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  • Inclusive and sustainable futures for Scotland, Pre-election community panel discussion
    Thursday 26 March 2026 6:00pm to 7:30pm St Mary’s College, T201 – Lecture Room 1. Scotland has a track record of global impact on matters of sustainability, being one of the first countries to implement legally binding targets (Climate Change…
  • Sustainable Finance Symposium 
    The Finance Department at the University of St Andrews Business School and Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance (CRBF), in collaboration with Scotland Beyond Net Zero and with support from the St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities, hosted its Sustainable…
  • Sustainability Showcase
    Discover the diversity of sustainability research taking place across the University of St Andrews. Chaired by Prof. Tom Brown, Vice Principal (Research, Collections and Innovation), the event brings together research centres and groups across the university, each offering a short lightning…
  • Wardlaw Museum exhibition features in Museums Journal this month
    Our exhibition ‘Rewrite the Future’ last summer has featured as a case study in Museums Journal, the house journal of the Museums Association. The article, co-written by the Wardlaw Museum’s Head of Experience and Engagement, Matt Sheard, and by Lyndsey…
  • Storytelling as a Method for Sustainability Research
    The St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities (StACCS) invites you to join us for a workshop exploring the value of storytelling as a method for sustainability research. StACCS addresses the challenges of sustainability through interdisciplinary collaboration around the themes of carbon,…
  • Wrapped 2025
    As we head toward the end of 2025 and StACCS collaborators are preparing for a well-deserved break, take a look at StACCS Wrapped to learn more about what the StACCS community has achieved this year.
  • Rethinking Sustainability: Challenges, Approaches, and Practice
    Following the success of last year’s inaugural edition at St Andrews, StACCS is delighted to announce that we will be co-hosting our second summer school from 22–26 June at the University of Bonn. Our longstanding collaboration with Bonn’s Center for…
  • Roots and Shoots: A StACCS-funded community collaborative pilot project begins
    What do sea grass planting, Victorian botanical recipes, fabric dying, the Celtic tree calendar, dulce soup, vernacular plant names and flood alleviation have in common? They are all themes being considered by three community heritage organisations as part of a…
  • Sustainable Finance Symposium
    How resilient is our financial system to climate risks? Can the financial sector actively support the transition to a sustainable economy—or does it hinder it? The Department of Finance of the University of St Andrews Business School is bringing together…
  • A Space for Hope: An Interactive Installation on Climate Hope
    Workshop: Thursday 27th November, 6 – 7.30pm Installation: Saturday 29th November 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm Boiler House, St Andrews Botanic Garden A Space for Hope is an interactive installation which seeks to create space for climate hope amongst increasing climate anxiety. This interactive…
  • Brainstorming Meeting: Applying to Horizon Europe for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research
    The St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities (StACCS), in collaboration with the Research Business Development (RBD) team, invite you to attend this brainstorming meeting to discuss Horizon Europe’s Draft Work Programmes for 2026/27, with a view to exploring the possibilities for…
  • Postcards from the Future
    Climate activism frequently involves a focus on the negative; with dire climate news constantly in the media and a discouraging lack of action from government bodies, it becomes easy to focus on what we are trying to prevent rather than…

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