Centre for Environment and Sustainability

We were first established in 1992 by Professor Roland Clift, and are now an internationally acclaimed centre of excellence on sustainable development.

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Postgraduate courses Research courses CPD and short courses

Latest news

12.01.21

EngD student’s research delivers sustainable solution for Thames Water

18.12.20

Meat’s on the menu for CES student Joanna

11.12.20

Professor Angela Druckman is new Director of CES

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Study with us

We offer excellence in innovative PhD and EngD programmes which are embedded within multidisciplinary research, as well as numerous MSc courses and CPD and short courses.

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Embedding sustainability in education

We are committed to ensuring our students develop their understanding of the consequences their actions can have on the planet and future generations. We offer a free extracurricular course students can take to get an in-depth understanding of issues affecting the sustainability of our planet.

Global Graduate Award in Sustainability

Teaching sustainability

What we offer

Applied industry research collaborations

We can help your organisation reach objectives by using our expertise to resolve your research problems.

Interdisiplinary research

Developing action-oriented, policy relevant responses to long-term environmental and social issues.

Gender equality

We are committed to the principles and beliefs of the Athena SWAN charter of recognising advancement of gender equality: Representation, progression and success for all.

Roland Clift lecture series

Every year we run our Roland Clift lecture series presented by a different speaker. Joanna Yarrow from the IKEA Group presented the latest lecture to talk about inspiring and enabling a billion people to live better lives within the planet’s limits.

Find out more about the lecture series.

Prosperity matters

The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) is an ESRC funded multi-institutional research centre, directed by Professor Tim Jackson. Their vision is to help humans live a better, healthier more prosperous life by looking at the economic, social, political and philosophical areas that will get us there.

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