Earth System Governance Research Centre Bath
Hosted by the Centre for Development Studies, the Earth System Governance Research Centre Bath was established in September 2022 based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the University of Bath and the Earth System Governance Project. The Earth System Governance (ESG) Project is one of the world’s largest interdisciplinary social science research networks to advance knowledge at the interface between global environmental change and governance. The project aims to explore political solutions and novel, more effective governance systems to cope with the climate and ecological crises. The ESG network consists of 17 researcher centres and over 500 scholars across the globe.
Since its launch, the ESG Research Centre Bath has brought together researchers of sustainability governance from across the University and beyond, including those based in the Departments of Politics, Languages and International Studies, Education, Health, Psychology, and the School of Management as well as researchers based in the region including Cardiff, Bristol, and Oxford. The Centre organises a fortnightly Seminar Series for researchers to share their latest work. It has also supported several large grant applications including a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. To pursue research impact, the Centre actively engages with practitioners and fosters collaboration with government and civil society organisations, such as Bath and North Somerset Council, Development Initiative, and Action for Sustainable Development.
Bath Earth System Governance Seminar Series
This seminar series gives researchers across and beyond the University of Bath opportunities to share their latest work on environmental governance and sustainable development. It aims to stimulate interdisciplinary discussion and promote collaboration for understanding and realising sustainable and just futures. We meet fortnightly during the teaching semester, and we welcome speakers across all career stages, especially early career researchers. Below is the programme in the current academic year. If you want to present your work, please contact the series convenor, Dr Yixian Sun
Semester 1 Seminar series
Global Water Events: Explaining the Emergence of a Global Water Regime - Raul Pacheco-Vega (Oct 18, 2022)
Nature-Climate Nexus in Transnational Climate Governance: Variation across Net Zero Initiatives - Natalie Page (Nov 1, 2022)
Education for environmentally active citizens? Environmental and social injustices in environmental education in Peru and Uganda - Rachel Wilder (Nov 15, 2022)
Collective targets and the transformation of global governance - Kenneth Mbeva (Nov 29, 2022)
Just Transition in the Post-Pandemic City - Sophia Hatzisavvidou (Dec 13, 2022)
Semester 2 Seminar series
From Industrial ‘License’ to Environmental ‘Clearance’: state ‘embeddedness’ and development(alism) in India - Mihika Chatterjee (Feb 20, 2023)
Penalty Zones in International Sustainability Standards: Where Improved Sustainability Doesn’t Pay - Kostas Iatridis (March 7, 2023)
The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea - Guy Standing (March 13, 2023)
The politics of living treaties - Jen Allan (March 28, 2023)
Monetary Architecture and the Green Transition - Andrei Guter-Sandu (April 25, 2023)
International workshop on the Future of the Sustainable Development Goals (Bath, June 5th, 2023)