• Edge Hill Academic’s sustainability research wins her global recognition

    An Edge Hill academic has won a global award from the Sustainability Research Network in recognition of her pioneering work to improve climate change education. Dr Laura McGuire has scooped an esteemed Emerging Scholar Award due to her important work with the public to encourage positive behaviour change and instil messages about tackling climate change…

  • Historic Opportunity to Create a More Sustainable East Asia

    In this short article published in the East Asia Forum on 4th June 2020, Prof Christopher Dent discusses how a post-Coronavirus recovery provides an historic opportunity to put East Asia – the most carbon-intensive region on the planet – on a more sustainable path of economic and social development. Read the article: www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/04/historic-opportunity-to-create-a-more-sustainable-east-asia

  • World Environment Day

    Academics at Edge Hill University are highlighting the effect of Covid-19 on the natural rather than human world to mark World Environment Day. The fallout of the global pandemic for the human race has been well-documented but on World Environment Day, Friday 5th June, it is important to remember the outcomes for the natural world…

  • ‘Trophy Hunting’ Shortlisted

    Geoff Beattie’s book ‘Trophy Hunting’ has been has been shortlisted for a 2019 Taylor & Francis Outstanding Book and Digital Product Award in the Outstanding Professional Category! This book explores the psychology of trophy hunting from a critical perspective and considers the reasons why some people engage in the controversial activity of killing often endangered animals…

  • Air Quality Project Awarded Royal Society Funding

    An Edge Hill academic has been awarded funding by the Royal Society for a fantastic project to develop new ways of monitoring air pollution. Paul Aplin, Professor of Geography at Edge Hill University, has been awarded a Royal Society-Newton Mobility Grant, part of the Newton Fund, to help develop new methods and tools for monitoring…

  • SustainNET Launch Event

    SustainNET’s launch event will take place in Edge Hill University’s Business School sometime in the coming months….watch this space for more details: Launch Event