Editor’s choice
The critical environmental governance group at SEI’s University of York Centre, is a critical and welcoming space that operates at the inter- and trans- disciplinary intersection of established and emerging fields of study. We aim to foster critical research on governance and the environment.
As the critical environmental governance group, we are concerned with equity and social justice, how inequities arise and are sustained, and how social environmental conditions can be adapted or transformed in order to secure just and sustainable futures. We are helping our students and the public become better acquainted with cutting-edge intellectual debates and policy trends across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Our research agenda is applied and problem based, drawing from a diverse range of theoretical and methodological perspectives:
Green bridge for wildlife in Catalonia, Spain.
Photo: Artur Debat / Getty Images
We work through critical approaches and frameworks including those drawn from political ecology, poststructuralism (with an emphasis on discourse and narrative), postcolonial and post-development studies, radical democracy, and science and technology studies.
We apply these approaches to questions of climate change adaptation, social-ecological system change and urban planning, using methods that support critical and reflexive engagement at multiple scales, including participatory action research, coproduction, and social learning.
These topics are representative of research interests among our staff and students, and many of us work across multiple topics. As a result, this list is by no means exhaustive – please get in touch if you would like to learn more about our work!
The CEG group values plurality and is committed to the class, gender, racial, and sexual diversity of all its staff and students.
Feature / Explore SEI’s latest research, tools and initiatives in response to SDGs 12, 13 and 15 on responsible consumption and managing forests.
Perspective / With the release of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report by Working Group II, SEI researchers from across the globe interpret the report's headlines on adaptation.
Perspective / Why should we rethink the old boundaries of water governance?
Feature / SEI's Marisa Escobar, Alison Dyke, and Hector Angarita introduce the new SEI Initiative on Water Beyond Boundaries.
Journal article / Researchers developed a method for quantifying the social and cultural values of treescapes, creating a composite measure which can be used by policymakers.
Past event / SEI York’s expert, Alison Dyke shared insights from the Branching Out project at the Future Treescape 2024 conference.
Past event / SEI research expert, Alison Dyke, shared insights on future treescapes at the 2024 European Forum on Urban Forestry.
Project / Novel methods to map the social and cultural value of trees to inform policy decisions regarding urban treescapes.
Project / Delivering Enhanced Biodiversity Information with Adaptive Citizen Science and Intelligent Digital Engagements
Project / Including marginalized groups in development and disaster risk planning in Nepal and Thailand.
Project / Surveillance and Management of multiple Risks to Treescapes: Integrating Epidemiology and Stakeholder behaviour.
Initiative / Our work aims to transform current decision making around access to water, the greatest risk to global prosperity, and addressing the SDGs.
Design and development by Soapbox.
