This year, the University of Sussex hosted a new competition open to all Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) MSc and PhD students. The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Challenge challenged the participants to develop creative science, technology and innovation policy ideas, which were presented to a panel of judges and live audience, who also had the chance to vote for their favourite idea.
The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex has coordinated and launched a ground-breaking five-year programme of transformative work, with the hope to build an international network dedicated to transformative change, as embodied in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The University of Sussex has been involved in a new study with Aarhus University, Denmark, which has found that car dealerships are preventing people from switching to electric vehicles (EVs) in the Nordic region and possibly beyond.
The University of Sussex is now ranked first in world for development studies by QS University Rankings 2018. Sussex has been ranked first two years in a row and it is the fourth consecutive year of ranking in the top two universities globally for development studies.
As home to some of the world’s leading sustainability academics, the University of Sussex is on a mission to become one of the UK’s greenest universities. In October 2017, MP Caroline Lucas visited the University of Sussex’s Falmer campus to switch on our new installation of solar panels, the biggest installation at any UK university.
Bangladesh contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet as one of the world’s most climate venerable countries it is prone to climate-related disasters such as drought, tropical storms and floods.
Head of anti-bullying charity and Sussex Alumnus, Liam Hackett, tells us about a typical day in the life in his office at Ditch the Label. Liam started Ditch the Label when he was 16 after being “brutally” bullied at school for negative views towards his sexuality.
Professor Benjamin Sovacool Director of the Centre of Innovation and Energy Demand (CIED) at the University of Sussex, has been announced as a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report.
Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex, Richard Tol, is advising the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and has played a significant role in evolving their understanding of the economic impacts of climate change.
