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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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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 January 2019 the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the University of Sheffield hosted the SHELF User Forum. SHELF (SHeffield ELicitation Framework) is used by at least one major player […]

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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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Could Fish Be The Future Of Agriculture?

APS post-doctoral researcher Dr Anastasia Kottara discusses how aquaponic systems may provide the answer to the sustainability crisis in agriculture. […]

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Did you know that Sheffield Students’ Union plans to be Zero Waste?

It’s the launch of the University’s Sustainability Strategy this week and the campus is buzzing with ideas about how we […]

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Going with the Flow: Bluedot Festival 2018

A group of Grantham Scholars went to the Bluedot festival to showcase how tracking our urban environment could lead to […]

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The Politics Of Water 3

Have you ever considered the politics of water? Grantham Scholar Naomi Oates studies the values and everyday practices of different […]

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