Sustainability & Higher Education Initiative

The Sustainability & Higher Education Initiative (SHEI) is based at The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER)

What is the Sustainability and High Education Initiative (SHEI)?

Our vision is to drive forward sustainability higher education, at national and international levels. We are focusing on how we implement, evaluate, and research teaching and learning in sustainability. The initiative will link our network of academics, alumni and students with the rest of Higher Education and general public interested in sustainability.

We plan to...

Whilst our School has a 50+ year track record of sustainability education at UCL, our initiative is just beginning.

Over the next year we plan to:

Participate in conferences on Education and Sustainability both within and outside UCL
Run training courses for our current international partners
Host a webinar showcasing the best of our student’s dissertations
Host webinars and events on Sustainability and Higher Education which are open to the public

Longer term, we plan to:

Set up conferences and events for educators, nationally and internationally
Host public seminars on Sustainability Teaching and Learning, drawing together expertise from key global educators
Develop executive trainings for companies and organisations
Establish a large network including key Higher Education stakeholders, alongside out extensive alumni network and students

Recent activities

Photo o a person holding a grass covered earth in cupped hands

Student Research for a Sustainable Future – dissertation showcase event event

Four of the top Master’s dissertations from The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources were showcased at an event connecting academics, alumni and students with the rest of the Higher Education sector and general public interested in sustainability.

UCL researchers and Perlego run national schools project on sustainability

UCL's Sustainability and Higher Education Initiative has collaborated with Perlego to organise a national project for high-school students on sustainability

Want to find out more?

Email Us! You can contact our team as follows:

Dr Lorenzo Lotti (Director) - l.lotti@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Nikolaos Chrysanthopoulos - n.chrysanthopoulos@ucl.ac.uk

Contirbutors to the initiative include:

Francesco Aletta
Andrew Mitchell
Paul Ekins
Parama Chaudhury
Lory Barile
Rodrigo Martinez Perez
Varsha Kakuturu
Beatrice Yuen
Janina Fuchs
Maija Powell
Cian O'Neill