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Our research is strongly interdisciplinary, enabling our scholars to address global challenges in an innovative and collaborative manner. Our academic and research staff contribute to four major research institutes.

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Institute for Global Sustainable Development

Transforming our communities, our world and ourselves, with research that tackles global development challenges.

Striving for social and environmental justice

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Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

Working with experts from academia, business and policy to create a sustainable future, and mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Creating a sustainable future

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Institute for Sustainable Food

Finding dynamic solutions to the challenges of food security and sustainability.

Seeking out solutions

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Urban Institute

Shaping the city, present and future.

Imaginative, generative, propositional research

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