About us

The Environment &Sustainability Research Group has a diverse range of interests ranging from understanding physical characteristics of environmental change through to studying social dimensions of human environment interactions. A key focus of our work is its applied nature. Research from the group is used in a variety of ways from increasing our understanding of changing environments over time through to practical solutions for sustainable community development.

• Sustainabledevelopment of marine fisheries and forestry
• Sense of place and sustainable communities
• Environmental conservation, rural livelihoods and protected areas
• Environmental archaeology
• Environmental impact assessment and environmental auditing
• Urbanplanning
• Rural policy and planning with particular reference to woodlands and agriculture
• Landscapestudies
• Environmental change (including sea level and climate change)
• Remote sensing and geographic information system applications
• Spatial algorithm development
• Hazard mapping
• Biotechnology and development of biofuels (including microalgae cultivation in hypersaline and waste waters, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, phytotechnologies for land remediation and safe food production, lignocellulose biodegradation).