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Grantham supervisor Dr Matt Johnson wins one of biology’s most prestigious prizes: the SEB President’s Medal. Breakthrough in photosynthesis The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) award is for Matt’s research photosynthesis. Specifically, on the molecular machinery of photosynthesis. His work is a breakthrough in understanding how plants use solar energy. […]

For Journal Club Dr Farida Vis presented research that uses Twitter to improve food safety. Here, Grantham Scholar Patience Muchada, […]

Grantham Scholar Rob Hardie was an official observer at COP21. Here Rob sets out how Ostrom’s theories about overcoming the […]

Open data could bring enormous benefits to sustainable farming, and the policy that encourages it. Here, Grantham Scholar Daniel Casey […]

For Journal Club physicist Dr Jenny Clark asked the Grantham Scholars to consider whether photovoltaics systems (such as silicone-based solar […]

In 2015, Grantham Scholars Guy Mayneord and Oleksandra Korychenska went to a University of Sheffield alumni event at The Royal Society […]

For COP21, we and the Worldwide Universities Network hosted a discussion about food systems and climate change. Here, Professor Peter […]

At COP21 the Grantham Centre and the Worldwide Universities Network hosted a panel discussion that brought together scientists and social […]

As she joins the University of Sheffield’s delegation to COP21 Professor Michelle Holdsworth explains why this COP is an important opportunity […]

A briefing note from our team sets out a model for sustainable agriculture. Their model combines lessons from history with […]