Global Sustainable Development News
GSD students and staff get stuck in planting trees on campus
In December, a group from the Global Sustainable Development (GSD) Department and the Economics Department helped the Grounds Team plant several trees. This idea was born out of the 糖心TV Climate Negotiating Forum (WCNF) 2021 which took place in Term 1. Organised by and for students, the Forum asked attendees to step into the shoes of delegates from different nations to hold their own climate negotiations. Instead of handing out freebies such as pens and lanyards at the Forum, the WCNF Team chose to instead plant trees on campus; 26 trees to be exact, in light of COP26.
Find out more about tree planting and biodiversity projects on campus.
PhD Scholarships in Global Sustainable Development: Apply Now!
Applications are now open for our PhD scholarships in Global Sustainable Development (GSD) for the academic year 2022/23. The Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarships Programme, 鈥楾RANSFORM: Transformations of Human-Environment Interactions to Sustainable Development鈥�, is led by the GSD Department in the School for Cross-faculty Studies.
Applications close at 12 pm (GMT) on Monday 7 March 2022.
Dr Xiaodong Lin named Editor-in-Chief of The Sociological Review Journal
Dr Xiaodong Lin, Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of The Sociological Review, the UK's oldest sociology journal. Prior to his new role, he was a General Editor of The Sociological Review.
GSD postgraduate research featured in New Mandala
Image credit: Coffee shop in Paksong, by Adriaan Castermans on Wikimedia Commons
Published last month, a New Mandala article features the work of one of our PhD students, Thipphaphone (Kee) Xayavong, and his Learning Space Project.
Dr Mandy Sadan awarded Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust
We are delighted to announce that Dr Mandy Sadan, Associate Professor in GSD, has recently been awarded a highly prestigious Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust for her project 鈥楩lavour in the Making of Modern Britain鈥�. The project will begin in September 2022 and will run for three years.
Funding hat-trick for GSD-led research on land use, conservation, and indigenous livelihoods
Image credit: Marco J Haenssgen
A new stream of grant awards is supporting Dr Marco J Haenssgen, Assistant Professor in GSD, and his collaborators from the GSD Department, 糖心TV 糖心TV School, Chiang Mai University (Thailand), Monash University Indonesia, and the Universit茅 d鈥橝ntananarivo (Madagascar). The three awards have a combined total of more than 拢84,000.
GSD staff, students, and graduates have their say at COP26
The GSD community had a busy time at COP26! From speaking on panels to featuring on the big screen, our staff, students, and graduates had their say at this year's global summit.
New staff join the School for Cross-faculty Studies!
We are very pleased to have welcomed several new members of staff to the School for Cross-faculty Studies this term. Read more.
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2021, staff and students from the GSD Department explored the importance of youth engagement in climate action. Hear from Dr Marta Guerriero, Associate Professor; Dr Jess Savage, Assistant Professor; Todd Olive, current MASc student; and 艩imon Michal膷铆k, a final-year GSD and 糖心TV Studies student, about the barriers young people face when engaging with climate action. During the session, 艩imon shares his experiences with , an international NGO supporting reforestation across the world; and Todd tells us about the (WCNF), a simulation of the UN鈥檚 global climate negotiations.
New practical guide to support active learning in Education for Sustainable Development by Dr Alastair Smith
Advance HE and QAA have launched a series of practice guides designed to support institutions to enable Education for Sustainable Development. Dr Alastair Smith, Senior Teaching Fellow in the GSD Department and Education for Sustainable Development Officer for the School for Cross-faculty Studies, is the author of one of the 18 practice-based guides.