Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)’s Post

Exciting investment in new research projects to boost environmental resilience, wellbeing, and sustainability across the UK! 🌍 🌊 £14.8M Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas Programme: A transdisciplinary approach to understanding and boosting the resilience of coastal communities in all four nations of the UK. We are funding this work alongside UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) NERC: Natural Environment Research Council and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 🏡 £9.5M Place-based Sustainability Research: We are delighted to fund five innovative projects that will research place-based approaches to an environmentally sustainable future, providing evidence to support local and national decision making. The two sets of projects will help communities tackle issues, such as: 🔸 Landfill waste release due to erosion and flooding 🔸 Urban net zero retrofit challenges 🔸 Conflict in transitions to sustainable living 🔸 Public food procurement networks 🔸 Understanding the importance of place in responding to climate change challenges Congratulations to our successful project leads!🏆 Coastal Communities and Seas Programme ⬇️  🔸 TRANSitions in Energy for Coastal communities over Time and Space - Karen Alexander, Heriot-Watt University 🔸 ARISE: Advancing Resilience and Innovation for a Sustainable Environment - GINA YANNITELL Reinhardt (she/her), University of Essex 🔸 Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities: assessing and responding to urban and post-industrial coastal risks - Kate Spencer, Queen Mary, University of London 🔸 Transformative Research Actions for Resilient Coastal Communities - Tim Acott, University of Greenwich The UK Coastal Communities and Seas Network Plus ⬇️  🔸 COAST-R: COastal Communities and Seas Together for Resilience Network Plus - Briony McDonagh, University of Hull Place-based Approaches to Sustainable Living ⬇️  🔸 URBAN RETROFIT UK: Scaling up place-based adaptations to the urban environment through the planning and development system - James White, University of Glasgow; with Cardiff University, Dalhousie University, University of Sheffield, University of the West of England, and University of Ulster  🔸 Governing Sustainable Futures: Advancing the use of Participatory Mechanisms for addressing Place-based Contestations of Sustainable Living - Rebecca Sandover, Exeter University  🔸 Place-based approaches to sustainable food supply chains: scaling socio-technical innovations as enablers for enhancing public sector food procurement - moya kneafsey, Coventry University; with Garden Organic, and Social Farms & Gardens  🔸 REGENYSYS: Designing a regenerative regional living system in the Thames Estuary - Joanna Williams, University College London; with Cranfield University  🔸 Circular Society Innovations for place-based equitable, inclusive & environmentally sustainable living - Paul Dewick, Manchester Metropolitan University     🔍 More on our website