Sustainable Futures

Research groups

The pathway draws on expertise from the schools, institutes and research centres at the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter and UWE.

• School of Geographical Sciences
• University of Bristol Law School
• School for Policy Studies
• Global Insecurities Centre
• The Cabot Institute (which draws together environmental research from across the University)

• Department of Psychology
• Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment
• Water Innovation and Research Centre
• Centre for Research in Education and the Environment
• Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy

• Human Geography
• Climate and Society
• Energy Policy
• Governance, Ethics and Social Justice
• Law
• Centre for Energy and the Environment
• Centre for Rural Policy Research
• Climate Change and Sustainable Futures research theme

• Centre for Transport and Society
• Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments

You will have two supervisors from different disciplinary perspectives and different institutions. Your supervisors convene joint meetings on a regular basis, and attend an annual one-day workshop for all pathway students.

Careers

The PhD in Sustainable Futures offers useful preparation for related careers in the public, private or civic sectors, as well as in academia.

In the public sector, it will open opportunities in government departments and agencies at international, national and local levels. In the private sector, it provides training and analytical skills of relevance to careers in consultancy or environmental management, for example. In the civic sector, it can lead to careers with environmental NGOs or development bodies.