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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 policymakers in the UK and around the world make informed decisions for a sustainable and inclusive future.
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Perspective / On World Ventilate Day 2024, SEI researcher Luke Gooding emphasizes the importance of ventilation during retrofitting to meet net-zero goals.
Feature / Older people are more vulnerable to climate impacts, but they should also be vital, active participants in climate action, reflects Gary Haq.
Feature / Discover the health impacts and cross-benefits of clean air and climate change in this Q&A with SEI researcher Chris Malley.
Feature / In this Q&A, Rachel Pateman, a Research Fellow at SEI York, discusses the importance of inclusivity in volunteer biological recording.
Journal article / Older persons have a vital role in shaping responses to climate change and building a sustainable future.
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The research areas at SEI York include sustainable consumption and production; air quality, climate and environmental change; critical environmental governance; environments, human health and well-being, and citizen science.
The air quality, climate and environmental change group at SEI York works to quantify the impacts of these threats and to identify solutions.
The citizen science group at SEI York aims to engage people in our research at a range of scales and geographic locations.
The critical environment governance group is a critical space that operates in established and emerging fields of study.
Understanding how environmental quality of the built environment interacts to influence populations health and wellbeing.
The sustainable consumption and production group at SEI aims to link the impacts of production to provide useful contextualized data and info to stakeholders
Project / SEI at the University of York is collaborating with the City of York to develop a retrofit one-stop shop to help the city achieve its net zero goals.
Project / The Global Ageing and Climate Change Regional Dialogues explore policies, practices, and challenges around climate justice in an ageing world.
Project / The project works with the Bogotá Environmental Agency to develop diverse pathways for air quality management.
Project / SEI's Ecological Citizens project cultivates trans-disciplinary collaboration and research to enable a digital sustainable society for positive climate action.
Project / SEI works with research institutes to assess the impact of pollutants, besides CO₂, that drive climate change, and to develop climate change mitigation options.
Project / Accelerating low carbon transport policies and plans that meet the mobility needs of marginalized groups in Indonesia.
Project / This project investigates air pollutants inside homes in the city of Bradford, UK: their sources, interactions and health effects on those living there.
Project / Novel methods to map the social and cultural value of trees to inform policy decisions regarding urban treescapes.
Project / Working with young people to co-design relevant mental health research by identifying priority research questions and addressing these.
Project / Investigating if and how hands-on experiences with nature impact values, attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students.
Project / The University of York SEI Centre implements customized capacity-building programs on active mobility in African transport structures on the HVT project.
Project / A citizen science project monitoring indoor air, created with and for UK schools.
Project / Assessing trade in agricultural commodities e.g. palm oil and soybean production in environments at risk.
Project / Exploring the feasibility of citizen science to improve WASH conditions in two districts of Mexico City.
Tool / This new public dashboard can be used to visualize and interact with data on the global environmental impacts of consumption.
Head to our project pages to learn more about SEI York’s projects, past and present. There, you can filter by project status, region and topic to tailor content to your research interests.
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