We are pleased to announce that Dr Elizabeth Lawson has been awarded EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding from Newcastle University to work in partnership with Scottish Rural Action. The project will address challenges with the performance of small-scale decentralised water technologies in rural and island Scotland, focussing on user support and knowledge sharing and strategic …
Dr Tania Gomez Borraz and Dr Tymon Herzyk presented their research findings at the 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-5), held in Galway, Ireland. This international event brought together leading experts from academia and industry to explore current and emerging trends in anaerobic digestion, as well as biogas production and valorisation. With around 150 …
Hosted by the CINARA Institute, Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia and the University of Glasgow In 2022, 2.2 billion people still lacked access to safely managed drinking water, and four-fifths of those without access to even basic services lived in rural or remote areas. Providing accessible, safe, and sustainable drinking water in these regions …
Dr Laura Major, was nvited as a guest expert on the Local Zero podcast episode “Water Scarcity: A Growing Problem” (published 20 May 2025), which explored the rising challenge of water scarcity across the UK in the context of climate change. The podcast was aimed at a wide public audience including policymakers, researchers, and practitioners …
This year, Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party! To mark the occasion Glasgow Science Festival will run from the 5th to 15th June 2025 with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. Taking inspiration from the city coat of arms and poem- Here’s the tree that never grew, here’s the bird that never …
Dr Laura Major developed and co-curated a small community-facing exhibit on the Isle of Lismore in collaboration with the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre, drawing on research into historical and contemporary water practices and infrastructures. The exhibit brings together archival materials, and ethnographic research to explore how water has shaped everyday life on the island across …