Training

Can Twitter save us from unsafe food? By Patience Muchada

For Journal Club Dr Farida Vis presented research that uses Twitter to improve food safety. Here, Grantham Scholar Patience Muchada, who is supervised by Farida, sets out the possibilities and limitations of using social media as research data. Journal Club is chance for Scholars to take a multidisciplinary approach to […]

How was the Paris Agreement made? The Grantham Centre team at COP21.

How the Paris Agreement was made: overcoming the tragedy of the commons by Rob Hardie

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

Is open data the future of farming? A farmer looks at a tablet in front of a tractor.

Is open data the future of farming? By Daniel Casey

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

Photovoltaics or photosynthesis? By Oleksandra Korychenska

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

the energy conundrum was discussed at TUoS alumni event at the Royal Society

The energy conundrum with TUoS alumni at the Royal Society by Guy Mayneord

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

Academics and select committees by Daniel Casey

Grantham Scholar Daniel Casey explains how academics can work with select committees and so influence policy. Meeting the International Development […]