the work of Cardiff’s flagship Sustainable Places Research Institute during the University’s 2012 Sustainability Week.
Climate change: time to think and act differently
25/07/2012
Professor Susan Baker recently spoke at the Chepstow Festival with the Transition Chepstow group.
The UK national ecosystem assessment, what next?
3/07/2012
Professor Terry Marsden has been appointed a member of the Expert Panel providing advice on the next stage of the UK national ecosystem assessment.
Rural Alliances
2/07/2012
Professor Terry Marsden has been appointed to the Policy and Advisory Panel of an exciting new €10million initiative
Further Finnish developments
26/06/2012
Professor Terry Marsden has recently returned from a joint seminar on Sustainable Cities with colleagues from Helsinki, Vaasa and the Finnish Environmental Institute.
Another step forward for seagrasses
08/06/2012
The lesser known star of the marine environment, seagrasses have received a boost following support from the Darwin Initiative.
Crossroads for Food Studies
06/06/2012
Solving the problems of food security and sustainability: the emerging place-making agenda.
Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Electricity Supply, Consumption and Demand Reduction
23/05/2012
Exciting new three year interdisciplinary studentship available in the School of Psychology.
PhD studentship on key research theme available
16/05/2012
Fully funded studentship on theme of adaptations around mobilities, flows and migration.
Green development; one of the keys to tackling inequality
16/05/2012
Professor Susan Baker will be discussing how to best to develop a new economic model for a planet under pressure.
Cardiff academic elected as Fellow of world-leading science body
15/05/2012
Breakthroughs on the geo-environmental engineering processes have won Professor Hywel Thomas one of the highest honours. in world science.
Working together: urban communities as sustainable places
02/05/2011
A report on the recent event ‘Working together: urban communities as sustainable places’
'Faith in the Future'
03/04/2012
Professor Susan Baker returns from the environmental symposium on Global sustainability at the Royal Palace of Stockholm
PhD Studentship Available
03/04/2012
President’s Award PhD Studentship available, Public Perception of the Risks of Future Sea Level Change in the Severn Estuary
Big boost for Welsh river research
29/03/2012
£3 million won for new river research to build on 33 years of work at Llyn Brianne in mid Wales
AESOP 3rd Sustainable Food Planning Thematic Group Meeting
16/02/2012
The programme and presentations from the meeting are now available online
The seagrass story continues
18/11/2011
The importance of seagrass meadows and their conservation continue to attract attention
Climate Change Champion
04/11/2011
Ebbw Vale’s fifteen-year-old Climate Change Champion, Bronwen Davies
Can Wales change the world?
04/11/2011
Sustainability Week Debate asks what environmental impact a small nation can have
Place based workshops begin
06/09/2011
A series of workshops looking at how scientists and communities can work together effectively to address issues of concern to communities.
AESOP Excellence Award for teaching and research programme
12/08/2011
Dr Abid Mehmood, Research Fellow at Sustainable Places Research Institute took part in an award winning teaching and research programme
Sustainable Places helps to support the Size of Wales
04/08/2011
Cardiff University becomes a supporting member of the Size of Wales project
Ecosystem service research showcase
22/06/2011
Key conference highlights Welsh expertise in food security and ecosystem services
Putting a price on seagrass
08/06/2011
One of the Institute’s Research Fellows, Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, has posed that very question in her research on seagrass
Speaking up for the natural world
01/06/2011
We are inviting people to have their voice heard by trialling an innovative way to connect with the public in the run up to Wales Biodiversity Week.
Working together, a view from Europe
21/04/2011
The Institute is delighted that Professor Katarina Eckerberg is visiting Cardiff as part of the University’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow Scheme
ESRC funded PhD Studentships
28/03/2011
Wales-DTC is awarding a number of ESRC-funded postgraduate research studentships to support doctoral research and training
New PhD Scholarship Opportunities
08/02/2011
The School of City and Regional Planning has been awarded six new PhD Scholarships
High-profile patrons for Research Institutes
11/01/2011
Stephen Fry, Griff Rhys Jones and Sir Terry Matthews back new Research Institutes
