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Human dimensions of environmental change

Theme leaders

This theme is concerned with the influence that human activity has on the planet’s environment and the consequences of the resulting environmental changes on human societies and human well-being. Environmental sustainability thus requires an understanding of people, what they need and want, and how these needs and wants interact with the environment. We delve into the interactions between the biophysical processes governing the environment and the socio-economics driving global environmental change. We explore the political, economic, health, biophysical and socio-cultural aspects as they relate to the broad inter-connected topics of land, global change, water, biodiversity and food.

That we must consider both people and nature concurrently in order to achieve environmental sustainability and sustainable development is universally acknowledged within international agreements and policies. CEP, with its inter-disciplinary and global focus, is at the forefront of academic research and policy development in this field. Our researchers are concerned with a broad range of topics including; bioenergy, air quality, food security, conservation biology, biodiversity and ecosystem services, citizen science, human health, well-being and equity, biosecurity, environmental economics, environmental governance, sustainable cites, environmental justice and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Projects, centres, networks and affiliations

Researchers involved

Miriam Aczel
Energy policy | Citizen science | Environmental justice

Anika Ali
Renewable energy | Energy and development

Esther Anaya Boig
Transport and environment | Environmental justice | Sustainable mobility

Courtnae Raedawn Maria Bailey
Climate change adaptation | Environmental justice | Sustainable development goals | Development

Gino Baudry
Bioenergy | Agriculture & land use | Sustainable development goals | Energy Economics

Mark Burgman
Conservation biology | Risk assessment | Biodiversity & ecosystem services | Decision making

Richard Carmichael
Energy systems transitions | Energy policy | Renewable energy | Environmental citizenship

Shuyang Chen
Environmental economics | Climate change mitigation

Judith Cherni
Energy and development | Energy policy | Sustainable development goals

Tilly Collins
Urban systems | Human health & environment | Sustainable development goals | Sustainable cities

Alexandra Collins
Water resources | Biodiversity & ecosystem services | Urban systems | Evidence synthesis | Policy

Professor Sir Gordon Conway
Chair in International Development

Manuela de Moraes Czinar
Energy and climate | Energy policy | Bioenergy | Sustainable development goals

Audrey de Nazelle

Lorenzo di Lucia
Bioenergy | Agriculture & land use | Biodiversity & ecosystem services

Yara Evans
Bioenergy | Bioeconomy | Energy and development | Political Ecology of Environmental Conflict

Laurence Evans
Citizen science | Water resources | Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Theodoros Giakoumis
Water resources | Sustainable land management | Agriculture and land use

Shirin Hakim
Environmental justice | Water resources | Biosecurity

Diego Hopkins
Environmental economics | Sustainable land management | Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Caroline Howe
Sustainable development goals | Biodiversity & ecosystem services | Human health & environment

Claire Frazer Hunt
Water resources | Waste management | Urban systems | Environmental quality

Vasiliki Kioupi
Sustainable development goals | Education for sustainable development

Yiannis Kountouris
Environmental economics | Human health and environment | Sustainable land management

Poppy Lakeman Fraser
Citizen science | Biodiversity and ecosystem services | Conservation biology

Zen Makuch
Food security | Environmental regulation | Environmental risk assessment | Sustainable transitions

Karen Makuch
Environmental regulation | Environmental justice | Citizen science | Environmental Law

Marissa McBride
Conservation biology | Environmental risk assessment

Sam McNeil
Environmental quality

Iman Hayat Mohamad Ibrahim
Water resources | Agriculture & land use | Environmental regulation

Tim Oxley
Integrated assessment modelling | Air quality | Transport and environment

Bhopal Pandeya
Water resources | Climate change adaptation | Citizen science

Calliope Panoutsou
Bioeconomy | Bioenergy | Energy policy | Social and economic assessment

Clive Potter
Biosecurity | Biodiversity & ecosystem services | Sustainable land management | Environmental risk

M. Megan Quinlan
Biosecurity | Environmental regulation | Sustainable development goals | Environmental governance

Susanne Raum
Biodiversity & ecosystem services | Sustainable land mgmt | Urban trees & parks | Forestry policy

Louise Rickard
Business & environment | Sustainable development goals | Environmental education | Decision making

Rosie Riley
Air quality

William Sheate
Environmental impact assessment | Urban systems | Sustainable development goals

Mike Tennant
Business & environment | Environmental education | Sustainable development goals | Sustainable tech

Ute Thiermann
Human health & environment | Climate change mitigation | Food security | Behaviour change

Thiago Uehara
Agriculture & land use | Food security | Sustainable development goals | Food sovereignty

Ans Vercammen
Conservation biology | Human health & environment | Citizen science | Conservation psychology

Nick Voulvoulis
Environmental quality

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