Our staff
SEI York has over 50 members of staff and students located within the University of York.
It is part of the Department of Environment and Geography and all staff are employed by the University.
In addition, there are a number of joint appointments with various other university departments. York staff also participate in teaching as well as PhD and Post-Doc/MSc/MRes supervision.
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Research interests:
Sustainable Materials Engineering, Citizen Science and Participatory Methods, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Outreach and Public Engagement
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Research interests:
Pro-environmental behaviours, mobility and road safety, air pollution and health, urbanisation, community resilience.
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Research interests:
Supply chain mapping; Material Flow Analysis; MRIO modelling; Food systems; Impact assessments; Stochastic modelling
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Research interests:
Nature-society relations, governance of trees and water, sociocultural values associated with trees.
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Research interests:
Social scientist, participatory and 'bottom-up' development processes.
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Research interests:
Environmental governance, technopolitics of infrastructure in South/Southeast Asia
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Research interests:
Equitable futures, stakeholder engagement strategies, sustainable building projects.
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Research interests:
biodiversity; conservation planning; material flow analysis; food systems; indicator development; corporate sustainability; geospatial analyses, supply chain mapping; nature-based solutions; dietary transitions
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Research interests:
Urban air pollution, climate change and ageing, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment
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Research interests:
carbon stock and flux measurements, soil carbon dynamics modelling, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Research interests:
Transportation emissions, urban air quality, biomass cooking, mitigation measures and policies
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Research interests:
Integrated air quality and climate change strategies at urban and national scales and within private sector strategy development
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Research interests:
Peatlands; vegetation management; carbon emissions monitoring
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Research interests:
Atmospheric chemistry, emission inventories, future scenarios, cost-benefit analysis
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Research interests:
Invasive species, nitrogen management, sustainability innovation
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Research interests:
Greenhouse gas emissions estimates, modelling, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, microplastics, policy and sustainable development
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Research interests:
Conservation biology, biodiversity indicators and monitoring, environmental modelling, geospatial analysis, food systems
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Research interests:
Agricultural water management
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Research interests:
Climate change, air pollution and sustainable development in developing countries
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Research interests:
Citizen science, biodiversity, greenspaces, nature connection, health and well-being, evaluation.
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Research interests:
Emission inventories, energy transition, future scenarios & cost-benefit analysis, mitigation measures for national planning and public policies
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Research interests:
Implementation of air pollution and climate change mitigation strategies, renewable energies, circular economy, and e-mobility.
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Research interests:
Atmospheric chemistry, sustainability, climate change, just transitions
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Research interests:
GIS, food systems, supply chain mapping, transboundary climate risk
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Research interests:
Emission inventory, pollutant transport modelling, health impact assessments, air quality monitoring, population exposure disparities
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Research interests:
Transdisciplinary collaboration, community-based adaptation, resilience, participatory methods, qualitative research
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Research interests:
MRIO and material flow modelling, indicator development, corporate sustainability and governance, food systems, trade.
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Research interests:
Community engagement, citizen science, education, sustainable development
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Research interests:
Urban architecture, complexity theory, simulation, modelling
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Research interests:
Transport and sustainability, information communication technology and behavioural change, digital storytelling, well-being, resilience.
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Research interests:
Environmental education, arts-based research, climate action.
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Research interests:
Diversifying participation in citizen science
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Research interests:
Environmental politics, food security, political economy of international relations, global trade and sustainable production and consumption, geopolitics.
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Research interests:
Sustainable urbanization, urban air pollution, biodiversity conservation, off-grid electrification
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Research interests:
Cultured meat, meat production, meat supply chains
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Research interests:
Citizen science theory and practice, urban ecosystems in India encompassing transport and urban heat islands
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Research interests:
Green & sustainable chemistry, consumer goods industry