Institute for Sustainability

University of Bath

The University of Bath Institute for Sustainability brings together fundamental and applied science and engineering, and whole systems approaches; applying interdisciplinarity across its research, training, education, collaboration, policy, public engagement and knowledge exchange activities.

We are a community of researchers delivering world-class research in sustainability that pushes boundaries among disciplines. We solve challenges using a wide-angle, whole-systems approach complemented by a depth of scientific understanding, and build partnerships that help us keep our focus on real-world problems.

Our research

From innovation centres working directly with industry to bring products to market and decarbonise industry, to real-time monitoring of chemical reactions and improvement of membranes, our projects are interdisciplinary in nature, crossing traditional boundaries between science and engineering to develop new sustainable technologies.

We design molecules, materials and manufacturing processes to enable a circular economy and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and take a whole-systems perspective to measuring and embedding sustainability in decision making, using methods from industrial ecology to understand the full environmental footprint of our products and activities.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Steve Allen
- S.R.Allenbath.acuk
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff
Chris Bowen
- C.R.Bowenbath.acuk
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff
Antoine Buchard
- A.Buchardbath.acuk
- Department of Chemistry - Royal Society University Research Fellow
- Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT)
- Institute for Sustainability
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff, Researcher

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6 Active

Newton International Fellowship Olawumi Sadare
Mattia, D.
The Royal Society
1/03/23 → 28/02/25
Project: Research council
Development and characterisation of Carbon Nano-Tube (CNT)-based wires for accelerator beam diagnostic applications at CERN
Lunt, A. & Mattia, D.
21/02/23 → …
Project: Research-related funding
Frontier Research Guarantee - Processing of Smart Porous Electro-Ceramic Transducers (ProSPECT)
Bowen, C.
EPSRC
1/02/23 → 31/01/28
Project: EU Commission

21 Article
1 Chapter in a published conference proceeding
1 Comment/debate

Additively manufactured ferroelectric particulate composites for antimicrobial applications
Tsikriteas, Z. M., Heylen, R., Jindal, S., Mancuso, E., Li, Z. & Khanbareh, H., 11 Mar 2023, In: Advanced Materials Technologies.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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A Highly Active and Selective Zirconium-Based Catalyst System for the Industrial Production of Poly(lactic acid)
Buchard, A., Chuck, C. J., Davidson, M. G., Gobius du Sart, G., Jones, M. D., McCormick, S. N. & Russell, A. D., 17 Feb 2023, In: ACS Catalysis. 13, 4, p. 2681-2695 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Asymmetric Quad-Leg Orthoplanar Spring For Wideband Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting
Mohammadi, A., Sadrafshari, S., Shokrani, A. & Bowen, C., 30 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) IEEE MEMS 2023.
Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

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