About
ACES was founded in 2007 as an initiative that would bring together the best researchers working on environmental sustainability across the University of Aberdeen and The Macaulay Institute. Our remit was to facilitate new, high-impact, interdisciplinary environmental research collaborations.
While successfully meeting this goal, and continuing to forge new research collaborations, ACES has grown from five to 16 team members plus 14 PhD students since our initiation. Now, with the advent of research themes at the University of Aberdeen, with one focused on environmental sustainability, ACES is moving into a new phase of development.
New partnerships are established and supported through ACES interdisciplinary PhD studentships. To promote knowledge sharing and new research collaborations, we regularly hold 'ACES Days' to showcase research from across the Centre, and host a seminar series each semester. In addition, we also organise and promote workshops to bring larger groups to Aberdeen in order to develop potential themes and ideas for publication and funding. Our international conference, which is held every alternate year, explores interdisciplinary aspects of environmental sustainability.
