Centre for Research into Sustainability (CRIS)

Description

The Centre for Research into Sustainability (CRIS) is a multidisciplinary, international group of researchers and educators at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Members are actively engaged with the understanding of social/ethical, economic and environmental sustainability in contemporary society.

The centre’s researchers understand sustainability in broad terms as relating to economic, social/ethical and environmental perspectives. They do this through research, teaching, and collaboration with external organisations. The Centre’s purpose, ultimately, is to advance scholarship and contribute to positive social change in terms of the contemporary challenges of poverty alleviation, social injustice and climate change.

The Centre is world-leading in three research areas:

Accounting for Sustainability
Responsible Consumption
Responsible Business

Its goal is to advance scholarship and to contribute to positive social and environmental change. To this end, the current focus is on four cross-cutting themes:

Gender and Social Change
Global Impact Chains
Precarious work and Modern Slavery
Alternative Economies

The Centre holds regular seminar series and external speaker events. Its flagship courses are the postgraduate and undergraduate levels through the MSc Sustainability and Management and the BSc Management with Corporate Responsibility and the BSc Management with Corporate Responsibility with a Year in Business.