Enabling sustainable futures research

Surrey’s emerging impact in the field of sustainable futures is tackling urgent environmental challenges, including climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss, by identifying sustainable practices and solutions to address these issues. Impact projects are promoting economic resilience by exploring systems that can support long-term growth without exhausting resources, incorporating green technologies and circular economy models.

Additionally, these initiatives enhance social equity by investigating how sustainable practices can benefit all members of society, addressing disparities in access to resources and opportunities. Ultimately, this research ensures that future generations inherit a planet capable of sustaining life, contributing to a more sustainable, equitable, and thriving society.

Research projects

Showering Smartly

Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

Catchment management beacon project – implementing innovative legal and organisational structures for a just transition

March 2020 - September 2020

Greening Southway

August 2021 - September 2021

Co-creating Accessible Futures Through New Mobility Services

December 2021 - January 2023

STOP Single Use Plastics: Using Stories to Improve the Governance of Plastics Pollution

May 2022 - February 2023

Developing national and international networks and exploring levers for change at the intersection between rural coastal livelihoods and tourism diversification

November 2022 - March 2023