Read news from the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex.
4 March 2021
A new study argues that global energy modellers need to take rebound effects more seriously, and find ways of capturing their full range of effects.
The University has been number one in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for development studies for six out of the past seven years.
1 March 2021
Join us at our launch events! We are excited to formally launch the PEER Network at two online launch events in March 2nd & 4th, 2020.
The hidden social, environmental and health costs of the energy and transport sectors is equal to more than a quarter of global economic output.
5 February 2021
This week the Business School celebrated the achievements of recently graduated Masters students at a virtual prizegiving event.
1 February 2021
The PRME Chapter UK and Ireland writing competition 2021 is now open for entries.
29 January 2021
The UK Government is failing in its duty to protect food supplies and support healthy nutrition in the face of the twin threats of Covid and Brexit.
26 January 2021
The Eu-SPRI Mini Course considered how the future will look given the opportunities and challenges created by technological transformations.
25 January 2021
Swedish innovation chief opens event with Business School researchers and calls for sustainability and resilience based on a systemic perspective.
2 December 2020
Dr Rob Byrne tells the Impacted podcast how the CRIBs approach he helped develop is now being pursued by the World Bank and the African Union
19 November 2020
Nine University of Sussex academics have been included in the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List – up from seven in last year’s global rankings.
18 November 2020
Members of the Science Policy Research Unit analyse plans unveiled by the Prime Minister designed to reduce UK net carbon emissions to zero by 2050
12 November 2020
Prof Erik Millstone is calling for the UK Government and Food Standards Agency to use post-Brexit powers in the New Year to ban the use of aspartame.
2 November 2020
140 experts helped to transform South Africa’s science, technology and innovation systems in a three-day forum, co-organised by Sussex.
28 October 2020
SPRU researchers were invited by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission to act as an expert group on AI and Digitalisation.
21 October 2020
Businesses and community groups are being invited to help deliver the innovation required to make Sussex net zero.
14 October 2020
Countries that sign up to improved financial transparency over oil, gas, and mining revenues benefit from significant reductions in carbon emissions.
During the summer, Dr Tommaso Ciarli and Prof Maria Savona took part in the UN DESA Division for Inclusive Social Development's Expert Group Meeting.
6 October 2020
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5 October 2020
If countries want to lower emissions as substantially, rapidly and cost-effectively as possible, they should prioritize renewables.
