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Research spotlights

View of Mumbai skyline with skyscrapers over slums in Bandra suburb.

How can cities learn from one another?

Researchers are taking a multitude of approaches to bring tangible solutions to urban challenges

Phonoautobothy - mobile sustainable music production trailer

Phonoautobothy

Testing the viability of solar power as an alternative energy source at events

Urban wasteland being revamped with greenery

GALLANT

A project partnering with Glasgow City Council. It aims to move the city towards climate resilience while also addressing health, social and economic inequalities

Modern solar farm panoramic at sunrise on a summers day

Enhancing solar power generation from space

Space-based reflectors could shine additional sunlight towards solar power farms

Powillimount beach coastline in Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland

Climate change and our changing coastline

Dynamic Coast: a project informing policy around coastal flood and erosion management

Collection of vinyl records

The Cost of Music

The price of listening to recorded music has never been lower, while the environmental cost has never been higher

arctic scene

Arctic microorganisms and climate change

The changes that we are seeing in these environments have real tangible consequences to billions of people across the globe

massive chemical plant by the sea

Tackling climate change through chemistry

"It will be chemistry that solves the climate change issue"

Row of red Glasgow tenements

Lessons from a Glasgow tenement retrofit

Glasgow academics are leading a project to retrofit a Glasgow tenement block. This case study will provide lessons on implementing housing retrofits more widely to help meet net zero targets

Traffic jam in Mirpur road of Dhaka.

Bringing local solutions to global urban issues

An international consortium aims to address the global challenges of sustainable cities, health & wellbeing and quality education