Our COLABs

Why get involved in Sustainability research?

What are our COLABs?

COLABs, or co-laboratories, have been set up by researchers under the Sustainability Spotlight to enable research-focussed interdisciplinary collaboration on specific issues.

COLABs are open to anyone at Warwick interested in sustainability, willing to engage and co-create!

Get in touch:

Please contact us if you have any queries about our COLABs at IDResearch@warwick.ac.uk or

COLAB1

COLAB1 - Funding & Research Synergies

This co-laboratory, led by Professor Gary Bending (WESIC) Link opens in a new windowand Dr. Fred Dahlmann (WBS)Link opens in a new window focuses on interdisciplinary synergy-building around specific funding calls, and bespoke training to support funding applications and network-building.

As an outcome of WSF 2025, COLAB 1 have developed three thematic groups to foster synergy and collaboration:

Circular Economy
Radical Imaginaries
Sustainable Food

These groups are open to all researchers to join, and we welcome proposals for new thematic groups to further strengthen interdisciplinary connections.

COLAB2

COLAB3 - ECRs & Outputs

This co-laboratory, led by Professor Elena Korosteleva (IGSD)Link opens in a new window and Professor Stuart Coles (WMG),Link opens in a new window focuses on developing a single communication space for ECRs across and beyond Warwick, offering them bespoke training in creative concepts, methodologies, skills and outputs, and exposure to global stakeholders in policy world, industries, businesses and practitioners, and various geographies. It draws on the established reputation of the IGSD-led Sustainability Training School Link opens in a new windowtaking it to a new level: the launch of an ECR Sustainability Training Academy (STA) in Venice.

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COLAB4 - Impact & Visibility

This co-laboratory, led by Professor Giuliana Battisti (WBS)Link opens in a new window and Professor Graeme Macdonald (English and Comparative Literary Studies)Link opens in a new window focuses on developing global impact & network visibility through bespoke training, and by connecting it to all-level stakeholders for outreach and knowledge co-production.