Build Back Better

Join us for a panel discussion with academics from the Global Systems Institute and Centre for Circular Economy, as well as external experts, as we explore solutions for creating a better ‘normal’ as we emerge from lockdown around the world.

During the session we will consider economic, political, legal and environmental issues, and discuss what businesses, policymakers and communities can do to achieve a more sustainable future.

During this free webinar you will be able to post your questions to the panel live, and also submit them in advance.

Panellists:

Dr James Dyke
James is a Senior Lecturer in Global Systems, based in the Global Systems Institute at Exeter where he is also Assistant Director. His research explores how we interact with the Earth and how such interactions will affect humans now and potentially far into the future.
In addition to his academic career James writes a weekly environmental column for the I newspaper and also writes for publications including The Ecologist, The Guardian, and The Independent on topics around the environment, sustainability and policy.

Professor Steffen Boehm
Steffen Boehm is a Professor in Organisation and Sustainability at the University of Exeter Business School. His research focuses on a range of social scientific analyses of problems of environmental sustainability and circular economy including climate policy, sustainable food systems and environmental activism.

Dr Alice Venn
Alice is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter specialising in environmental law. Her research examines international climate law and policy, in particular human rights-based approaches to climate change, climate loss and damage, and procedural justice in climate governance.

Professor Julia Steinberger
Julia is Professor of Social Ecology & Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds. Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy and materials, greenhouse gas emissions) and societal performance (economic activity and human wellbeing). She is interested in the current and historical linkages between resource use and socioeconomic parameters, and identifying alternative development pathways to guide the necessary transition to a low carbon society.

Robin Chu
Robin (History & Politics, 2012) is the CEO and Founder of CoachBright, a social mobility organisation coaching young people from disadvantaged backgrounds (ages 10-18) to identify and fulfil their potential. They do this through running coaching/tutoring programmes in schools by training university students to work with pupils on a 1-1 basis around their academic subject. He is a passionate advocate of social mobility, social justice and believes education can be fairer. He is also an Associate Faculty for the Academy of Executive Coaching (AOEC), a Shackleton leader and a fellow at the School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Megan Streb
Megan is a Partnerships Manager at Sustrans, who has over 10 years of experience working in the charity sector in transport and community engagement. She started with Sustrans as a community officer, and now focuses on transport and planning strategy in Hampshire, with interests in behaviour change and urban design.

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