Blog, interviews and comment

Our researchers are an amazing lot. Keep on reading to find interviews with those pictured above. From top left: Gloria Mensah, George Asiamah, Joe Llanos; from bottom left: Nicole Kennard, Rukayya Ibrahim Muazu and Ling Min Tan.

Our researchers – the Grantham Scholars – are an exceptional group of people. 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.

This page is your chance to hear directly from them. Here you can read their thoughts about the environment, their work, and advances in sustainability.

If you want to find out more about their projects, you can also check out our Grantham Scholar project pages. Want to keep up to date with all our news as it happens? Find us on Twitter.

Cecilie Dyngeland in the field: social protection and sustainabilty

Sustainability and social protection: interview with Cecilie Dyngeland

In 2014 Cecilie Dyngeland became one of the first Grantham Scholars with her project ‘Delivering food security through small-scale farmers – lessons from Brazil‘. And though this project ended in 2018, when Cecilie needed funding for a paper we were delighted to be able to help. This resulted in one of […]

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Grantham Scholar on BBC’s Horizon

It was a thrill for the whole Grantham Centre team to see Grantham Scholar Emanga Alobwede on BBC’s Horizon: Feast […]

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Gloria Mensah who says scientists should think like policy makers

Why scientists should think like policy makers

In this interview, Grantham Scholar Gloria Mensah explains why scientists (and engineers) should think like policy makers. Further she explains […]

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George Asiamah, who has written a chapter on pro-poor development for Springer

Brexit, food & science

As the news is once again filled with Brexit, George Asiamah‘s research could not be more relevant. Because George studies […]

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Climate Commission group

Grantham Scholar and the Climate Commission

The Climate Commission is a unique partnership of higher and further education organisations that aims to bring the education sector […]

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Earthworm

Meet the earthworm CSI & discover how worm DNA can help soil health

How can collecting worm DNA help soil health? In this interview with ‘earthworm CSI’ Joe Llanos, we learn about a […]

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Locked-down in the Janus-2020: the new normal or back to basics?

Grantham Scholar Manasi Mulay spent lockdown in her virtual library, swapping the lab for her kitchen and learning how to […]

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a picture of a UK tap to represent how much water does the UK use

How much water does the UK use?

Hi, I’m Martin Appleby. I am a Grantham Scholar in the Chemistry Department at the University of Sheffield. I do […]

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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 […]

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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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