Beyond Net Zero

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Glasgow’s Beyond Net Zero research recognises that science and technology research into reducing carbon emissions alone will not create a just and sustainable future.

The Centre for Sustainable Solutions is home to researchers undertaking work that addresses the challenges of net zero, climate change and sustainability. They are committed to advance science and technology, while recognising that scientific breakthroughs and innovation need to be conducted alongside considering resource and carbon efficiency, and longer-term implications of our work on future generations.

There are tensions between acting towards a net zero future and adapting to a changing climate. The University of Glasgow’s researchers recognise that their work takes place within a context of increasing societal challenges like socioeconomic and health inequalities and are pushing the boundaries of science and technology while reducing the trade-offs that cause harm to people and planet.

The University of Glasgow is a member of Scotland Beyond Net Zero, a coalition designed to catalyse research collaboration, empower communities and inform the policymaking and action Scotland needs to reach its ambitious targets.

At the University of Glasgow, a wide range of disciplines apply their research to solving the climate crisis. For instance, in topics like:

The Environment: biological and chemical sensing, pollution monitoring, environmental biotechnology, biofilters for drinking water, bioremediation technologies for polluted land, coastal climate change risks, green infrastructure, landscape evolution modelling, noise pollution.
Renewable and Circular Resources: polymer hybrid materials and polymers from renewable resources, circular electronics, sustainable chemicals, clean energy, energy harvesting, offshore wind. The Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy is working towards the provision of energy as a service to sustainable and inclusive development, avoiding unintended environmental and societal consequences.
Carbon & Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions: greenhouse-gas emissions from water treatment, CO₂ capture and reactivity, CO₂ mineralisation, enhanced rock weathering, energy-efficient computing, life cycle assessment, hydrogen-electric powered aircrafts, decarbonised transport.
Digital and Systems Solutions: digital twins of biotreatment processes, LiFi technology for sustainable connectivity demands of the future, agent-based simulation, artificial intelligence, disaster risk reduction, climate change AI.

Our supervisory teams often collaborate beyond traditional science and technology disciplines to bring the latest research findings to applied areas like rural development and place-based community development. An example of this is the GALLANT project, which aims to deliver a climate resilient city through city-university partnership by using Glasgow as a living lab.

Supervisors working in this field

Dr Ahmad Taha
Lecturer in Cyber-Physical Systems
Dr Albert S.J. (Stevan) van Heerden
Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
Dr Alexey (Alex) Ganin
Senior Lecturer
Dr Amanda Owen
Senior lecturer in sedimentology
Dr Andrew Feeney
Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Anthony Centeno
Lecturer
Dr Antoniette Greta Grima
Lecturer/assistant professor in Computational Geoscience
Dr Arash Azizi
Lecturer in Geotechnics for Sustainability and Resilience of Infrastructure
Dr Arianna Gea Pagano
Lecturer of Geotechnical Engineering
Dr Bernhard Schmidt
Lecturer
Dr Burak Kizilkaya
Lecturer in Computer Networking
Dr Carlos Domingo-Félez
Lecturer
Professor Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Chemistry
Dr Chee Kiat Seow
Associate Professor of School of Computing Science
Prof Chong Li
Professor of Microwave Engineering
Dr Colin Perkins
Senior Lecturer
Dr Craig Anderson
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Dr David Mahon
Senior Lecturer
Dr Davide Vettori
Lecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Prof Donald MacLaren
Professor of Materials Physics
Prof Duncan Gregory
Professor of Inorganic Materials
Dr Eky Febrianto
Lecturer in Computational Mechanics
Dr Emma Gibson
Senior Lecturer
Dr Gerardo Aragon Camarasa
Senior Lecturer of Robotics and AI
Dr Giorgos Georgiou
Senior Lecturer
Dr Gordon Hedley
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Physics
Dr Guanchen Li
Lecturer
Dr Hanaa Abumarshoud
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Prof Haralampos Moiras
Professor of Inorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry
Prof Hui Yu
Professor of Visual and Cognitive Computing
Dr Ian MacLaren
Reader in Physics
Dr Jagan Selvaraj
Lecturer in Composites Engineering
Professor Jeremy Singer
Professor of Computer Systems and Programming Languages
Prof Jethro Browell
Professor of Statistics and Data Analytics
Dr Ji-Eun Byun
Lecturer in Smart Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure
Dr Jiabao Xu
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Dr Jianglin Lan
Lecturer
Prof Sun Jin
Professor of Granular Mechanics
Dr John MacDonald
Senior Lecturer in Anthropogenic Geomaterials
Dr Jun Young Cheong
Reader in Materials for Green Energy Technologies (Systems Power & Energy)
Dr Karen Cameron
Senior Lecturer
Dr Kayla Fallon
Research Scientist
Dr Kwok-Ho (Koko) Lam
Reader in Ultrasonics
Dr Laura Hepburn
Manager, NERC-NEIF Stable Isotope Geoscience Laboratory / Research Scientist
Dr Lina Mohjazi
Senior Lecturer
Dr Linus Ericsson
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Dr Maggie Creed
Lecturer in Water Engineering
Dr Mahmoud Wagih
Lecturer and UK IC Research Fellow
Dr Mark Scullion
Lecturer in Electronic and Photonic Devices
Professor Martin Weides
Professor of Quantum Technology
Dr Meiliu Wu
Lecturer in Geospatial Data Science
Dr Michele Sevegnani
Senior Lecturer
Dr Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami
Lecturer in Electrically Powered Aircraft & Operations
Dr Nicolas Pugeault
Reader in Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Dr Olaoluwa Popoola
Lecturer
Dr Oluwakayode Onireti
Senior Lecturer in Wireless Communications
Dr Paul Harvey
Senior Lecturer
Dr Paul Prentice
Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Director of C-MIU
Dr Peggy Gregory
Senior Lecturer Software Engineering
Prof Philipp Otto
Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Prof Robert Hadfield
Professor of Photonics
Dr Róisín Buckley
Senior Lecturer
Professor Ross Forgan
Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry
Prof Sajjad Hussain
Professor of Information Engineering
Dr Sam Bayliss
Lecturer in Quantum Engineering
Dr. habil. Sebastian Gerhard Mutz
Senior Lecturer of Climate Modelling
Prof Steven Neale
Professor of Micro Engineering
Dr Swayamdipta Bhaduri
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Tao Zhang
Lecturer in Flight Sciences
Umer Zeeshan Ijaz
Reader in Information Engineering
Dr Vincenzo Pusino
Lecturer
Dr Wenjuan Song
Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Electrically Powered Aircraft
Dr Wenxin Zhang
Reader in Ecosystem and Geosphere Modelling
Prof William Sloan
Professor of Environmental Engineering
Dr Wrik Mallik
Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering
Dr Yuan Ye
Lecturer of Aerospace Engineering
Dr Yehia Elkhatib
Reader
Dr Yihuai Zhang
Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Geo-Energy Engineering