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York Environmental Sustainability Institute

Interdisciplinary research driving sustainable solutions to global challenges.

Our mission is to foster and deliver world-class collaborative research on environmental sustainability, co-designed with researchers, industry, and policymakers to create meaningful impact.

By bridging the Arts and Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences, we take an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to tackling environmental challenges at local, regional, and global scales.

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We connect York researchers and external partners to tackle environmental challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration. From networking events and research workshops to building capacity for interdisciplinary funding applications, we help drive impactful partnerships and innovation.

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350+ York researchers

have joined the YESI Community to develop research projects & indentify new collaborations

30+ York departments, institutes & centres

across all 3 faculties are actively engaged exploring interdisciplinary environmental sustainability research opportunities