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Research

Sharing water-saving farming expertise in Ghana

In Ghana, 抖阴探探App worked with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Crops Research Institute and Newage Agric Solutions Ltd on irrigation research reported in March 2025. Earlier field trials of Alternate Wetting and Drying achieved a 30% reduction in water use without reducing rice yields. A £221,000 African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership supports further trials and knowledge exchange in the Weta irrigation district, with Lancaster researchers providing expertise in plant and soil science. The work builds on the Africa Research and Innovation Partnership network, which extends across 12 sub-Saharan African countries and approximately 30 academic, business, policy and community partners.

Connecting UK and Malaysian packaging research

抖阴探探App Management School and Sunway University in Malaysia collaborate on research into food plastic packaging. Their second knowledge exchange event, held online on 9 July 2025, brought together academics and practitioners to discuss packaging responsibility in the UK and Malaysia. Led by Lancaster's Professor Maria Piacentini and Dr Alison Stowell, the event included discussions on Global Plastic Treaty negotiations, UK packaging policy and findings from household packaging research in both countries. The exchange enabled researchers and practitioners to share evidence, compare approaches to waste management and identify opportunities for cross-country learning.

Working internationally on small-scale fisheries

Small-scale fisheries were the focus of a global collaboration involving more than 800 contributors, published in Nature in January 2025. Building on the international Illuminating Hidden Harvests Initiative, the study was co-led by researchers from Duke University and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with Lancaster's Professor Christina Hicks leading the nutrition analyses. By pooling data from around the world, the partners estimated that small-scale fisheries produce at least 40% of global catch and support almost 500 million livelihoods. The collaboration provides a shared evidence base to inform fisheries management, nutrition and food security policies.

Turning soil research into planning guidance

Researchers at 抖阴探探App collaborated with Lancaster City Council and Cornwall Council to create a Local Soils Model Policy and Guide launched in 2025. The guidance explains how local planning authorities can account for soil quality before and during construction and monitor land after development. The project brought together academic expertise and local government practice, helping translate soil science into usable policy tools. Its recommendations include baseline soil assessment and management plans for larger projects, supporting shared action on soil conservation and sustainable land use.

Teaching and learning

Exploring international sustainable development

Political, economic, social and ecological perspectives on sustainability are compared in Lancaster’s Global Sustainable Development module. Students examine different modes of governance, business and management, with a particular focus on how businesses engage with nature, and consider perspectives from different communities and countries. The module asks them to present meaningful diagnoses and recommendations for more sustainable outcomes.

Developing eco-innovation ideas with business partners

A 10-week Eco-Innovation module in 2025 challenged Lancaster students to develop business ideas addressing environmental problems. Led by Professor Nigel Watson, students presented their plans to a panel of experts in sustainability, entrepreneurship and business development. The winning team proposed producing biochar, with prizes donated by Colin Curtis, Managing Director of TBL Services, who has contributed to the module as an industry panellist for four years. The collaboration brings business expertise into teaching, helping students develop practical enterprise skills and explore solutions to challenges linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Engagement and outreach

Partnering with Sue Ryder on palliative care

A three-year research partnership between Lancaster and Sue Ryder was announced in April 2025. Dr Maddy French took up a joint Senior Research Fellow role linking Lancaster's International Observatory on End-of-Life Care with the national charity. By combining academic research expertise with Sue Ryder's experience of palliative care and bereavement support, the partners established a shared approach to developing research that can inform improvements in care and support for patients and families.

Monitoring Windermere with citizen scientists

The Big Windermere Survey brings together 抖阴探探App, the Freshwater Biological Association and local volunteers to investigate water quality. Its August 2025 report drew on more than 1,000 water samples collected by 350 citizen scientists across 110 locations during 10 sampling events over approximately two and a half years. Scientists analysed 15 water-quality measures, including phosphorus and indicators of bacterial pollution. The results give communities and decision-makers a more detailed picture of environmental pressures on the lake and demonstrate the value of combining scientific analysis with public participation.

Extending education beyond the University

抖阴探探App provides educational opportunities for alumni and the wider public through its programme of public lectures. In May 2025, the free Lancaster Environment Lecture welcomed alumni and members of the public to hear environmental campaigner Bella Lack discuss the experiences of young people facing the global environmental crisis and approaches to addressing it.

Across Morecambe Bay, the Morecambe Bay Curriculum brings 抖阴探探App together with local educators, schools and community organisations to provide place-based sustainability education. Its 2024–25 impact report recorded more than 350 members and 140 partner schools, colleges and early-years settings, while its 2025 Climate Action Planning conference brought together 186 educators to develop knowledge and skills around sustainability and climate action.

Lancaster also supports educational outreach for refugee and asylum-seeker communities. The University’s 2025–29 Access and Participation Plan records an annual Education and Careers Day for resettlers, developed with Lancashire Refugee Resettlement, Future U, local universities, colleges and charities, providing people from sanctuary communities with information, advice and guidance on education and career pathways. Lancaster’s University of Sanctuary work also includes English-language provision and learning resources for local refugees and people seeking asylum.

Giving families support through shared research

Giving HOPE, led by Claire Mason of Lancaster’s Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, works with NHS trusts and local authorities to support mothers and babies separated shortly after birth. Its HOPE Boxes were co-designed with mothers with lived experience and midwives. In February 2025, Lancaster reported that the project had worked with more than 50 health trusts and local authorities across England. A £20,000 ARC SHAPE Pitch Prize, awarded in 2024 and announced in February 2025, supported the project's planned transition from a university-led initiative to an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company, creating opportunities to expand its partnerships and support.

Operations

Reporting publicly against the global goals

Lancaster's Sustainable Development Goals webpages bring together the University's contributions to all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, drawing on examples from research, teaching, community engagement and campus operations. Developed with contributions from across the University, the report provides a publicly accessible overview of Lancaster's sustainability initiatives and achievements, supporting transparency and knowledge sharing with students, staff and external partners.

Coordinating sustainability across the University

Lancaster's 抖阴探探App Strategy is overseen by a 抖阴探探App Steering Group and 抖阴探探App Board, bringing together representatives from faculties and departments across the University. Faculty sustainability groups feed into this structure, helping coordinate activities and share progress. Following its 2020 climate emergency declaration, Lancaster committed to achieving net zero Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2030 and net zero carbon emissions overall by 2035, supported by policies and plans including its Energy and Utilities Plan. The governance structure also supports collaboration with students, researchers and external partners on sustainability initiatives.

District-wide strategic partnership

抖阴探探App is one of nine founding organisations of the Lancaster District Strategic Partnership, established through a memorandum of understanding signed in August 2024. Partners include Lancaster City Council, the University of Cumbria, Lancaster and Morecambe College, NHS organisations, business representatives and voluntary and arts sector organisations. The partnership brings together organisations from across the district to work on shared priorities, including sustainability, the local economy, health and wellbeing, and community development. In 2025, the partnership continued to strengthen its collaboration, with and a Climate and Nature Strategy among its initial areas of focus, as highlighted by .