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Centres and special interest groups researching sustainability

There are many groups across the University working collaboratively on critical areas of sustainability research.

Cross-disciplinary groups

Plastics_in_the_sea
Plastics in the Environment
Picture of planet Earth
Space 4 Sustainability

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Student using equipment
Advanced Technology Institute
Students building a flying object
Centre for Aerodynamics and Environmental Flow
Student working on Bentley engine
Centre for Automotive Engineering
Student using mechanical engineering equipment
Centre for Engineering Materials
Students sitting by the lake having a discussion
Centre for Environment and Sustainability
Civil engineers standing by wind turbines
Centre for Environmental Health and Engineering
Centre for Infrastructure Systems Engineering
Student cycling
Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
Connected autonomous vehicle event
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Lab
Direct analyte probed nano-extraction (DAPNe)
Energy and Materials research group
Students using flow cytometer
Environmental Flow (Enflo) Research Centre
Woman wearing virtual reality headset
Institute for Communication Systems with 5G/6G Innovation Centre
Prashant and two people experimenting with clean air equipment
Global Centre for Clean Air Research
Students in nutrition seminar
Health and Food research group
Birds eye view of crowds of people
Remote Sensing and Earth Observation group
A male student working on satellite technology for space.
Space Environment and Protection Group
People testing robots
Space Technology for Autonomous And Robotic Systems Laboratory
Civil engineers at dig site
Surrey Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Wind turbines at sunset
Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus
Social event
Centre for Research in Social Simulation
Students walking by the lake on campus
Centre for Social Innovation Management
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Centre for Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visitor Economy
Students talking
Department of Business Transformation
Hand cupping water coming out of a tap.
Environmental Regulatory Research Group
Plastic waste on beach
Governing Plastics Network
Male teacher pointing at student's computer screen
Science, Environment and Health research group
Maddy and Shaked
Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Two students talking in front of a laptop on a ward
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Student setting up EEG equipment
Development, Education, Learning and Outreach in Psychology Research Group
Students in common room
Environmental Psychology research group
Student in a lab coat using a pipette
Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Four students eating sushi
Nutrition and Food Security research
Surrey Health Economics Centre
Surrey Sleep Research Centre
Biosciences students watching a live experiment on screen in the Biology Laboratory
Systems Biology research section