2019 events
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YESI Christmas Showcase
Celebrate with YESI this Christmas!
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York Citizen Food Assembly
Join YESI and IKnowfood for a conversation around sustainable healthy diets, food poverty and food waste, and help define how York's food system should be changed to the benefit of all.
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The Big Food Quiz
If you are the ultimate foodie, know your apples from your oranges and have a hunger to win, The Big Food Quiz is for you!
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How business is enhancing circular economy practice
Discover how researchers are working with companies and gain inspiration from emerging practice.
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IKnowFood Stakeholder Conference
As the IKnowFood 4-year research programme reaches its pinnacle, the team are holding a conference to share their findings with key stakeholders in the food system and to listen to their thoughts
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Impacts of extreme climatic events on ecosystems
Join the British Ecological Society Climate Special Interest Group for a two-day conference to discuss and synthesise the impacts of extreme weather
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New Approaches for Prioritisation and Assessment of the Risks of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
This conference, which marks the completion of the iPiE project, will act as a forum to disseminate the results of the project and provide an opportunity for others to present their work.
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Health in Urban Environments Series: Clean Air Day- air pollution and York
Our panel of experts discusses air pollution issues ahead of Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest air pollution campaign.
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Tropical Ecosystem Network 11th Meeting: Protected Areas
Leading experts from the University of York will present their research into protected areas through a series of short presentations and soapbox talks. An in-depth discussion will also be held to explore future research opportunities.
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WRUN and Climate Change Network Meeting: Exploring the environmental impacts of supply chains
Hear from experts at the University of York about the environmental impacts of supply chains and sustainable management methods.
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Health in Urban Environments Series: Human health and the total environment
During this event researchers at the University of York will discuss their research around physical and mental health in the total environment.
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Health in Urban Environments Series: The role of religion and communities in urbanisation in Africa
During this event researchers at the University of York will discuss their research into religious spaces. Speakers include Gareth Millington from the Department of Sociology and Dr Steve Cinderby from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Y).
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Health in Urban Environments Series: Global pollution in urban environments
During this lunchtime seminar, Harry Vallack from the Stockholm Environment Institute York (SEI-Y) and Adam Vaughan from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) will discuss their research into global pollution in urban environments.
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Health in Urban Environments: Air Network Exhibition
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Y) is leading a new partnership bringing together African and European researchers, practitioners and community members interested in air pollution in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Health in Urban Environments Series: Exploring transport in an African city context
During this lunchtime seminar, Amanda Ngabirano from Makere University, Kampala, Uganda, will discuss her relentless efforts to encourage the need to plan for riding bicycles as a mode of transport in Uganda’s capital Kampala.