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Grantham Scholar comment, interviews and blogs

Our sustainability 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 work hard to create a sustainable future.

This page is your chance to hear directly from them. In interviews, blogs and articles, here the Grantham Scholars share their expertise and enthusiasm with the world.

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.

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

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a poster for the Time Is Now march which reads there is no planet b

The Time Is Now: Grantham Scholars at mass lobby

The Time is Now mass lobby pushes for evidence-based policies and laws. A group of Grantham Scholars tell us why they they went.

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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 candle soot became a wonder – Manasi Mulay

Grantham Scholar Manasi Mulay how candle soot can be used for everything from self-cleaning materials to cell phone batteries. Damage […]

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#BalanceForBetter : Deborah Beck and Mark Miodonvick at the launch event for the plastics project

#BalanceForBetter at the Grantham Centre by Deborah Beck

The theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is #balanceforbetter. Here, Grantham Centre Manager Deborah Beck explains why balance is better […]

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George Asiamah and panel at INGSA 2018

Scientific advice and the SDGs in a post-truth world: INGSA 2018

Grantham Scholar George Asiamah looks at scientific advice, policy and the tension between populist politics and science. Introduced by Professor […]

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Interplay of photosynthesis and evolution: paper summary by Suma Mani

Grantham Scholar Suma Mani explains why a paper on the evolution of different types of photosynthesis could help feed the […]

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The Politics of Water 3: Area mechanics in Malawi

Grantham Scholar Naomi Oates researches rural water projects, and this is her 3rd blog about her fieldwork in Malawi. Here […]

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Jenny Veenstra in the lab

Why 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. For […]

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UN World Soil Day: we can all be the solution to soil pollution

To celebrate UN World Soil Day 2018 we spoke to the Grantham Centre’s soil scientists. They told us some amazing […]

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Could fish be the future of agriculture?

Aquaponics using PU foam could be a sustainable way to feed the world, argues Dr Anastasia Kottara. Here she explains […]

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