Events

Want to improve student employability, make useful connections and share sector knowledge...?

Join us for a welcome reception to meet fellow students, academic and professional services staff and local community members. Hear more about sustainability at Edinburgh and ways you can get involved, make connections and really get the most out of this year.

A series of public lectures examining global challenges facing society, and the role of academia in meeting these challenges.

The last in our GESA Masters series, this group will take an interdisciplinary look at Climate Fatalism and how our teaching and learning can prepare students to combat this.

The University is developing a biodiversity policy and one of the pillars of that policy is well-being.

The global expansion of fracking could serve to provide energy security and carbon emission cuts which dwarf those of the last gas boom. Unfortunately, this new process, and the vast reserves of gas it makes available pose a major threat to avoiding dangerous climate change.

The second Planetary Health Annual Meeting in Edinburgh is to bring together new communities around the world to stimulate interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration towards ground-breaking solutions to major planetary health challenges.

An interdisciplinary event, mobilising scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing projects focusing on social responsibility and sustainability from across the world.

The annual Resource Efficiency workshop is for anyone interested in reducing waste and using resources more effectively on University campuses.

Here you will find details about upcoming opportunities.

Browse past events held by the Global Environment and Society Academy by year.

If you are running an event related to the global environment and society, let us know and we may be able to include this in our calendar.