Building a green future through Arts and Humanities research

About the event

Learn more about what Arts and Humanities researchers in the South West are doing to support the green transition through their Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funded projects.

From training future farmers, to building environmental empathy, to getting Ecocide recognised as an international crime, we will hear from a breadth of speakers who are using their research to have impact on the urgent environmental challenges we are facing.

This is intended as the first in a series of events on topics where we would like to celebrate some of the fantastic work supported through the IAAs and facilitate cross institution and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The theme for this first event is ‘Building a green future’ which is one of the five themes identified by the UKRI Transforming Tomorrow Together 2022 to 2027 five year strategy.

AHRC are hosting the event, and this is a great opportunity to connect with Lucy Hackett, AHRC lead for Building a Greener Future and Mike Collins the head of AHRC Public Engagement.

Programme

We will hear short pitch presentations from the following speakers, followed by questions:

• Engaging young people with climate change - Alison Anderson, Professor in Sociology, University of Plymouth
• Applied environmental history of Exmoor National Park - Adrian Howkins, Reader in Environmental History, University of Bristol
• A new crime of ecocide: Opportunities, challenges and Implications for the UK - Suwita Hani Randhawa, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, UWE Bristol
• Where next for future farming skills? Hannah Pitt, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography, Cardiff University
• Hear water - Amanda Bayley, Professor of Music, Bath Spa University
• Noticing the future: While we still can - Stewart Barr, Professor of Geography, University of Exeter
• Climate action emotions, Voices and bodies - Federico Lopez-Terra, Associate Professor in Modern Languages, Swansea University