Sustainability, interdisciplinarity and the policy-environment nexus
Wed 13 May 2026 , 18:30 - 19:30
- Venue
- The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia Research Park, University Dr, Norwich NR4 7TJ
- Price
- Free
- Facilities
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Accessible parking,
Wheelchair accessible venue
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- Event series
- The British Academy Lectures
Delivered by the most outstanding academics in the UK and beyond, the British Academy’s flagship Lecture programme showcases the very best scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
About the event
The biodiversity and climate crises are accelerating and deeply interconnected, creating policy challenges of unprecedented complexity. Addressing them demands sustainability solutions that reach beyond any single discipline, bringing together insights from the natural sciences, social sciences, and human behaviour. In this evolving policy landscape, meaningful progress will depend on bold innovation and a new generation of thinkers trained to work across boundaries and embrace transdisciplinary approaches.
Lasting and effective environmental policy also depends on strong, systemic engagement between science and civil society. When these communities work together, more responsible solutions emerge, and better decisions become possible. This lecture explores these ideas through real world policy dilemmas drawn from energy systems, climate change, industrial decarbonisation, and agriculture, offering insight into how integrated thinking can help shape a more sustainable future.
Speaker
Professor Nick Pidgeon FBA is a social scientist who holds a Chair in environmental psychology at Cardiff University. Before that he was a Professor (1999-2006) at the UEA School of Environmental Sciences. He works across the disciplines on issues of risk perception, human behaviours, and public engagement for sustainability policy-making. Awarded an MBE in 2014 for his work on climate change and energy security awareness he became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.
Chair
Further information
Free in-person only lecture, booking required.
The lecture will include a reception for attendees, details to follow.
If you have any questions about this event, please email [email protected].
Image credit: Professor Nick Pidgeon.
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