Global Sustainable Development News

A major collaborative report on understanding antibiotic use and tackling drug-resistant infections was launched on Wednesday 24 February 2021 by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The extensive inter- and transdisciplinary research by Assistant Professor in GSD, Dr Marco J Haenssgen, and his collaborators has formed a key contribution to the report.

At the end of last year, Universitas Indonesia (UI) released the result of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2020. The University of Warwick was awarded 4th in the UK, ranking 29th of the 912 participating universities across 84 countries.

Following the funding success from the Institutional Research Support Fund, Dr Marco J Haenssgen, Assistant Professor in GSD, and his colleague Thipphaphone (Kee) Xayavong were again fortunate to receive £2,000 co-funding from the Institute of Advanced Study to support the pump-priming research activities of their “Learning Space” project portfolio.

Each year, the Global Sustainable Development (GSD) Department at the University of Warwick runs a competition for year 11 and 12 students (school pupils aged between 15 and 17 years). The competition was established to engage with talented school students and give insight into the type of thought-provoking issues involved in studying GSD at Warwick.

Entry for the 2021 GSD competition is now open. Entries must be received by midnight UK time on Friday 30 April 2021. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to a virtual event with GSD students and teaching staff. Winners will be announced and awarded prizes.

A photograph submitted by Assistant Professor in GSD, Dr Marco J Haenssgen, to the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning's Interdisciplinary Images Competition has been selected for display in IATL's 2021 digital calendar.

Congratulations to final-year Liberal Arts student Celine Nithila-George, Dr Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Deputy Head of School for Cross-faculty Studies, Liberal Arts), and Dr Gioia Panzarella (Teaching Fellow and Student Experience and Engagement Manager in GSD) for being selected as Associate Fellows of the Warwick Institute of Engagement (WIE)!

A research team co-led by GSD Assistant Professor Marco J Haenssgen and Lao researcher Thipphaphone (Kee) Xayavong have been awarded a £4,000 grant from the University of Warwick’s Institutional Research Support Fund (IRSF).

• New PhD scholarships in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick available to UK and EU students, thanks to £1,350,000 from Leverhulme Trust
• Scholars will receive transdisciplinary training: expertise from different academic faculties, as well as mentorship from front line organisations, such as UN Habitat
• Researchers will be trained to be "as comfortable analysing data on human-environment interactions as liaising with governments and empowering communities" -- Professor João Porto de Albuquerque

On Wednesday 9 December 2020, the School for Cross-faculty Studies hosted a 'Work Placement Talk and Live Q&A event', organised by the School's Employability and Placement Manager, Bodrun Nahar. The event aimed to give current students in the School the opportunity to hear directly from students who undertook a work placement. The speakers were encouraged to share their experiences of their work placements, including the challenges, the benefits, and their advice for any students considering doing a work placement.