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York Environmental Sustainability Institute

Interdisciplinary research generating sustainable solutions to global challenges.

Our mission is to facilitate and deliver world-class collaborative interdisciplinary research on environmental sustainability, co-designed with the researcher community, industry and policymakers

Our innovative approach is based on collaborations between the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences, addressing environmental challenges at local, regional and global scales. 

Our research themes

Food, Water & Waste

Resilient Socio-Ecological Systems

Environment & Health

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We support York researchers and external partners in a variety of ways, from hosting networking events and research workshops to providing support for interdisciplinary funding applications.

 

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News

Making homes breathe better improves climate and human health

On World Ventilate Day 2024, SEI researcher Luke Gooding emphasizes the importance of ventilation during retrofitting, through his work with Retrofit One-Stop-Shop York (ROSSY). Not only can optimized ventilation enhance a home's energy efficiency and lower costs – it should be a top priority in any retrofit initiative, for human health and lower carbon emissions for a city and beyond.

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INGENIOUS showcased at the UK Clean Air Conference

From participating on several panels about indoor air quality characterisation, toxicity, and chemistry in homes to reviewing key lessons and barriers in interdisciplinary clean air research and the future of air quality, the INGENIOUS project members remained front and centre at the first 2024 UK Clean Air Conference.

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YESI Welcomes New Co-Leads for Resilient Socio-Ecological Systems Research Theme

YESI is excited to announce the appointment of Dr Judith Krauss (Politics) and Professor Rob Marchant (Environment and Geography) as the new co-leads of our Resilient Socio-Ecological Systems Research Theme.

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YESI 2024/25 Fellows Scheme Calls now open!

YESI Discipline Hopping, Knowledge Exchange and International Fellows Fellows Scheme Calls for 2024/25 are now open and aim to boost interdisciplinary collaboration in environmental sustainability

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290+ York researchers

have joined the YESI Community to develop research projects & indentify new collaborations

30+ York departments, institutes & centres

across all 3 faculties are actively engaged exploring interdisciplinary environmental sustainability research opportunities

130+ external partners

have worked with YESI including NGOs, industry, public bodies and universities

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