Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP)

Description

The Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) delivers interdisciplinary research to help achieve the global sustainability goals for humanity and the environment.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an extraordinary opportunity for the planet and humanity. If met, these goals will address the grand challenges of today – including ending poverty and hunger, providing education for all, protecting and conserving environments, and combating climate change.

Achieving the SDGs will require commitment across all sectors, and the goals will influence how all institutions invest their resources. Research has a vital role to play in providing stakeholders and policymakers with the knowledge to make the SDGs happen.

Established in 2016, the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) is a partnership between the University of Sussex and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

The mission of SSRP is to be a hub for delivering research to international, national and local stakeholders to enable efficient responses to achieving the SDGs. SSRP research specifically focuses on solutions to avoid trade-offs among the goals, and explores synergies that allow multiple SDGs to be accomplished at the same time. To date, SSRP has financed 48 and co-sponsored 9 interdisciplinary research projects that address interactions among the SDGs, which has led to an additional 42 activities and projects.

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require unprecedented global partnerships between government, the private sector, civil society, and the research community. SSRP helps to mobilise the research community to do its vital part.

The programme's core themes are:

• ecosystems, rights and justice;
• planetary health;
• South Coast sustainability;
• sustainable climate and food systems;
• sustainability frontiers.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2016

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University of Sussex
Brighton

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) delivers world-class research, learning and teaching that transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable developme… read more about Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Brighton