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…
Category: Events
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…
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…
Leading for Tomorrow: an ‘in conversation’ event at the Wardlaw Museum
As part of the StACCS/Wardlaw Museum exhibition Rewrite the Future, StACCS Co-Director Louise Reid and a panel of elected representatives at local and national level will be discussing what kind of future they would…
Rewrite the Future: Wardlaw Museum exhibition opens this weekend
Many of us at StACCS have been busy over the past nine months working with a team from the University’s Wardlaw Museum to put together an exhibition showcasing a range of sustainability-facing research at St Andrews.…
Call for applications: Careful, Participatory and Emancipatory Research Methods – ‘spring school’
Applications are invited to take part in a four-day in-person workshop or ‘spring school’ in St Andrews on 12-15 May 2025, on the theme “Critical Sustainability Research: Careful, Participatory, and Emancipatory…
Sustainable Uplands workshop
We were pleased to welcome colleagues Prof Robin Pakeman and Dr Stuart Smith from the James Hutton Institute for a focused workshop at the Botanic Gardens to discuss the science and logistics of long-term experiments…
Sustainable landscapes
We were delighted to host Pete Cairns of Northwoods Rewilding, one of this year’s Prize for the Environment finalists, for round-table discussions of the potential for trans- and interdisciplinary research, on Friday 1…
AI and Sustainability panel discussion
Dr Louise Reid, co-director of StACCS, will be chairing a public panel discussion on the topic of “AI and Sustainability” on Wednesday this week. Following the recent widespread realisation that generative AI tools…
Water Resilient Dundee
On Wednesday 13 November 2024 Dom McBennett and Emma Robson from Scottish Water, who are involved with the Water Resilient Dundee Partnership, will be visiting St Andrews to talk about their plans for more sustainable…
Sustainability Week events
StACCS-facing colleagues are running several events as part of the University’s inaugural Sustainability Week, as part of our drive to promote and nurture critical sustainabilities research. Monday 28th October: Dr…