Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives
Thursday 27 November 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue
BLN - Bowland Nth SR 06 - View MapOpen to
Postgraduates, StaffEvent Details
The Pentland Centre is hosting a seminar on Incorporating sustainability into research practice: Gaining insight from different perspectives.
In this seminar, Georgiana Allison and Valerie Seymour will lead a reflection session for participants to share experiences and perspectives, and identify new directions, for incorporating sustainability in research projects and activities. Factors such as unsecure or controversial supply chains, precarious employment contracts and funding, unchecked use of energy and water consumption, and production of waste can put research at risk of contributing to/or being impacted by environmental, social and economic issues. How can we mitigate the risk for research practice by considering our undertaking through a sustainability lens (environmental, social, economic)?
This session will feature activities adapted from a new institution training for researchers, which focuses on incorporating environmental sustainability into research practice.
Suggested pre/post reading:
- “Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice” (https://wellcome.org/about-us/positions-and-statements/environmental-sustainability-concordat).
- Ligozat AL, Névéol A, Daly B, Frenoux E., “Ten simple rules to make your research more sustainable”, PLoS Comput Biol.,16(9), 2020. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008148.
NB: The seminar runs from 14:00-15:00 in BLN-Bowland North SR06 and on Teams.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Relevant to SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Speakers
Georgiana Allison
Admin, Lancaster University
Georgiana is Head of Sustainability for Lancaster University. Before joining Lancaster in 2023, Georgiana was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Fellow of Advance HE, and a Chartered Environmentalist.
Admin, Lancaster University
Dr Valerie Seymour is an Education Fellow for the “Reimagining research practices: towards a sustainable, ethical and inclusive future” project at Lancaster University. She previously held both teaching and research focused roles in the Chemistry Department at Lancaster University. She combines experience and insight from these roles in her current role supporting the development of research students and staff.
Contact Details
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