School of Earth and Environment
Sustainability Research Institute
Who we are
The Sustainability Research Institute conducts internationally recognised, academically excellent and problem-oriented interdisciplinary research and teaching on environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. We draw on various social and natural science disciplines, including ecological economics, environmental economics, political science, policy studies, development studies, business and management, geography, sociology, science and technology studies, ecology, environmental science and soil science in our work.
Major research projects
- Climate Compatible Development: Building Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa
- Advancing Knowledge Systems to Inform Climate Adaptation Decisions (ICAD)
- Assessing Institutional and Governance Partnerships for Climate-Compatible Development in sub-Saharan Africa (CDKN)
- Climate Compatible Development Partnership (CCDP)
- Centre for Climate Change, Economics and Policy
- Doctoral Training Centre in Low Carbon Technologies
- Desertification Mitigation and Remediation
- Multi-level Governance of Natural Resources
- Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System
- Transitions to a low carbon economy
- Sustainable Agriculture
Research Highlights
Seeking Benefits and Avoiding Conflicts
A new report on Uganda's emerging oil and gas industry says companies can improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) to give fairer employment, compensation and land deals to communities.
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