Research projects

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Current projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Co-creating visions and pathways for integrated urban heat systems EPSRC 1 August 2018 31 March 2026
Capture, recycling and societal management of phosphorus in the environment (ReCAP) EU Marie Curie 1 March 2021 1 March 2025
WELLBASED EU Horizon 2020 1 March 2021 1 March 2025
ESCoE: Net-zero, climate change and the environment - measurement of environmental footprints and the circular economy 10 January 2024 31 December 2024
Securing biodiversity, functional integrity and ecosystem services in DRYing riVER networks EU Horizon 2020 1 October 2020 30 September 2024
Scaling up place-based food initiatives 1 October 2023 31 July 2024

Past projects

Title Funder Start date End date
Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa) UK Research and Innovation 1 January 2021 31 December 2023
EPSRC Fellowship - Applying thermodynamic laws to the energy-GDP decoupling problem EPSRC 1 December 2018 1 December 2023
Understanding family and community vulnerabilities in transition to net zero Nuffield Foundation 19 July 2021 31 December 2022
ARRCC: Asia Regional Resilience to a Changing Climate DFID 1 September 2018 1 August 2022
UNDERWRITE: UK Climate Champion Additional Funds UK Research and Innovation 1 April 2020 30 June 2022
Harnessing benefits for climate change mitigation through irrigation-free indigenous tree establishment: sharing knowledge and building capacity UK PACT Green Recovery Challenge Fund 8 June 2021 31 May 2022
ShaRe: The potential of Sharing Resources for mitigating carbon emissions and other environmental impacts EU Marie Curie 1 May 2019 30 April 2022
Farmers' perspectives on challenges in the food system: a collaborative research partnership AHRC 11 December 2019 31 March 2022
Corridor Talk: Conservation Humanities and the Future of Europe’s National Parks AHRC 1 March 2019 28 February 2022
Agricultural and Food-system Resilience: Increasing Capacity and Advising Policy (GCRF-AFRICAP) 1 October 2017 31 December 2021
GCRF African Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (Africa-SWIFT) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 1 October 2017 31 December 2021
Research skills for nutrition-sensitive food systems to reduce hunger, malnutrition and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa 1 February 2020 31 December 2021
Living Well within Limits (LiLi) Leverhulme Trust 1 January 2017 31 December 2021
(Re)negotiating power to enhance resilience to climate change 1 January 2020 31 December 2021
YES TO Net Zero (Youth, Education, Skills and Training to Operationalise Net Zero) UK Research and Innovation 20 November 2020 19 November 2021
MED-GOLD: Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat food systems EU Horizon 2020 1 December 2017 1 November 2021
The Green Path to Recovery: Towards a Participatory and Place-Based Economy 1 October 2020 31 May 2021
Copernicus User Learning Services ECMWF 1 May 2017 1 April 2021
What to plant, when and where? Designing integrated forest-agricultural landscapes to enhance multiple livelihood benefits to and from agriculture BBSRC 1 April 2019 31 March 2021
IHACC - Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 1 March 2017 1 March 2021
Harnessing multiple benefits from resilient mangrove systems Newton Fund 1 September 2017 28 February 2021
Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 1 January 2016 31 December 2020
Harnessing Multiple Benefits from Resilient Mangrove Systems Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 August 2017 31 August 2020
IPACE-Malawi: Improving Preparedness to Agro-Climatic Extremes in Malawi NERC 1 October 2018 1 July 2020
UK Energy Research Centre Phase 3 1 January 2014 31 December 2019
Tooniktoyok: Monitoring the dynamic, contextual nature of climate change vulnerability among Inuit hunters of Canada’s Far North 1 January 2017 1 December 2019
ADVENT NERC 30 June 2015 31 October 2019
Refugia of Futures Past White Rose Collaboration Fund 1 October 2018 1 October 2019
Enhancing the benefits of tropical peatland restoration to support local communities and ecosystem processes Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 1 August 2017 1 July 2019
UMFULA: Uncertainty reduction in models for understanding development applications NERC 1 June 2015 1 June 2019
Uncertainty reduction in Models For Understanding deveLopment Applications (UMFULA) NERC 1 June 2015 1 June 2019
CSSP China: Improving the treatment and communication of uncertainty for Climate Services in China Newton Fund 1 July 2017 1 June 2019
CSSP China: End User Needs for City Based Climate Services in China Newton Fund 1 June 2017 1 June 2019
Technology for Sustainability in Organisations: Case Studies in Agricultural Production (TECHSUS) EU Horizon 2020 1 May 2017 1 May 2019
Evaluating Performance of Local Climate Policies in Mexico (e-Lection) EU Marie Curie 1 April 2017 31 March 2019
CI4Tea: Climate Information for Resilient Tea Production NERC 1 June 2017 1 January 2019
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Phase 2 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 January 2013 31 December 2018
Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions 1 January 2013 31 December 2018
RECARE: preventing and remediating degradation of soils in Europe through land care 1 November 2013 1 October 2018
Institutions, climate services and adaptation: water resource planning under uncertainty in the Cauvery River Basin in Karnataka ESRC 1 October 2013 1 September 2018
Governance of Low-carbon Innovation in Domestic Energy Retrofits (GLIDER) 1 February 2016 31 January 2018
Understanding land use, livelihoods and social-ecological change in rural Swaziland Leverhulme Trust 1 January 2014 31 December 2017
iBUILD: Infrastructure Business Models, Valuation and Innovation for Local Delivery Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 September 2013 31 August 2017
Peatlands and the Public 1 September 2016 1 June 2017
Multi-level governance, REDD+ and synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 1 January 2014 31 December 2016
Catastrophic shifts in drylands: how can we prevent ecosystem degradation? (CASCADE) 1 January 2012 31 December 2016
Water Harvesting for Rainfed Africa: investing in dryland agriculture for growth and resilience (WAHARA) 1 March 2011 29 January 2016
'Economics Of Land Degradation’ (ELD) initiative 1 January 2013 31 December 2014
Brewing up resilience in supply chains research network (BURNS) 1 July 2013 31 December 2014
Africa College Partnership 1 January 2008 31 December 2013
Private conservation and environmental governance Leverhulme Trust 1 March 2011 31 March 2013
How modern social science research helps shape public policy, market forces and social understanding: mapping influences and developing metrics for the digital-era HEFCE 1 June 2010 3 March 2013
Enhancing Research Impact on Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change (ERIMACC) Marie Curie Career Integration Grant 1 March 2011 28 February 2013
Assessing Institutional and Governance Partnerships for Climate-Compatible Development in sub-Saharan Africa 1 February 2012 1 January 2013