All the Department’s research deals with the way both the natural and built environments are used and experienced, and an awareness of the environment is at the centre of everything we do. There is a need to understand the factors that have the power to significantly change the environment, such as government policy, corporate impact, agricultural practice, and land use, in order to better utilise the systems on offer to safeguard and enhance the places we live, work, and enjoy.
Primary Research Centres & Courses
Primary Researchers
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Dr Zihao An
Research Associate
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Professor Laura Diaz Anadon
Chaired Professor of Climate Change Policy
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Ben Chester Cheong
PhD Candidate
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Dr Nazia M Habib, FRSA
Founder and Research Centre Director for the Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development (CRSD)
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Dr Sergey Kolesnikov
Deputy Director, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG)
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Professor Andreas Kontoleon
Professor of Environmental Economics and Public Policy
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Professor Shaun Larcom
Professor of Law, Economics and Institutions
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Dr Zhaoyang Liu
Assistant Professor in Applied Economics
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Alistair Mills
Senior Teaching Associate in Law
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Professor Harro van Asselt
Hatton Professor of Climate Law
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Professor Jorge E. Viñuales
Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy
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Dr Aiora Zabala
Departmental Fellow