News items for Sussex Energy Group

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Our social relations shape our decision-making in surprising ways. Here's what that means for home retrofit policy.

7 February 2024

Researchers including Donal Brown, Giulia Mininni and Marie Claire Brisbois present a new way of understanding how we make decisions about retrofits.


The Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant (in German Kernkraftwerk Gösgen, abbreviated in KKG) is located in the Däniken municipality (canton of Solothurn, Switzerland) on a loop of the Aare river. It is operated by the ad hoc society Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG

Sussex Researchers’ Insights Vindicated in New UK Nuclear Roadmap

19 January 2024

A new UK government document openly acknowledges links between civil nuclear energy and national defence, vindicating SEG researchers.


The major policy challenge for digitalising our energy systems: inclusion

7 December 2023

The ROLES project found that digitalising our energy systems is entrenching inequality. Making those systems more inclusive is key to reversing this.


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Three things we learned from the Sussex Energy Group Keynote Lecture

14 November 2023

  Here are three of the most interesting highlights from the Sussex Energy Group Keynote from Climate Change Committee Chief Exec, Chris Stark


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Comic books aren’t just about superheros. They can also be a great way of communicating research.

31 July 2023

  For many experts, Smart local energy systems (SLES) are crucial to the UK’s transition to a Net Zero energy system. Over the last two...


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Interested in learning more about sustainability research with impact?

22 June 2023

Join the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme at the university's Summer of Research festival for a series of inspiring events


Science for the SDGs

SSRP Round 8 funding opportunity is now open!

21 June 2023

Sussex & IDS researchers here's your chance to apply for funding to help tackle sustainability challenges as we approach the mid-point of Agenda 2030


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New round of SSRP projects will help tackle global and local sustainability challenges

31 March 2023

The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) is pleased to award five cutting-edge projects to advance research with impact and the SDGs


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New Policy Brief demands action on food security, capacity and peace-building in Syria

15 March 2023

The briefing lists ten key actions targeted at those working on post-conflict reconstruction, twelve years after the start of the Syrian conflict


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Looking for (extra) funding to increase sustainability research with impact?

21 February 2023

You might be eligible to apply to two small grants funding opportunities offered by SSRP who support interdisciplinary Sussex sustainability research