Sustainability research
Find out about our sustainability research, including our participation in COP26.
About us
We are at the forefront of research around climate action, biodiversity, sustainable food and the circular economy. We will also continue to be a key enabler and supportive trusted research partner in delivering sustainability regionally, nationally and internationally.
Research programmes and centres
You can read more about the work of some of our key research programmes and our partner, the Institute for Development Studies, by following the links below.
- Research in our schools
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Sustainability research activities are organised around the following departments and centres:
- Research programmes and centres
Research impact
Our research helps to advance the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, we were ranked in the top ten universities in the world by the against the UN SDG Goal 1: No Poverty, largely due to the research we have contributed to this area.
COP26
Find out how our research contributed to COP26.
We're working hard to become one of the most sustainable universities in the world.
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Podcast: Rob Byrne on adopting new innovations and technology in sustainable energy projects
is a Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit at the 新澳门六合彩开奖结果. He is also a co-convener for the Energy and Climate Change Domain of the (a research initiative between SPRU and the ).
Working for a number of years in Botswana and Tanzania on various sustainable energy projects, Rob’s background was particularly instrumental in providing real life context for the study of innovation, energy and climate policy. In this podcast, Rob talks about just how complex the process of adopting new innovations and technology can be.
Listen to more Impacted podcasts.
Forecasting for drought in Kenya
A collaboration between Sussex researchers, Kenyan national agencies and non-governmental organisations aims to improve drought predictions through the use of machine learning techniques to analyse satellite-based Earth observations.
News
See our latest sustainability-related research news.
Contact us
Research development enquiries:
researchexternal@sussex.ac.uk
Research impact enquiries:
rqi@sussex.ac.uk
Research governance enquiries:
rgoffice@sussex.ac.uk
Doctoral study enquiries:
doctoralschool@sussex.ac.uk
Undergraduate research enquiries:
undergraduate-research@sussex.ac.uk
General press enquiries:
press@sussex.ac.uk