Applications are welcome for two full-time, funded PhDs commencing in September 2015 in the School of Law and Social Sciences at London South Bank University. The scholarships cover fees and offer a stipend of £15,000 p.a. for three years.

We welcome proposals in all areas of research relevant to the School, including areas that address the School research focus of “Social Justice and Global Responsibility”. We are particularly interested in applications which relate to one or more of the following:

Cancelled Post WEEC Learning for Change workshop, 3 – 5 July 2015: New ‘RCE Open Space II’ Side Event on Friday 3 July 2015, 10:00-15:00

Due to the low number of registrations for the three day long “Learning for Change “- workshop during the weekend after the WEEC Conference, a single day Open Space Side Event from 10:00-15:00 is now envisioned as a feasible alternative. 

Celebrating its 8th year, RCE Severn has taken stakeholder feedback and undergone review by independent consultants NetPositive. Committed to continuous improvement, this has been a timely review, incorporated into an institutional University of Gloucestershire’s Promising Future Sustainability Strategy 2009–2015 review.

The review explored learnings of the past eight years, aiming to enhance the effectiveness and value of the RCE’s network. A panel of experts and peers contributed to this process considering findings of the review and identifying future pathways.

How could alpine farmers in the Swiss village of Törbel survive over centuries in adverse conditions? Why did the Hohokam culture suddenly collapse after more than 1000 years? Looking back in history, did truly sustainable societies ever exist? 300 years ago Carl von Carlowitz the so called „father of the term sustainability” died. Why is it worthwhile to remember him today? Was the discovery of America, which gave us the sense and philosophy of a world without limits, perhaps not a blessing after all?