Geography and Sustainable Development at Hong Kong University
Professor Bill Austin has recently returned from Hong Kong where he visited and delivered a seminar
School news
Scotland's response to the global climate emergency
Professor Bill Austin is currently working on a Blue Carbon secondment with the Scottish government.
St Andrews staff and students host the United Nations
Professor William Austin and SGSD students, together with Professor Ali Watson (School of International Relations), welcomed Ovais Sarmad, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change secretariat.
Hill Kulu awarded funding from the ERC
Congratulations to Professor Hill Kulu on being awarded almost 2.5 million euros to study the lives of immigrants and their descendants in the UK, France, Germany and Sweden.
Sustainable Development class visits Eden Energy Centre
First year Sustainable Development students visited the Eden Energy Centre
SGSD in Blue Carbon First
Professor Bill Austin, Dr Craig Smeaton and Simone Riegel are members of a team who have won a commercial tender bid with the Scottish Government to undertake the first ever audit of Blue Carbon resources.
The Irvine Atlas: SGSD Undergraduate Journal launches inaugural issue
The Irvine Atlas is a fresh student-led initiative to revive the undergraduate journal, St Andrews Geographer (STAG)
Sustainability policies, governance and processes in a global corporation (ConocoPhillips)
SGSD recently hosted a presentation and panel discussion on the theme of Sustainability policies, governance and processes in a global corporation.
SGSD students and staff in India
Sophie Vonholm (4th year Geography and Management student), Iga Jozefiak (4th year Geography and Sustainable Development student) and Professor Bill Austin (former Head of School) visited India in January.