Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Professor Paul Morris delivers 1st Faculty Inaugural Lecture

On Wednesday 7 October, Professor Paul Morris gave the opening lecture in the Faculty of Environment and Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series – a series which celebrates the achievement of ...
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Leeds event aims to strengthen collaboration on Europe's water future

Representatives from the water, marine and maritime sectors across the UK and Ireland will come together in Leeds to help ...
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Mucus ‘glue’ helps soil store carbon, research finds

Sticky substances released by living microbes can make an important contribution to carbon storage on soil minerals, according to new research.
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

ZEV-UP: Frugal Zero-Emission Vehicles for the Urban Passenger challenge

ZEV-UP aims to develop an innovative and user-centric Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) for both passenger and goods transportation in advanced and emerging markets. The ZEV-UP vehicle is sustainable, ...
University of Leeds

Obituary: Megan Povey

It is with great sadness that we write to announce the death of our colleague, Professor Megan Povey. Megan passed away peacefully in the early hours of Wednesday 9 September. Megan was an outstanding ...
University of Leeds

Jenni Brooks

I am a PhD Researcher based at the Sustainability Research Institute in the Faculty of Environment and Social Sciences. My research focuses on place-based democratic innovation for a just ...
University of Leeds

Enhancing Tipping Point Detection and Prediction for Near-future Traffic Congestion

This project aims to advance the detection and prediction of traffic tipping points (TPs), at which traffic conditions transition between free-flow and congestion, and develop a practical predictive ...