Read news from the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
5 July 2022
Policy makers, funders and researchers from 35 countries test out new tools, actions and learnings for societal change.
30 June 2022
Chris Stark will present perspectives from the work of the independent authority on tackling climate change under the UK’s Climate Change Act.
3 May 2022
New study reveals the technologies and academic disciplines that are being overlooked by research funders in the global fight against climate change
14 April 2022
Authoritarian nationalist populists have a systemic tendency to create significant negative effect on climate policies when in government
11 April 2022
A set of newly approved projects, funded through HEIF and co-sponsored by the SSRP, address Covid-19 recovery and climate change in an integrated way.
7 April 2022
University of Sussex Business School experts on why the most impactful policies have been overlooked in the British Energy Security Strategy
New study reveals most remote workers in England before the pandemic travelled further each week than office-based workers despite taking fewer trips
4 April 2022
More government support with greater flexibility is needed to make solar panels viable option for elderly homeowners, student renters and the disabled
3 March 2022
The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is making small grants available to eight exciting, interdisciplinary sustainability projects.
28 February 2022
The Sussex Energy Group Research Showcase outlines research projects on industrial decarbonisation and energy transition and justice in the Artic
4 February 2022
Transformative Innovation Policy Conference 2022 gathers researchers & policymakers for action on TIP research & policy.
2 February 2022
Promoting the benefits of vaccine to an individual is a more effective means of overcoming vaccine hesitancy than extolling broader societal benefits
31 January 2022
UK government policy must go further to ensure low carbon technologies are an affordable option for broader range of society.
24 January 2022
Widespread expectations 5G will be a green technology are not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base
13 January 2022
Do you, or people in your network, need to find a University of Sussex collaborator for a new research or writing project? Perhaps you want to find...
4 January 2022
Professor Matthew Lockwood has been announced as the new co-director of the Sussex Energy Group (SEG)
21 December 2021
New research outlines policy options for governments to limit the energy demand and environmental impact of datacentres
23 November 2021
In the closing SEG@COP26 panel discussion, Sussex Energy Group researchers discussed their reactions to the outcomes from the COP.
16 November 2021
Dr Paula Kivimaa and Prof Karoline Rogge have been named in the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List for the very first time.
1 October 2021
Hear from energy policy experts at the SEG@COP26 series - presenting SPRU research and its relation to this year's global COP negotiations