SEI York

SEI York, based at the University of York, has a diverse research agenda including air pollution, climate change, sustainable consumption and human health. Using a range of participatory approaches, such as citizen science, we help policy-makers in the UK and around the world, make informed decisions for a sustainable future.

Aerial view of Damnoen Saduak Floating Market or Amphawa. Local people and monks in orange robes sell fruits, traditional food on boats in canal, Ratchaburi District, Thailand

The right to food: a global cry for urgent action towards sustainable food systems

Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit, SEI looks at actions to transform food systems and achieve critical progress on the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Different modes of transport in Kampala, Uganda

How can we build inclusive and climate-resilient transport services in Africa?

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2021

Feature
Air
7 September 2021
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

New borderlands of water governance must transcend traditional boundaries

Perspective
25 August 2021

Addressing the biodiversity losses embedded in global commodity trade

Measuring health and wellbeing in rapidly growing cities

The global impact of food production and consumption on climate, air pollution, malnutrition and obesity

Knowledge gaps are limiting the effective restoration of peatland habitat

Feature
Land
7 June 2021
United Kingdom

Why we must reduce methane emissions now to solve the climate crisis

Climate change: UK’s carbon footprint down by 17% as pandemic helps move to eco-friendly lifestyles

The diversity of participants in environmental citizen science

Journal articles
Gender
1 April 2021
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Assessing SEI’s policy engagement

SEI reports
Governance
5 February 2021

Citizen science for quantifying and reducing food loss and food waste

Journal articles
Land
Economy
17 December 2020

Air pollution and its impact on human health: an important driver for achieving the 1.5°C target

SEI briefs
Air
Climate
Health
7 September 2020

Bradford City Hall and Centenary Square at night

INGENIOUS: Understanding the sources, transformations and fates of indoor air pollutants

Empty road in Milton Keynes, UK lined with trees

Branching out

Family walking along busy road due to lack of adequate pavement space on Luthuli Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya

Inclusive climate-resilient transport in Africa

Butterfly on a plant. Nick Windsor / Pixabay

DECIDE

Project
Land
2020 - 2022
United Kingdom

SMARTIES

Participatory Theatre to engage with Mukuru residents about health issues

TUPUMUE

Integrated nitrogen management on Yorkshire farms (INMY Farm)

Project
Land
2020 - 2021
United Kingdom

Africa integrated assessment on air pollution and climate change

GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub

CASCADES

Textile factory in Jakarta Indonesia. Photo: Agto Nugroho/Unsplash

Sustainable manufacturing and environmental pollution programme

Blue sky thinking: tackling air pollution to increase ambition for the climate change agenda

Perspective
Air
4 September 2020

Creative solutions for urban infrastructure

Feature
Air
Health
20 September 2019
Africa

Streets in New Delhi, India during Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 pandemic raises new questions about the health impacts of air pollution

Lockdown highlights the value of green space in cities

What can you do for the planet while in lockdown?

Perspective
Health
Land
21 April 2020

Restoration of heather-dominated blanket bog vegetation on grouse moors for biodiversity, carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and water regulation: comparing burning to alternative mowing and uncut management

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

Harvesting wheat. Photo: Taikrixel / Getty

Three steps to understanding how food consumption impacts biodiversity

Perspective
Economy
Land
Water
30 October 2018

Games as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation

Aerial photo of West Park, Wolverhampton, UK

Research areas

Air quality, climate and environmental change , nature-society relations, sustainable consumption production, urban environments, human health and wellbeing.