Transcript Sustainable Consumption Institute

Sustainable
Consumption
Institute
An Overview
Sally Randles
Deputy Director Doctoral Training Centre
Director (Social Sciences) Tyndall Manchester
Senior Research Fellow,
Manchester Institute of Inovation Research
Manchester Business School
Beginnings
• March 07- University of Manchester
shortlisted for SCI
• April 07- Presentation of the UoM proposal
to Tesco
• September 07- Manchester awarded the
SCI, and a press briefing announced the
Tesco/UoM collaboration forming the SCI
SCI Objective
• “The objective of the SCI shall be to
become…an institution which produces worldclass research and analysis, provides a high
level of teaching in areas including, but not
limited to, achieving a low carbon economy,
tackling climate change, delivering a revolution
in green consumption and helping consumers,
suppliers and retailers create a sustainable
future and disseminates its findings freely…”
Reaching our objective
• With primary, “kick-start”, funding from Tesco,
supporting both research projects and other
“core” activities
• Significant funding for research
– Over 20 projects funded totalling over £2.5M
• The Doctoral Training Centre - Transdisciplinary
– circa10 students per intake
– Significant interest globally, with appx 100
applications for 2009
• Public engagement and research dissemination
Our Research Themes
• Theme 1 Sustainable Consumer Behaviours and
Lifestyles
• Theme 2 Production and Distribution Systems –
technologies, skills and resources
• Theme 3 Climate change and carbon –
mitigation, adaptation and vulnerability
• Theme 4 Making development more sustainable
– synergies with other issues (e.g., poverty,
energy, water, food, environment, health, and
others)
SCI DTC
Vision for SCI DTC is to establish a community of
dynamic and international Early Career
Researchers
• Year 1 – 20% of PhD time:
Undergirding training for Trans-Disciplinary
‘rounded academic’ skills and competences
– To tackle ‘problem oriented’ Grand Challenges eg
Sustainability.
• Year 2 – 10% Specialist contributions
(customised) to SCI research agenda and/or
Tesco ‘mini-projects’, with tailor made terms of
reference
• Year 3, 4 Early Career Researchers
2010 Applications Now Open
• Recruiting for Oct 2010 entry Now till end 26
February 2010
• Either apply to a project on the SCI PhDs
website
• Or propose a project related broadly to SCI
• Distinction Bachelors and/or Masters
• Very competitive (work experience/publications)
• Dual application process – SCI, host school.
• Contact [email protected]