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The Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD) was established in 2009, as part of the University’s strategic investment in research excellence to reinforce its position as a leading research and knowledge transfer institution in England’s North West. The CSD is directed by Professor Jack Goulding.
CSD’s vision is to conduct world-class research in the field of Sustainable Development and continue to build on its international recognition, which makes the Centre the partner of choice for government bodies, industry, universities and research organisations.
The Centre is based in the School of Engineering and acts as a bridge between the relevant disciplines of the School in sustainability research and study, while also interfacing with other research centres and schools across the University. The centre benefits from working alongside and interchangeably with government, business and other research institutions; to maximise commercial and societal research impact and maintain effective knowledge transfer activities. This approach recognises the cross-disciplinary nature of the sustainability agenda while acknowledging that sustainability is people-focussed and should engage society at local, national and international levels.
Sustainability is one of the core themes of the Medium Term Strategy for UCLan and is at the heart of UCLan’s teaching and research agendas. UCLan is one of the few universities in the UK to hold the prestigious carbon reduction standard awarded by the Carbon Trust. It achieved a First Class award in the People and Planet Green League, 2011. The University also achieved ISO14001 certification for its Environmental Management System and CSD is proud to be part of the UCLan sustainability success story.
Impact indicators form a pivotal part of the CSD’s current and future strategy, because they help to identify the potential trajectories of the impact and outreach of its research agenda. Indicators are adjusted in line with current thinking, trends highlighted by market drivers, changes in stakeholder emphasis, and direction of priority research calls. Maximum research dissemination is achieved through numerous conduits, including via local, national and international businesses and communities. CSD is outward facing which means that it addresses societal and corporate needs (in a meaningful way) to maximise sustainability research.
The 'drop-down' web pages below will give you a tour of CSD and more detail of what we are about. Please do also use the following hyperlinks, to view a sample of research projects that have recently been completed by some of our experts. This is but an illustration of the research we undertake, feel free contact us for further information.
CSD Newsletter
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