Global Sustainable Development News
Global Sustainable Development graduate wins prestigious contribution award
A student who recently graduated as part of our GSD Class of 2024 has won a prestigious award in recognition of their outstanding contributions both academically and toward social causes.
Kirsty Reed is one of a few selected graduates who received Warwick’s OSCA prize, which celebrates gifted students who campaign for good causes, fundraise, start small businesses and work with local charities.
GSD Presents Third Annual PhD Symposium
On 2 July 2024 the GSD department held its third Annual GSD PhD Symposium - an event made possible by the Leverhulme Trust - sponsors of our Leverhulme-TRANSFORM Doctoral Training programme.
Summer Graduation 2024 Welcomes Back GSD Alumni
With graduation for many of our students just around the corner (Monday 22nd July 2024), we are pleased to welcome back one of our GSD alumni as a keynote speaker for the 2024 summer graduation ceremony.
Fred Betley was part of our first ever cohort of GSD students following our degree’s launch in 2016, graduating with a BASc in Sociology and Global Sustainable Development.
My University Journey - Dr Romain Chenet
In our University Journey blog series, the team behind our Global Sustainable Development department share their personal experiences of university and how it helped them get to where they are today. Dr Romain Chenet is GSD’s Senior Teaching Fellow, as well as our Director of Undergraduate Studies and Admissions. Romain here shares early experiences of university and how GSD has developed to prepare students for the modern world.
Design Studies Staff Run Engaging Esports Camp for Young Aspiring Game Designers
Two academics from Warwick’s newly established Design division recently delivered a range of engaging activities for an Esports camp aimed at young aspiring game designers.
Over the Easter holidays, Dr Edward Loveman and Dr James MacKrill were involved in a holiday camp for young attendees aged 4-16, who were able to experience the process of designing games based around sustainability and environmental awareness issues.
Why I chose the GSD MASc - Ilaria's Story
On our flexible GSD MASc course, you will combine academic learning with practical action and applied thinking to tackle problems of global sustainable development. We caught up with GSD MASc student Ilaria to discuss her experiences of postgraduate study and why she would recommend the GSD MASc programme to others.
Service Design with UX for Social Impact: Experiences from our first student cohort
Our new Service Design with UX for Social Impact module introduces students to Service and UX Design from a digital development angle. We recently sat down with our first ever student cohort in a roundtable session to talk about their experiences of the module.
Why I chose the GSD MASc - Karolina's Story
Our innovative MASc in Global Sustainable Development offers a unique opportunity to join a community of transdisciplinary experts and practitioners with a passion for research and teaching. We spoke to one of our current students Karolina, to understand why she pursued postgraduate study and find out more about her experiences of the course.
GSD professor presents indigenous community research at science festival
A member of our Global Sustainable Development department recently presented their research at the first ever Resonate Festival of Science and Technology in Leamington Spa.
Dr Camilla Audia - Assistant Professor of GSD who leads our Health and Sustainable Development and Addressing Disasters for Sustainable. Development undergraduate modules - presented her research on indigenous communities in Burkina Faso at the festival’s first event, which focused on projects related to weather.
GSD students visit Brussels for an enriching academic fieldtrip
On 19th-23rd June, as part of a strategic project funded by the Warwick Innovation Fund and the Warwick International Partnership Fund, GSD organised a 5-day academic field trip to Brussels, focused on past, present and future global sustainable development challenges and responses in the city.
Nine undergraduates were selected to participate in the trip (and received a bursary for this): five students from our GSD degrees and four students from our partner degree Global Studies at UPF, in Barcelona.