Past events
We regularly organise special seminars, events and roundtables with experts in the field, policymakers and businesses. Explore all our previous events.
One-off events
- 国产内射, IDS, and University of Ghana Forge Partnership for SDG Acceleration (March 2026)
- Synergy Drivers for Sustainable Development (Nov 2025)
- SSRP launches timely 'Synergy Drivers’ report at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (July 2025)
- SSRP celebrates the power of equitable partnerships in Positive Futures Report (July 2025)
- SSRP report launch celebrates seven years of groundbreaking sustainability research (June 2025)
- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme waterway research makes a splash in parliament (June 2025)
- UN High Level Political Forum side event (July 2023)
- SSRP events at the Summer of Research (June-July 2023):
- Mini-symposium: WILDFIRES - ecological and human dimensions
- Sussex Beacons Series: ""
- "AI for a Better World?" - (May 2023)
- Research Partnerships Conference 2022: "Tropical forests as critical zones for the SDGs" (March 2022)
- Evidence for Action - Online International Research Symposium (July 2021)
- South Coast Sustainability Research Forum (April 2021)
- UN High Level Political Forum side event (July 2018)
- Making evaluations relevant for asessing interactions among the Sustainable Development Goals (June 2018)
- SSRP Parliamentary Reception (June 2018)
Sustainability debates
SSRP regularly organises sustainability debates which tie in with notable national and international days.
- University and Southern Water explore how transformative innovation can address challenges facing water industry (June 2025)
- Ecoforensic and Rights of Nature in Ecuador (Feb 2025)
- SSRP Visiting Fellow seminar explores Amazonian land struggles (Jan 2025)
- Hansalim Life Movement: Food for Thought on Transformative Learning and Democratic Movements (July 2024)
- Giving nature a voice: with Malcolm Rogge & Mika Peck for International Day of Forests (March 2024)
- "Walk on the wild side" trip to Knepp Estate for World Rewilding Day and Sustainable Sussex month (March 2023)
- SSRP Week and COP27 (November 2022)
- Seminar and film screening of and the adoption of the Rights of Nature into the Ecuadorian Constitution (September 2022)
- Big Biodiversity Conversation (May 2022)
- What is the future of coffee? (May 2019)
- International Day of Forests (March 2019)
- World Water Day (March 2018)
- COP 21 Paris agreement (December 2017)
- British Science Festival (September 2017)
Workshops
- Engaging young people with climate change and the environment (Jan 2025)
- Powering the future of the South Coast? Exploring the potential of onshore wind energy (Oct 2024)
- Can AI play a role in weather warning systems? (June 2024)
- Research Excellence Framework (REF) workshops on (November 2022) and (June 2024)
- Community workshop "" (April 2024)
- "Wicked Sustainability Challenges" workshop series delving into global and local issues surrounding food systems, water, nature conservation and education (February - April 2024)
- Equitable Partnerships for Sustainability Research workshop (February 2024)
- Ghana workshop (June 2019)
- Methods workshop (June 2019)
Webinars
- Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability in the Context of SDGs and Covid-19 (November 2021)
- The Pandemic and Climate Change (July 2020)
- The Pandemic and Climate Change (July 2020)
- The Pandemic and Biodiversity (July 2020)
- Bond webinar (April 2020)
Exhibitions
- Free exhibition reveals connections between human and ecological health in Papua New Guinea (July 2025)
- New exhibition visualises South Coast Sustainability research (March 2025)
- A joint SSRP and IDS exhibition: "Sustainability in times of conflict, crisis and uncertainty" (October 2023 - March 2024, IDS Gallery Space)
SSRP audio-visual exhibition "Sussex sustainability research around the globe"
Our audiovisual exhibition has been hosted on various occasions across campus, showcasing Sussex sustainability projects funded and supported by SSRP through photography, art and film.
- Summer of Research (June - July 2023, Student Centre Atrium)
- (March 2023, Student Centre Atrium)
- SSRP Week (November 2023, Conference Centre)
SSRP Spotlight Series
- Menstrual Health, Social Justice and Sustainability (May 2025)
- Sustainable Supply Chains and Governance (April 2025)
- Rainforest Protection and Medical Provision in Papua New Guinea (March 2025)
- Drought and HIV Treatment in South Africa (March 2025)
SSRP Symposium
This all-day event provides the opportunity to hear from all of the SSRP funded projects, alongside workshops and networking with colleagues.
- November 2025: SSRP Symposium 2025: Synergy Drivers for Accelerating Action on the SDGs
- November 2024: SSRP Symposium summary: Driving positive change for people and planet
- November 2023
- November 2022 (held as part of SSRP Week)
- September 2021
- September 2020
- September 2019
- September 2018