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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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Jam-jars, genetic modification and the Italian food nerd

Meet the food nerd with a passion for GMOs and food sustainability Roberta Fabrizi is a self-described ‘food nerd’ from Italy, who works at the Grantham Centre researching Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), social media and sustainability. Her interest in food – where food comes from, what people think about it, the […]

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Photoblog: Can you name a wild animal from Malaysia?

Can you name a wild animal from Malaysia? Not many can. This is just one of the facts Grantham Scholar […]

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

Air pollution in Sheffield: interview with Rohit Chakraborty

Did you know that air pollution in parts of Sheffield is the equivalent of a smoking habit? Or that domestic […]

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The Time Is Now: Grantham Scholars at ‘mass lobby’

There have been a lot of big protests this year, like the Extinction Rebellion and the school walkouts. And they […]

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Making Decisions Under Uncertainty: SHELF User Forum

How do you make decisions under uncertainty? Jonathan Sykes is studying uncertainty and how it relates to sustainable built environments. In […]

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Carbon, candles and more: how soot became a wonder

Damage caused to paintings in churches by candle soot has been observed for years. Little did anyone know that this […]

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Scientific Advice And The SDGs In A Post-truth World: INGSA 2018

An introduction to INGSA By James Wilsdon, professor of research policy, University of Sheffield, Associate Director of the Grantham Centre, […]

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NEW PAPER: The interplay of photosynthesis and evolution – resolving the anatomical paradox

Grantham Scholar Suma Mani explains the importance of a paper published today co-written by Suma’s supervisor Prof Colin Osborne (former […]

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The Politics of Water 3: Area Mechanics in Malawi

Naomi Oates (Grantham Scholar) writes about the ways water and policy work together on the ground in Malawi, with inputs […]

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Why I Think Soils Are Entities – Not A Set Of Properties

Grantham Scholar Jenny Veenstra is a soil scientist on a mission – to make us appreciate the wonder of soil […]

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