ACES brings together natural and social scientists to carry out inter-disciplinary research on environmental sustainability. Managing our natural environments in a way that is sustainable and meets the competing demands of society is one of the great challenges facing us in the 21st Century. Our research focuses on three key areas:
- Underlying processes. Understanding the environmental, economic and social processes and trade-offs underlying environmental sustainability;
- Reconciling conflicts. Analysing and reconciling the conflicts that threaten sustainability, and
- Developing solutions. Working with stakeholders and policy makers to develop strategies for sustainable environmental management.
Founded in 2007, ACES achieves this by building from the strengths of two high-profile research institutions - the Macaulay Institute and the University of Aberdeen.
ACES currently supports a core staff of academics and research students, and provides a platform for scientists, stakeholders and policy makers to develop inter-disciplinary science for environmental sustainability.
In memory
Professor Simon Thirgood
6 December 1962 – 30 August 2009
ACES Workshops 2010: Call for Proposals
The Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES) is an interdisciplinary, research oriented institute, which brings together natural and social scientists to promote research on environmental sustainability. Finding sustainable ways to manage our natural resources and meeting the demands of modern society, is one of the key challenges of the 21st century.
In order to promote and facilitate cross-disciplinary research topics linked to the aims of ACES, 2 workshops worth up to £3000 will be supported in 2010. The aim of these workshops is to explore research topics, designed to bring people from different disciplines together to develop new ideas. The focus of the scheme is on meetings aiming to open up new directions in research, and to explore and discuss emerging research fields with potential to have significant impact on science and society. Proposals should demonstrate cross-disciplinarity and the potential for initiating follow-up research activities and/or developing future collaborative actions. More information here.
Conference: "All at Sea? Synergies between past and present coastal processes and ecology"
Master Courses on Environmental Sustainability
ACES staff in the coordination of interesting and stimulating interdisciplinary Master Courses: