Flourishing Communities and Productive Seas
Over forty delegates attended a one day CECHR-funded symposium on marine spatial planning on 28 April, organised by Deborah Peel and Alison Reeves, and postgraduate students from the Masters in Spatial Planning (Marine Spatial Planning). Participants came from a range of backgrounds, including central government, local authorities, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Crown Estate, and NGOs, such as Scottish Environment LINK and PAS. The event was chaired by Greg Lloyd, Emeritus Professor at Ulster University. The aim of the event was to find ways to ‘talk’ across marine science, social science and l...
Resilient Coasts and Flourishing Seas?
Symposium: Tuesday 28 April 2015 The Baxter Suite 1.36, Tower Building, University of Dundee (9.30-4pm) Interested in Marine Spatial Planning? Want to know more about Scotland's first National Marine Plan? Why not attend a free event at the University of Dundee to find out more about what colleagues are researching in relation to the marine environment? This one day symposium will bring together inter-disciplinary expertise from practice and across the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CEHCR) and Offshore Renewables Institute to explore key issues with respect to the marine and land/sea...
CECHR Collaborative Research - Incubator Competition, 2015
Applications are invited for up to three ‘Incubator Grants’, sharing from a maximum fund of £5,000, to support new cross- and interdisciplinary projects aligned to the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience [CECHR] mission of promoting more sustainable and equitable futures. This year proposals are encouraged which align with the key societal challenges: ‘promoting the sustainable use of global resources; shaping the future through innovative design and improving social, cultural and physical well-being - identified in the University’s Transformation vision...
Place Making Symposium
Professions, place-making and the public: what next? Friday 14th November 2014, 12-5pm The Symposium will share learning and consider the developing nature of professional engagement with the public and the professions’ changing role in creating successful places This is the fourth national event in a series of symposiums developed around the theme of ‘Place Making’ and run jointly with our partners and collaborators (Architecture Design Scotland, Academy of Urbanism, RTPI, RICS, Planning Aid for Scotland, CECHR, Homes for Scotland.. etc.). We are expecting more than 100 &...
Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability
Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September 2014 Supported by the Geddes Institute for Urban|Rural Research and the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) Arranged for MSc students within the School of the Environment, however it is also open to anyone who would like to attend. The event involves talks from distinguished guests including Alex Hill (Met Office Scotland), Katie Crerar (Tayplan) and Professors Stuart Gulliver and David Adams (Glasgow University). Conference on Climate Change and Sustainability Please contact Dr Husam Al Waer (h.alwaer@dundee.ac.uk) if you have an...
On the Waterfront, with Minecraft!
Derek Robertson (School of Education, Social Work and Community Education) and Deepak Gopinath (Town and Regional Planning, School of Environment) won Incubation Fund Competition at University of Dundee (Jun 2014) for a sum of £1600 to carry out the project, titled ‘On the Waterfront: Using Minecraft with school pupils to allow them to digitally reimagine, design and build Dundee’s waterfront’. This project will commence in September 2014. Dundee Waterfront World pictured above created by School of the Environment's Andrew Rennie. Full details of Minecraft: On the...
On the Waterfront, with Minecraft!
Derek Robertson (School of Education, Social Work and Community Education) and Deepak Gopinath (Town and Regional Planning, School of Environment) won CECHR Incubation Fund Competition at University of Dundee (Jun 2014) for a sum of £1600 to carry out the project, titled ‘On the Waterfront: Using Minecraft with school pupils to allow them to digitally reimagine, design and build Dundee’s waterfront’. This project will commence in September 2014. Dundee Waterfront World pictured above created by School of the Environment's Andrew Rennie....
NEW MSc in Sustainability
Sustainability has emerged as one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Achieving enduring and fairer societies requires viable economies, sound science and good governance. The University’s new MSc in Sustainability platform provides training in theory, critical analysis and the practical skills to facilitate the transformations needed to deliver secure low carbon futures. Our graduates will be a new generation of change makers. The portfolio of environmental disciplines is exceptionally strong in the University as are its traditions of cross-disciplinary collaboration and interdisciplinary pr...
NEW MSc in Sustainability
Sustainability has emerged as one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Achieving enduring and fairer societies requires viable economies, sound science and good governance. The University’s new MSc in Sustainability platform provides training in theory, critical analysis and the practical skills to facilitate the transformations needed to deliver secure low carbon futures. Our graduates will be a new generation of change makers. The portfolio of environmental disciplines is exceptionally strong in the University as are its traditions of cross-disciplinary collaboration and interdisciplinary pr...
CECHR Incubator Competition - 2014
Applications are invited for up to three 'incubator grants', sharing from a maximum fund of £5,000, to support new interdisciplinary projects aligned to the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) mission of promoting more sustainable and equitable futures. This year proposals aligned to the University's Transformation Agenda are particularly encouraged, especially around the three core themes of 'promoting the sustainable use of global resources', 'shaping the future through innovative design' and 'improving social, cultural and physical well-...