Latest News Policy Deliver us from rankers James Wilsdon, our Associate Director, writes about the launch of THE’s University Impact Rankings. This new ranking system incorporates Sustainable Development Goals, targets we at the Grantham Centre use to better position our research. But is ranking universities according to their SDG performance a good idea? James thinks not. Read […] Read More
Grantham Scholar Blog Policy Scientific Advice And The SDGs In A Post-truth World: INGSA 2018 James Wilsdon, professor of research policy, University of Sheffield, Associate Director of the Grantham Centre, and vice-chair of INGSA: An […] Read More
Policy As Brexit approaches, we need to talk about consumption Colin Osborne, former Associate Director of the Grantham Centre, considers the dark side of free trade. Globalisation has brought freer […] Read More
Grantham Scholar Blog Policy SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation 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 […] Read More
Grantham Scholar Blog Policy SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy Talking of Carbon Capture and Storage: my experience at the UKCCSRC Spring conference Grantham Scholar Gloria Mensah is researching how Carbon Capture & Storage technology interacts with politics. Here she reports back on […] Read More
Policy “Scientists should say what they honestly believe instead of being so damn conservative.” Jeremy Grantham Eco’ri features a piece about Jeremy Grantham this week, including his controversial opinions about climate change scientists and population control. […] Read More
Latest News Policy International Women’s Day 2018 Despite being told there was no point in ‘talking to the enemy’, Grantham Scholar Theresa Nelson got time with a […] Read More
Policy We need radical change in how we produce and consume food Chief Research Advisor for the GCSF, Peter Horton, writes that only a radical change in the way we produce and […] Read More
Policy Grantham Centre colleagues contribute to POSTnote on Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Samuel Leigh, the POST Fellow for Energy and Environment in Houses of Parliament, visited The University of Sheffield earlier this […] Read More
Policy Sheffield delegation return from important UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech Scientists and engineers from the University of Sheffield have helped world leaders shape a more sustainable future at the successful […] Read More