The UKRI GCRF Collective Programme is an investment of £147 Million designed to impact global health, education, sustainable cities, food systems, conflict and resilience. Environmental disasters, education for children living through conflict and malnutrition are just some of the global challenges being tackled. Diverse global partnerships bring together a wide range of researchers and experts…
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More than Maps at the Festival of Social Sciences
Managing Seaweed through More than Maps was a two-part workshop for A-Level students hosted by SARTRAC for the Festival of Social Sciences. On 11-12 November, thirty sixth form students joined us virtually for two workshops on developing their mapping and social science skills.
First Annual Consortium Meeting
We were looking forward to welcoming our SARTRAC team to Southampton for our first SARTRAC Annual Consortium Meeting from Monday 13thJuly – Thursday 16thJuly 2020 to discuss project progress and meet colleagues who we had not yet encountered. COVID-19 put an end to that option. Instead we used an online platform to ‘virtually’ bring together…
Expertise, energy and interconnectedness: the three cornerstones of ACM1
So as strangers we gathered on Monday 13thJuly, having had little opportunity for physical meetings within or between partner institutions since March. This annual consortium meeting, our first, was fated to be virtual. I have only met in person with three out of the twenty plus team that forms the heart of SARTRAC, but by…
My experience at the first SARTRAC ACM
The first SARTRAC Annual Consortium Meeting held in July 2020 was the perfect opportunity to meet the rest of the team and finally put names to faces!
SARTRAC First Annual Consortium Meeting (ACM1) Virtual Conference 2020
The SARTRAC ACM1 was my first time attending a virtual consortium meeting as a result of COVID-19. It was not clear how it was going to turn out knowing that we will not have the opportunity to meet physically. But right from day one, it turned out to be a rather intriguing 4 day meeting.
Transformational Adaptation
Short (7 minute) presentation on our early thoughts on transformational adaptation within SARTRAC. Any feedback gratefully appreciated.