policy engagement Archives

Past event / Learn how SEI's innovative water modelling tool allows researchers and policymakers to advance sustainable and equitable water planning.

24 January 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Participation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Wellbeing

Aerial view of trees submerged by the flooding River Rhine at sunset in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Exploring new strategies in climate risk assessment for policymakers

Perspective / Discover UNCHAIN's innovative methods in climate risk assessment for enhanced policy-making and effective climate adaptation strategies.

15 January 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster Risk

Abstract art representing a nebula, used as a header image for Currents 2024.

SEI Currents – which trends will shape the coming year? – online event 17 January

Media advisory / SEI Currents 2024 leverages expertise from SEI centres across five continents, presenting trends that will shape 2024 and beyond.

11 January 2024 / About Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

A row of buildings on a city street, Stockholm, Schweden

Policy for sustainable consumption – an assessment of Swedish municipalities

Journal article / This study explores the role of local policy actors in supporting sustainable consumption, taking food consumption in Sweden as an example.

3 January 2024 / About Behaviour and choice and Sustainable lifestyles

A landscape view of the Manohara informal settlement - Kathmandu, Nepal. There is a waterway in the central foreground, with buildings in the distance either side of it. Himalayas in the background.

Knowledge infrastructures, conflictual coproduction, and the politics of planning: a post-foundational approach to political capability in Nepal and Thailand

Journal article / Struggles for equality and rights are bound up in urban participatory planning. This complicates dynamics of co-production and political subjectivisation.

22 December 2023 / About Geopolitics and Public policy

A stream flows through a lush, mossy forest

AGU session on watershed modelling for water allocation

Past event / SEI will present on water modelling tools for better water allocation at an AGU conference session 13 December 2023.

13 December 2023 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk, Planning and modelling, Public policy and Water resources

LeadIT 2.0 – partnerships for a just and equitable industry transition

Past event / This official COP28 side event will address how to accelerate a just and equitable industry transition.

10 December 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Finance, Innovation, Public policy and Renewables

Somya Joshi in CNBC about artificial intelligence advancement and water scarcity

Media coverage / SEI's Somya Joshi speaks to CNBC about the balance between innovation, AI and sustainable resource management.

8 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Water resources

SEI Currents 2024

Feature / Explore perspectives by our researchers on the trends and topics set to shape 2024.

7 December 2023 / About Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Geopolitics, Innovation, Participation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles