Green Shores at the University of St Andrews is Scotland’s longest-running coastal habitat restoration project, with 25 years of saltmarsh restoration and research. Saltmarshes protect valuable land from coastal…
StACCS is a University-wide Global Research Centre (GRC) funded for 2023-2024 that fosters collaborative, transdisciplinary research aimed at creating a more sustainable society. Drawing on insights from the…
In May 2023, Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development gave an expert briefing to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission’s meeting on Strengthening Peacebuilding and the…
Researchers at the University of St Andrews and Dartmouth College in the US revealed that, while Rudolph’s red nose may help guide Santa’s sleigh through a foggy night, it’s a reindeer’s excellent night vision that…
In 2024, the University of St Andrews confirmed its participation as a signatory of the Scotland Beyond Net (SBNZ) network, an ambitious climate and sustainability partnership designed to accelerate Scotland’s…
Research Understanding and Research Use (RURU) is based in the Business School with a history of policy engagement and studying how policymakers engage with research. RURU is part of the Local Policy Innovation…
The Environment Sub-committee organized a range of events throughout the year to promote sustainability across campus. One key initiative was the Sustainable Events Forum, where they invited societies that organize…
From embedding sustainability approaches into our thinking, leadership boards, training and awards, to diversifying our investment funds away from fossil fuels, we have made great strides toward our sustainability…
By Jennifer Graley – 4th year As an endeavour of global justice, Fairtrade is fundamentally a system of networked equity that rests upon the pillar of localised action. Embodied through a framework of supply chain…
By Jennifer Graley – 4th year Fabric is intrinsically woven with a thread of deep colonial complexity. These fabrications assemble to form the clothes of the everyday; universally seen as fashions of identity, status,…