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Researching Progressive Futures: Sustaining sustainability? Technology, community & politics
18 May 2026 17:30 until 19:00
天美传媒影视 Campus : Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Speaker: Professor Adrian Ely, Professor Anna Rabinovich, Professor Matthew Lockwood
Part of the series: Researching Progressive Futures series
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Where does agency lie in the transition to a more sustainable society? Pathways to sustainability take different forms, from more top-down initiatives by governments and international organisations to more bottom-up initiatives led by communities. From the development of technologies and efforts to address their social and environment risks, to community-based cooperation to address land degradation, to contestations over national-level climate policy in different countries, these Professorial talks will explore different sites of change and forms of action towards a more sustainable future.
Join the Sussex School for Progressive Futures for this free lecture series, celebrating the appointment of our newest professors from across the University. In this event, we explore the transformational theme of Environmental Sustainability from different perspectives, sparking bold, interdisciplinary conversations.
At this event we will hear from:
- , Professor of Professor of Technology and Sustainability at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), 天美传媒影视 Business School
- , Professor of Social Psychology and Sustainability, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- , Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), 天美传媒影视 Business School
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The talks will be followed by refreshments in the foyer in celebration of our newly appointed colleagues.
All are welcome.