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Sustainable Cities and Communities

We’re making local and global cities and communities more sustainable through work that aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

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The University of Dundee has a long track record of academic achievement on a range of topics closely related to the challenge of achieving environmental sustainability. 

The excellence of our work has been widely recognised in science, law, and policy related to energy and water; in community-based sustainability initiatives; sustainable materials and engineering; and crop resilience bioscience. By bringing the teams working on these issues (and more) together, the Binks Institute for Sustainability will respect the complexity of the problems we face by drawing on insights generated from across the creative arts, humanities and social sciences as well as engineering and life sciences.  

The Institute is engaging with local and global communities, government agencies, NGOs, and business to co-develop our capacity to live in environmentally sustainable ways. 

Our focus is on four research areas: 

  • Food, Feed and Fibre 
  • Energy and Water 
  • Sustainable Design 
  • Engineering for Sustainability 

In our quest to find solutions to the world’s biggest problems, we recognise the impact on sustainable practice of some of our activities. In order to mitigate against this, we are committed to embedding sustainability practices within our teaching and research. Learn more about sustainability in the School of Medicine and the School of Life Sciences

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A University of Dundee student, inspired by a city initiative that allows healthcare professionals to prescribe time outdoors, has designed a seeded prescription form to encourage people to spend more time in nature.

Published on 30 August 2022

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Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals

How the University of Dundee is contributing to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations.

Sustainable Development Goals