Troubled man pointing to small print on paper in front of unphased bureaucratic person. His friend is by his side.

Navigating for results in complex environments – in search of pragmatic bureaucracy

Project / The aim of this project is to build knowledge and assess how staff at Folke Bernadotte Academy navigate the demands for results reporting and measurement.

2024 - 2026 / About Innovation and Public policy

Two young boys run around against the background of a very broad and tall conifer-type tree.

Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: a new composite measure

Journal article / Researchers developed a method for quantifying the social and cultural values of treescapes, creating a composite measure which can be used by policymakers.

13 May 2024 / About Public policy

Close up of a woman's hand holding a pen, shading in a wireframe diagram. A wireframe is a 2D illustration of a web page's interface. Here, simple black-lined boxes are linked together with arrows.

SAMHE mini-workshop at the 2024 Software Sustainability Institute Collaborations Workshop

Past event / Sam Bland hosted this session on the SAMHE project and the opportunities and challenges of using web apps to engage young people in citizen science.

01 May 2024 / About Innovation, Participation and Pollution

High angle shot of a street on a rainy day. Two red trams are on the left-hand side of the image, and a line of cars, brake lights visible, queues at a red traffic light on the right. Drifting smoke partially obscures the bottom half of the image. Pedestrians move around the space, crossing the road through the smoke and getting onto one of the trams.

Improving consistency in estimating future health burdens from environmental risk factors: case study for ambient air pollution

Journal article / Researchers developed an enhanced methodology to estimate future health burdens from air pollution. The new estimates improved strikingly upon previous metrics.

24 April 2024 / About Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Oresund Bridge, Sealand, Denmark with ships sailing in the foreground on a sunny day.

Course set for sustainable consumption in Sweden

Feature / Discover how SEI's Consumption Compass aids Swedish municipalities is boosting smarter consumption.

24 April 2024 / About Cities, Climate policy, Innovation, Mitigation and Sustainable lifestyles

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Q&A: Biljana Macura appointed editor-in-chief of Environmental Evidence

Feature / SEI researcher Biljana Macura, who stepped into the role of EiC this year, discusses the focus and goals of the journal.

17 April 2024 / About Public policy

An abstract, colourful painting fills the frame, with strokes of red, yellow, purple, and brown. An eye has been painted in the middle. In the foreground, a Black hand holds a paintbrush loaded with paint.

Transdisciplinary research as a means of protecting human health, ecosystems and climate by engaging people to act on air pollution

Journal article / Using arts-based approaches, researchers worked with communities in Nairobi to empower people to take action on air pollution.

15 April 2024 / About Pollution

Aerial shot of four children and an adult sitting around a yellow table, painting.

European Citizen Science Association Conference 2024

Past event / Three researchers from our citizen science research group in York shared insights into the value of co-created research. See their presentations.

03 April 2024

People seated on barstools with the backs to the camera, silhouetted against a London skyline including St Paul's cathedral.

Webinar: Citizen science: pathways to impact and why participant diversity matters

Past event / Watch this ECSA webinar, in which Rachel Pateman shared work from a recent article, "Citizen science: pathways to impact and why participant diversity matters".

28 February 2024 / About Participation