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George Asiamah is one of many Grantham Scholars who write for us

Our PhD students – the Grantham Scholars – are an exceptional lot.

They work across disciplines and throughout the world. They are dedicated to the environment and act as expert activists. Together with the Grantham Centre team, they are working hard to create a sustainable future.

Our blog, interviews and comments page is your chance to hear directly from our Scholars. Here you can read their thoughts about the environment, their work, and advances in sustainability.

If you want to find out more about their work, check out our Grantham Scholar project pages.

Want to know how their work fits in with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Look here

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Nicole Kennard with mask and box of food

Foodhall: Sheffield’s community hub responds to lockdown food shortages

Foodhall is a community hub in Sheffield. Before COVID-19 Foodhall’s main focus was as a community cafe and kitchen, ‘managed by the community, for the community’. Communal meals were made from surplus food donations, on a ‘contribute what you can’ basis. The surplus food came from local traders, and may […]

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Rohit Chakraborty talked about air pollution in the One Show

Grantham Scholar talks air pollution on the One Show

Grantham Scholar Rohit Chakraborty has been talking about air pollution on the One Show. Rohit has previously appeared all over […]

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Martin Appleby at the Diamond ynchrotron

My time on the beamline

I am Martin Appleby a Grantham Scholar at the University of Sheffield. Before I started my PhD, I did a […]

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Ling Min Tan: what is urban metabolism?

What is urban metabolism?

Interview with Ling Min Tan Ling Min Tan is a mechanical engineer who researches how to make cities more sustainable. […]

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Grantham Scholars at COP25

7 reasons why COP25 was a positive experience for a social scientist

My time at COP25 gave me more than I expected. As a social scientist working in sustainability, it was of […]

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Sarah Greenwood packaging fairy playing the fiddle

Interview with Sarah Greenwood: the fiddle-playing packaging fairy

Sarah Greenwood is a sustainable packaging specialist, or – as some call her – the ‘packaging fairy’. Her formidable expertise […]

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Rohit Chakraborty and the tools that help him tackle air pollution in Sheffield

2019 interview special newsletter out now

The Grantham Scholars (the 70 PhD students we fund & train) are the sustainability leaders of the future. This is […]

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Tales from the Global South - contributors

Blog, interviews and comment

Tales from the Global South

By Grantham Scholar Suma Mani. On a rainy Thursday evening, a few researchers from the University of Sheffield gathered at […]

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A day at COP: what’s it like to be at the biggest climate conference in the world?

COP – the UN’s annual mega conference to debate climate change and set targets – is underway, despite a last […]

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Grantham Scholars reducing food waste in schools

Let’s reduce food waste in schools

Food waste is a big problem for the environment. And public places, like schools or hospitals, create a significant proportion […]

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