Birkbeck University of London
Birkbeck Institute of Environment
Environmental threats, the question of sustainability, the emergence of a global economy and increasing globalisation - Birkbeck Institute of Environment offers unrivalled academic expertise in these areas.
Birkbeck Institute of Environment encourages rich collaborative links with both industrial partners and also other academic institutions.
Birkbeck Institute of Environment incorporates the following major research centres:
- The Centre for European Protected Area Research (CEPAR) integrates a range of research, consultancy and training activities in protected area policy and management.
- The South East Regional Research Laboratory (SERRL) is a geographic data handling and analysis centre specialising in demographics, land use and urban and regional policy analysis.
- The Rural Evidence Research Centre (RERC) provides innovative, multi-disciplinary, research and evidence for The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to support the development of policy for the social and economic regeneration of rural England.
- The Aquatic Environment Group has recently worked with Lloyds to assess Thames flood risk and collaborates with institutions that are at the forefront of either a field observation/laboratory or a modelling approach (terrestrial, coastal, offshore; resource, landslide hazard insurance and pollution).
Visit www.bbk.ac.uk/environment/research for full details.
