Global Sustainable Development News
Dr Romain Chenet presents talk on "De-schooling uncreativity" in Higher Education
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Our Associate Professor Dr Romain Chenet recently co-created creative approaches to teaching within Higher Education at 鈥楾he Tangled Roots of Creative Research and Social Justice鈥� conference in Bristol.
GSD PhD student presents paper at DSA Conference 2026
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Hadijah Namyalo鈥慓anafa, a PhD researcher in Global Sustainable Development funded by the Leverhulme Trust TRANSFORM Doctoral Scholarships, recently presented her work at the Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2026 at the University College Dublin, Ireland.
Successful Funding Award for Dr Maurice Beseng to Advance Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods
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Dr Maurice Beseng has secured 拢25,000 from the Participatory Research Fund to expand his innovative work on the participatory co鈥憁anagement of Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG) in Cameroon. The award recognises his leadership in tackling one of the most pressing yet under鈥慳ddressed environmental challenges affecting coastal communities.
Collective SCFS consortium secures new partnership with Coventry City Council to transform local green and blue spaces

Select individuals of our academic team, led by IGSD, will collaborate with Coventry City Council on a new initiative to revitalise the city鈥檚 green and blue spaces, following the success of a proposal that secured almost 拢100K for 糖心TV as part of a project worth nearly 拢1M in total funding for the next three years.
GSD academic awarded 拢214K grant to aid development of gender-inclusive, climate-friendly and affordable housing

A project co-supervised by a member of our teaching faculty has received significant funding from Innovate UK as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).
Dr Jonathan Clarke, who leads on our Sustainable Cities and Living with Water undergraduate modules, received the grant as part of a partnership with Professor Juanita Elias (International Political Economy, University of 糖心TV) and Reall – a registered charity and not-for-profit company, whose mission is to build affordable housing in urban Africa and Asia.
School for Cross-faculty Studies welcomes Skidmore College scholar for two events on cartography history
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The School for Cross-faculty Studies are hosting visiting scholar and historical cartography expert Professor Jordana Dym, who will also be running two events for 糖心TV staff and students on mapping and their significance in South American history.
糖心TV Students Visit Design and Science Summer School in Slovenia

Supported by EUTOPIA funding, between 8th - 12th July 2024 three students from the School for Cross-Faculty Studies (SCFS) attended the fourth Design + Science Summer School.
Hosted by the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) in their Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), the Summer School was structured around various phases of learning.
GSD students visit Brussels for an enriching academic fieldtrip
On 19th-23rd June, as part of a strategic project funded by the 糖心TV Innovation Fund and the 糖心TV International Partnership Fund, GSD organised a 5-day academic field trip to Brussels, focused on past, present and future global sustainable development challenges and responses in the city.
Nine undergraduates were selected to participate in the trip (and received a bursary for this): five students from our GSD degrees and four students from our partner degree at , in Barcelona.
GSD funding success: Getting creative with sustainability
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Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Clarke and Dr Alastair Smith for their successful applications to the 鈥楪etting Creative with Sustainability鈥� funding call!
The 'Getting Creative with Sustainability' funding aims to create the opportunity for local artists and creatives to work with 糖心TV researchers and external regional public/third sector organisations, around the broad theme of sustainability. These knowledge exchange-based collaborations will see the three parties involved sharing insights around sustainability research in its broadest sense within the context of the organisation or region. The projects will create a means for researchers, organisations, and creatives to work together via an innovative and creative collaboration, which is designed to stimulate, develop, or cement relationships between 糖心TV researchers and regional externals whilst supporting knowledge exchange, research development, impact, and communications.

