News : Sussex Sustainability Research Programme : University of Sussex

Joe Alcamo giving a presentation on delivering science for the Sustainable Development Goals. He is pictured standing in front of an audience

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

Students admiring the nest building skills of white storks up in the trees during a guided safari tour

Walk on the wild side: student trip to the Knepp Rewilding project

30 March 2023

To mark World Rewilding Day and Sustainable Sussex month, students ventured out to one of the largest rewilding initatives in lowland Europe

A sign reading 'wildflowers' sits among colourful wildflowers, with Falmer House in the background

Sustainable Sussex Month - Week 3 and 4

16 March 2023

Do you want to actively create a more sustainable future? Join us for Sustainable Sussex Month's last two weeks for future and action focused events!

Fires to be seen during harvesting wheat fields in the Idleb Governorate

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

A student votes for their favourite ideas for reducing meat demand on campus, by sticking a star shaped sticker next to the title saying

Take Part in the March Sustainable Curriculum Challenge!

2 March 2023

This March we are inviting as many staff and students as possible to join us in helping to further embed sustainability in the curriculum

March is Sustainable Sussex Month

2 March 2023

Join us for a month of sustainability activities, as students and staff work together to become one of the most sustainable universities in the world.

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

graphic of a various rainbow coloured hands with hearts in the midde

Get involved in the Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness

2 February 2023

The new Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness (ROK) welcomes you to attend an exciting set of inaugural events.

Academic Promotions Process 2023

19 January 2023

The Academic Promotions Process for 2023 is opening on 30 January 2023.

Sussex researchers launch new 'Concept Analytics Lab' to investigate link between linguistics and human thinking

13 December 2022

SSRP-supported project uses innovative tools to understand the human mind by analysing conceptual layering in texts incl. energy and recycling habits

Staff and students engaging with media and art around the Rights of Nature

SSRP Week exhibition highlights importance of arts and media for sustainability

8 December 2022

Recent Sussex Humanities Lab event officially welcomes Media, Arts & Humanities as a partner school to the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme

bright colourful SSRP graphics designed in the SDG colours on white background with a blue centred caption reading 'SSRP Week' and the date and location of this series of events below: 7th -11th November 2022, University of Sussex

Time for action: SSRP Week kickstarts new phase for sustainability research with impact

20 October 2022

Coinciding with COP27, the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is hosting an exciting week of events in November celebrating its Phase II launch

Business School engages with Nordic innovation agencies on ‘transformative missions’

12 October 2022

Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium teams up with Research Council of Norway, Vinnova and Business Finland to shape benchmarking of missions

Territorial rights of Amazonian group underway to be officially recognised

7 October 2022

Work by Sussex researchers leads to first step in the Amawaka community of Alto Esperanza gaining official recognition of their territorial rights.

Sussex exhibition marks culmination of Sustainable Futures project

3 October 2022

Sussex project focused on inspiring students from diverse backgrounds to engage with sustainability issues reaches climax with exhibition on campus.

Landscape image of coffee plantations in the region of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica.

International Coffee Day: SSRP researchers seek to improve communication between coffee producers and technicians

30 September 2022

New report outlines recommendations to improve Costa Rican Coffee Institute’s communication efforts and enhance farm productivity and sustainability

A close up of a field of wheat in the sunlight

New paper calls for coherent rights-based approach to tackling malnutrition

22 September 2022

Joint University of Zambia, Sussex and IDS research explores the ‘right to nutrition’ in its social, legal and political context

A person employed at a banana packing plant is cleaning and distributing bunches of bananas

Overemphasis on aesthetics in quality standards of bananas is harmful to workers

22 July 2022

SSRP researcher Dr Zaglul Ruiz shows that small changes in our perceptions of what a desirable commodity is could improve workers’ lives

Business School researchers introduce new Lab for learning and engagement on transformative innovation

5 July 2022

Policy makers, funders and researchers from 35 countries test out new tools, actions and learnings for societal change.

Chief Executive of the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) to give Sussex Energy Group Keynote

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.