Lancaster Environment Centre

We support businesses and communities to develop low carbon ideas, promote local and national economic growth and innovation, and supply highly skilled and employable graduates.

We encourage collaboration and the exchange of knowledge between researchers and businesses, local authorities, professional bodies, charities and a wide range of other stakeholders to ensure that businesses and employers are supported to grow, become more innovative and productive, and can access the skills that they need.

What's your challenge?

Whether you want to develop a new product, compete in a new market or access world-leading facilities, the Lancaster Environment Centre team at Lancaster University has the expertise and resources you need.

If you have a clearly defined project, an idea or challenge you want to talk through, or want to find out more about our other funded activities, you can register your interest and one of our team will contact you.

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The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation: leading low carbon innovation

The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation is building an international platform for an alliance supporting university-business collaboration. We deliver high quality, business-led research to create eco-innovative technologies, products and services. We educate and train skilled people able to develop, deliver and advance eco-innovation throughout their careers.

Centre for Global Eco-Innovation

£9m

Value of support to business

No.1

University for working with Small to Medium-sized Enterprises

95%

Of our research is world leading

Supporting challenge-driven research

A challenge-driven approach provides a focus for all our research at the Lancaster Environment Centre, ensuring our work helps provide the underlying knowledge needed to find effective solutions for our external partners and creates significant outcomes and impacts.

A wide range of facilities and equipment enable integrated studies of terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric systems, using chemical, biochemical, physical and biological analysis.

1,000

Over 1,000 business ideas supported

100

Internships to enhance employability

Tenants received support since 2007

Supporting skills and employability

We support the development of strong links between universities and employers to boost the employability of graduates and recognition of the value of graduate skills. We provide businesses with an extensive range of ways to access the technical expertise of our students through internships, partnerships, collaborative award studentships, project work, and careers fairs. Flexible work based training options with progression to Master's level qualifications are currently open for recruitment in Flood and Coastal Risk Management.

Net Zero Collaboration of the Year

Lancaster University’s Centre for Global Eco-Innovation won the Net Zero Collaboration of the Year category at the prestigious national PraxisAuril KE Awards 2023.