Past events
We regularly organise special seminars, events and roundtables with experts in the field, policymakers and businesses. Explore all our previous events.
One-off events
- UN High Level Political Forum side event (July 2023)
- SSRP events at the Summer of Research (June-July 2023):
- Mini-symposium: WILDFIRES - ecological and human dimensions
- Sussex Beacons Series: "Rights of Nature, a legal rebellion to save our planet?"
- "AI for a Better World?" - Anthropological approaches for indigenous empowerment (May 2023)
- Research Partnerships Conference 2022: "Tropical forests as critical zones for the SDGs" (March 2022)
- Evidence for Action - Online International Research Symposium (July 2021)
- South Coast Sustainability Research Forum (April 2021)
- UN High Level Political Forum side event (July 2018)
- Making evaluations relevant for asessing interactions among the Sustainable Development Goals (June 2018)
- SSRP Parliamentary Reception (June 2018)
Sustainability Debates
SSRP regularly organises sustainability debates which tie in with notable national and international days.
- Giving nature a voice: "Rights of Nature" film screening and conversation with Malcolm Rogge & Mika Peck for International Day of Forests (March 2024)
- "Walk on the wild side" trip to Knepp Estate for World Rewilding Day and Sustainable Sussex month (March 2023)
- SSRP Week and COP27 (November 2022)
- Seminar and film screening of "The power of paraecologists in protecting Pachamama" and the adoption of the Rights of Nature into the Ecuadorian Constitution (September 2022)
- Big Biodiversity Conversation (May 2022)
- What is the future of coffee? (May 2019)
- International Day of Forests (March 2019)
- World Water Day (March 2018)
- COP 21 Paris agreement (December 2017)
- British Science Festival (September 2017)
Workshops
- Research Excellence Framework (REF) workshops on research impact (November 2022) and interdisciplinarity (June 2024)
- Community workshop "Exploring Sustainability: what issues matter to the lives of children and young people?" (April 2024)
- "Wicked Sustainability Challenges" workshop series delving into global and local issues surrounding food systems, water, nature conservation and education (February - April 2024)
- Equitable Partnerships for Sustainability Research workshop (February 2024)
- Ghana workshop (June 2019)
- Methods workshop (June 2019)
Webinars
- Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability in the Context of SDGs and Covid-19 (November 2021)
- The Pandemic and Climate Change (July 2020)
- The Pandemic and Climate Change (July 2020)
- The Pandemic and Biodiversity (July 2020)
- Bond webinar (April 2020)
SSRP audio-visual exhibition "Sussex sustainability research around the globe"
Our audiovisual exhibition has been hosted on various occasions across campus, showcasing Sussex sustainability projects funded and supported by SSRP through photography, art and film.
- A joint SSRP and IDS exhibition: "Sustainability in times of conflict, crisis and uncertainty" (October 2023 - March 2024, IDS Gallery Space)
- Summer of Research (June - July 2023, Student Centre Atrium)
- One World Week and Sustainable Sussex month (March 2023, Student Centre Atrium)
- SSRP Week (November 2023, Conference Centre)
SSRP Symposium
This all-day event provides the opportunity to hear from all of the SSRP funded projects, alongside workshops and networking with colleagues.
- November 2023
- November 2022 (held as part of SSRP Week)
- September 2021
- September 2020
- September 2019
- September 2018