Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Centre for Environment and Society fosters interdisciplinary research into the monitoring, management and mitigation of adverse impacts on our planet and the life it supports.
We focus on pressing environmental, health and societal challenges, particularly those arising from climate change, and achieve research excellence in collaboration with a wide global network of academic partners, humanitarian organisations, national, regional and local agencies, regulators, institutions and stakeholder groups.
The applied nature of our research and knowledge exchange activities allows our researchers to deliver meaningful and tangible benefits to the environment, to human health and to society.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Matthew Adams
- School of Humanities and Social Science - Principal Lecturer
- Centre for Spatial and Social Justice
- Education Research Excellence Group
- Understanding childhood and adolescence Research Excellence Group
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Comics and Graphic Narratives Research Excellence Group
- Centre for Environment and Society
- Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics
Person: Academic
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Pushing the frontiers of water quality management through the development of bacteriophage-based pollution diagnostic tools
Purnell, S. (PI), Ebdon, J. (CoI), Jones, B. (CoI), Feil, E. (CoI), Douterelo Soler, I. (CoI), Porter, J. (CoI) & Evens, N. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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Integrated nutrient and sediment modelling in priority drinking‑water catchments
Purnell, S. (PI) & Maniatis, G. (PI)
1/10/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Industry
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A Golden Age of Bears?: Archived origins and development of the gay/bi/queer men's 'Bear' phenomenon
McGlynn, N. (PI), Wright, L. (CoI), James, P. (CoI) & Wasdin, G. (CoI)
1/05/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Charities
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Access Is a Journey, Not a Destination: A Research-Informed Cake Artefact on Inclusive Blue Spaces
Rockliffe, S., Apr 2026Research output: Non-textual output › Artefact
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Coral Visual Recognition for Marine Environmental Monitoring: A Systematic Review of Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions
Liu, H., Luo, Y., Luo, Q., Xu, Y., Wang, X. & Guo, X., 13 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 14, 8, 24 p., 717.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Craig Jordan-Baker
Jordan-Baker, C., 2 Jan 2026, AI and Creative Writing. Harper, G. (ed.). 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 93–104 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Microplastics pollution in chalk rivers
Ciocan, C. (Presenter)
4 Feb 2026Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Life Writing (Journal)
Jordan-Baker, C. (Reviewer)
1 Jan 2026 → 1 Mar 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Other Everests: The Heroic in Leisure
Gilchrist, P. (Presenter)
5 Nov 2025Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation