YESI Events

Join our YESI International Fellows seminar with Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, exploring how the evolving framework of the European Green Deal is profoundly influencing the legal landscape of EU candidate countries.

Join this YESI/C3SR seminar exploring how cutting-edge Earth observation, GeoAI, and spatial data are shaping land-use planning, climate-smart agriculture, and restoration policies in Eswatini—offering insights for resilience across southern Africa.

Join this webinar Pan on, Fan on: Why Your Home’s Air Quality Matters – for Insights from the INGENIOUS Project

Join this two-day event of learning and celebrating the people and the work conducted by the Africa Research Network at York.

How do age and culture shape our approach to repair? Join the next YESI International Fellows seminar exploring how generational and cultural perspectives influence the Right to Repair, sustainable consumption, and the circular economy.

Join us for Re-rooting the Tree Network: Away Day at the Yorkshire Arboretum

Can ancient water systems help tackle climate change? Join this YESI International Fellows seminar on how Sri Lanka’s Village Tank Cascade Systems could offer NbS's for climate resilience, rural livelihoods, and sustainable water management.

Join us for a dynamic roundtable exploring how AI is reshaping environmental science — from exciting opportunities to critical challenges. Hosted by YESI, ISA, CfAA, and SAINTS CDT.

Join our YESI International Fellows seminar with Prof Chen Zeng, exploring enhancing transboundary climate governance through both global city network and land-spatial optimization.

Join us for a series of workshops looking at how can we overcome barriers and unlock pathways to success in interdisciplinary environmental sustainability.

Join our YESI Knowledge Exchange seminar on the effort to develop a viable and sustainable solution to the management of food waste on the Isles of Scilly, With George Goldberg, Executive Director of the Isles of Scilly Community Venture.

Join this collaborative workshop, coordinated by CAUGH with support from YESI, to explore visions of sustainable built environments and how to achieve them.

Join YESI and IGDC for an exciting workshop series tackling climate change. This session will explore how social science approaches can drive impactful, action-oriented research.

Join us and be among the first to try Urban Labor-a-Tree, an innovative board game. Experience the challenges and rewards of cultivating and managing a vibrant urban treescape while testing your green thumb and strategic thinking.

How can art shape the way we respond to the climate crisis? Join us for a thought-provoking and interactive panel exploring the power of artivism—where creativity meets environmental action.

Join Play for the Planet for a session to help players understand how the small things in life can affect large scale processes around the world

Seeds of Hope and Action is a 25-panel exhibition by SGI and Earth Charter International that inspires individual action for sustainability through powerful stories, interconnection, and the Seeds of Hope and Action campaign.

Join this BE@York seminar with Professor Hannah Lewi (University of Melbourne) as she explores cutting-edge adaptive reuse of historic places in Australia

Join Play for the Planet for a Tipping Point play session and learn about the impacts of climate change and the different responses possible

Join us for a fun, prize-filled nature walk to help York climb the City Nature Challenge leaderboard! Bring your smartphone (with iNaturalist) or a camera—every observation counts!

Do you have experience in game research or design? Are you interested in engaging people with environmental issues through games? Play for the Planet brings together educators, researchers and game developers to engage playfully with games

Can entrepreneurs help reshape our economy for people and planet? Join Jacqueline You to explore how innovation can drive the shift toward a Wellbeing Economy.

Join art historians in conversation with YESI as we explore waste as a heuristic for dialogue across interdisciplinary areas.

A training opportunity for those who have participated in a Climate Fresk workshop. Continue your journey and train up as a facilitator with this 3-hour session.

Join YESI's ECR Grant Incubator Session—a hands-on opportunity to refine your grant ideas with expert feedback from experienced PIs, evaluators, and research services staff!

A resilient, low-carbon future starts with decentralisation. Join Luke Gooding (SEI-Y) to explore how shifting power to the local level—through supply chains, energy, and policy—can create more sustainable, adaptable communities.

Biodiversity Collage turns science into a team game. Work together to connect the causes, mechanisms and effects of the ecological crisis.

Do you want to help tackle climate change? This Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the science behind climate change and empower you to take action.

Join this interactive role-playing game exploring cocoa sustainability! Representing different stakeholders—farmers, chocolate companies, NGOs, or consumers—you’ll navigate trade-offs between livelihoods, supply, and environmental priorities.

Join this YESI International Fellows seminar examining the important role women play in land management and environmental conservation in the Sahel region

Why don’t people make rational home energy decisions? Join Dr. Stephen Hall to explore how ‘relational packages’ shape the way we respond to Net Zero policies—often in surprising ways.

Join YESI and IGDC for an exciting workshop series tackling climate change! This session will dive into the complexities of creating equitable climate actions across society.

Join Play for the Planet for a session exploring game making and play practices as aesthetic interventions in addressing the challenges of global heating.

Joint IGDC/YESI interactive seminar on Environmental Governance with Marilia Luz David

Join this YESI ECR kick-off meeting and help shape the future activities we offer to ECR researchers

Join YESI and IGDC for an exciting workshop series tackling climate change! This session will explore how social science research can help shape positive, inclusive futures.

Get into the festive spirit with the YESI Community Christmas Celebration—a perfect chance to connect over drinks, mince pies, and holiday cheer!

Join Play for the Planet for a game of Navaroud. How can board games make you rethink history?

Play for the Planet Network monthly meetup for lunch (please bring your own!), environmental game play, research talks and discussions.

Join a panel of experts from the University of Eswatini and the University of York as they discuss the challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation through the lens of ecosystem services.

Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, High Volume Transport, UKAID and UNEP a masterclass at the 2024 World Urban Forum to strengthen the capacity of urban planners in Africa to create sustainable, equitable transport systems.

Join YESI and IGDC for an exciting workshop series tackling climate change! This session will explore how to make impactful decisions in the complex world of sustainability, where social, economic, and environmental factors intersect.

Play for the Planet Network monthly meetup for lunch (please bring your own!), environmental game play, research talks and discussions

The INGENIOUS team will showcase their project at the conference, with various sessions and presentations in collaboration with other team members.

Come along to our launch event and learn more about the YESI Fellows scheme 2024/25

This YESI International Fellows seminar will focus on examining how local communities in Africa respond to and reshape introduced climate adaptation interventions in food production systems

This YESI International Fellows seminar and learn how a diverse team is working towards creating a more sustainable and resilient supply chain for essential leafy green crops in Ghana

This YESI International Fellows seminar seeks to shed light on the potential of urban agriculture in building climate resilience in Accra, Ghana

A jointly hosted LCAB and YESI Guest Lecture with Professor Robert Costanza, a leading thinker in Ecological Economics, as he explores innovative solutions for a sustainable and prosperous world

This YESI International Fellows seminar will focus on the monitoring and analyses of pollutants emitted, particularly by peatland fires and urban sources such as open waste burning.

This YESI International Fellows seminar will look at the layers of urban evolution, exploring the development of urban space in Amazonas State.

This workshop will explore the power of foodscapes as nutrition intervention tools in the Global South! Focusing on indigenous crops and sustainable food systems to combat undernutrition and food insecurity.

This YESI/IGDC International Fellows seminar will explore utilising native plants for sustainable food security

This YESI International Fellows seminar explores Wetland Social-Ecological Systems in India, focusing on the resilience strategies of farmers facing climate, soil, and water stressors.

This seminar will explore Lahore's parks, with insights on user perceptions, socio-demographic influences, and the vital role these urban sanctuaries play in shaping community well-being.

An experiential journey to engage with your senses through the evocative art of Christian Houge along with Professor Ioan Fazey, a global expert on transformational change.

Unlock the Power of Interdisciplinary Research for Environmental Sustainability through a new training programme funded by Research England Enhancing Research Culture Funding

Explore sustainable pathways in Nigeria's drylands. Join our seminar on diversifying livelihoods for flood-resilient communities. Discover how women farmers are tackling climate challenges and shaping a more resilient future.

A workshop to explore the multitude of ways in which tree studies cut across diverse disciplines at the University of York

Do you have experience in game research or design? Are you interested in engaging people with environmental issues through games? Play for the Planet brings together educators, researchers and game developers to engage playfully with games

A workshop to explore opportunities for integrating sustainability into learning and teaching in higher education, starting from interdisciplinary and critical perspectives.

Join YESI for a session to bring together York researchers developing ideas for this call to discuss their ideas and identify potential partners.

An INGENIOUS project virtual event to discuss the importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) in the UK's housing sector.

A workshop bringing together researchers from York working on the future of the bioeconomy, with those interested in biodiversity and nature to establish scenarios of future change that could form the basis of future collaborations.

Join this YESI workshop bringing together academics from various disciplines who share an interest in complex systems and supply chain sustainability

A workshop is to bring together non-governmental organisations (NGOs), landowners and managers and governmental groups to get input on what is important for future conservation decisions

Join the RIDT and YESI to share and discuss ideas for the forthcoming NERC challenge-led Centre for Doctoral Training 2024 call

Explore new collaborations in social-science led research to tackle climate change, share research interests and ideas.

An interdisciplinary training workshop that aims to help participants think more broadly about solutions to a research problem

Join YESI's Tropical Ecosystems Network Scoping Workshop: Identifying the Most Pressing Questions for Nature-based Solutions in the Tropics.

Green for health – Research innovation and collaboration across Yorkshire and the North -East

Join the YESI Community Christmas Celebration, a chance to meet with other people working in the environmental sustainability arena and have a chat

A trip to the visitors centre and tour of the Allerton Waste Recovery Park

Have your questions answered: Prof Colin Beale will discuss his book on East African birds.

A brief introduction to the UKRI call Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero

Learn, discuss and network with an exciting range of stakeholders including funders, industry representatives and relevant academics

Join us to celebrate the highlights from STFC Food Network+ over the last year and explore future collaborative opportunities.

A joint workshop by the IGDC and YESI’s Climate Change Network

Join YESI to share ideas and connect with potential University collaborators ahead of the UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme call

Resilient Ecosystems theme session to connect researchers at the University of York working on biodiversity, conservation and climate change

Learn how to overcome the challenges of working in remote and contested fieldwork sites

Learn workshop facilitation skills with three experienced researchers

An informal introduction to developing a submission to the May 2023 NERC Highlights call for topics.

Tropical Ecosystem Network meeting on adaptation and resilience in tropical mountain ecosystems

Learn how to build the depth and breadth of your professional networks to enhance your research and impact.

A workshop on people, nature and health and how can we learn from different disciplines to improve knowledge and understanding in this area.

How can we break our addition to oil? Join us for a screening of the new film The Oil Machine and conversation on our energy future.

Learn how to address reviewer feedback and provide constructive comments during the peer-review process

Learn how to prioritise inclusive, civil, safe and productive climates and experiences for all involved in fieldwork through intentional discussion and preparation.

A workshop to develop ideas and identify partners around Operationalising Complexity, Uncertainty and Risk

Join us in celebrating the 1st year anniversary of the Marine & Coastal Environments, Ecosystems & People Network.

Join the YESI Community Christmas Celebration: an informal networking event

Learn how to communicate complex, uncertain and controversial issues with two leading communications experts

Learn evidence synthesis methods with highly cited synthesis author Professor Lea Berrang-Ford

Join us to explore the effectiveness, and potential consequences, of the framing of planetary environmental challenges as ‘emergencies’.

A mini conference to discuss common interests and develop further collaborative ventures between Mahidol University and University of York

A participatory workshop for all food system actors to co-develop roadmaps and future research needs for net zero food systems in the UK

Join us for a workshop that explores the opportunities and limitations of narratives in the area of environmental challenges

Join YESI and help us develop our new five year strategy!

Join us for a webinar exploring the opportunities and limitations of narratives in the area of environmental challenges.

Join YESI and help us develop our new five year strategy!

Join this Waste and Resource Use Network meeting looking at the role of anaerobic digestion of food waste in contributing to the UK’sNet Zero target

Join us for a networking and ideas generation workshop that will connect York and Maastricht researchers

Join YESI and help us develop our new five year strategy!

Join YESI to celebrate the year's environmental sustainability research successes.

Join us for a lively discussion and Q&A session – giving insight into engaging and developing relationships with global policymakers.

Join us for the second workshop of the marine and coastal environments, ecosystems and people research group

Examining the University of York's carbon offsetting policy and the role it plays in transitioning to more sustainable research practices

Join our expert speakers to discuss the key priority areas of SIDS in the November 2021 global climate negotiations

A Waste and Resource Use networking event to explore all aspects of material consumption from any disciplinary perspective.

Join us for an informal brown bag lunch discussion on The Dasgupta Review to explore the broad issues and share reflections

An afternoon exploring marine and coastal ecostystems and communities research

A panel discussion on the urgent need to address the climate emergency at COP26

Learn how a tract of arable land has been transformed into a thriving biodiverse habitat of lake, lagoons, wet meadows and grassland

Engaging our communities: citizen science, citizen assemblies and research impacts

An afternoon exploring UoY environmental and biomedical research in the Wellcome Trust 'Our Planet Our Health' theme.

A Tropical Ecosystem Network meeting to explore the impacts of tropical agricultural expansion on ecosystems and livelihoods

Join us for our second networking and ideas generation workshop, connecting York researchers with staff in the Stockholm Environment Institute

This virtual seminar series brings together scholars in the sciences, social sciences and humanities to explore the effects of climate change on our global environment and how the respective disciplines are responding to the changes taking place.

Join YESI for our next event in the Ask the Author series. During the series you will have the chance to discuss - with the author(s) - the findings of newly released papers from the University of York.

A YESI workshop to connect UoY researchers interested in developing bids to the new UKRI-SPF Transforming the UK Food Systems programme call

With spring just around the corner, join our panel of sustainability experts who will answer your questions about the benefits of getting outside in our parks and gardens

Join YESI for our next event in the 'Ask the Author' series. During the series, you will have the chance to discuss - with the author - the findings of newly released papers from the University of York.

YESI are convening a short workshop to connect researchers interested in developing bids to the MRC call on applied global health research: improve health in LMICs

Join us for a networking and ideas generation workshop that will connect York researchers with staff in the Stockholm Environment Institute

To discover more and to learn simple tips to make your Christmas greener, why not join our panel of sustainability experts for a live online event?

Join YESI to celebrate the year's environmental sustainability research successes.

Assessing the challenges and opportunities for the UK’s environment, food, agriculture and trade policies post-EU exit.

Join YESI for a workshop to explore the UK's trees - what they mean to us, what they provide, and what they might look like in the future.

A half-day workshop to explore emerging topics in post-COVID-19 environmental sustainability research.

Have your questions answered: Dr Joshua Kirshner willl discuss his recently published co-authored paper on how energy access is needed to maintain health during pandemics

Have your questions answered: Dr Philip Garnett and Professors Bob Doherty and Tony Heron will discuss their recently published paper on UK food system vulnerabilities and COVID-19

Come and celebrate with YESI this summer.

Have your questions answered: Dr Colin Beale will discuss his paper on African elephant poaching rates.

Have your questions answered: Dr Bryce Stewart will discuss his paper on community-backed ‘Marine Protected Areas.'

Have your questions answered: Professor Jane Hill and Dr Sarah Scriven will discuss their recently published paper on incorporating connectivity into conservation planning.

Have your questions answered: Professor Bob Doherty and Dr Madeleine Power will discuss their recently published paper on COVID-19 and the food system

This conference aims to bring together an encompassing perspective of two distinct disciplines to explore the relationship between the visual arts, the sciences and the current climate crisis.

Join the University of York Global Alumni Association and YESI's Prof. Jane Hill for their latest Professional Networking event focusing on the topic of sustainability.

A film screening and panel discussion for One Planet Week

The climate we create will shape the world our children live in. During this meeting we will explore research at the York around the generational dimensions of climate change and discuss what the University itself is doing to tackle climate change.

Celebrate with YESI this Christmas!

Join YESI and IKnowfood for a conversation around sustainable healthy diets, food poverty and food waste, and help define how York's food system should be changed to the benefit of all.

If you are the ultimate foodie, know your apples from your oranges and have a hunger to win, The Big Food Quiz is for you!

Discover how researchers are working with companies and gain inspiration from emerging practice.

As the IKnowFood 4-year research programme reaches its pinnacle, the team are holding a conference to share their findings with key stakeholders in the food system and to listen to their thoughts

Join the British Ecological Society Climate Special Interest Group for a two-day conference to discuss and synthesise the impacts of extreme weather

This conference, which marks the completion of the iPiE project, will act as a forum to disseminate the results of the project and provide an opportunity for others to present their work.

Our panel of experts discusses air pollution issues ahead of Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest air pollution campaign.

Leading experts from the University of York will present their research into protected areas through a series of short presentations and soapbox talks. An in-depth discussion will also be held to explore future research opportunities.

Hear from experts at the University of York about the environmental impacts of supply chains and sustainable management methods.

During this event researchers at the University of York will discuss their research around physical and mental health in the total environment.

During this event researchers at the University of York will discuss their research into religious spaces. Speakers include Gareth Millington from the Department of Sociology and Dr Steve Cinderby from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Y).

During this lunchtime seminar, Harry Vallack from the Stockholm Environment Institute York (SEI-Y) and Adam Vaughan from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) will discuss their research into global pollution in urban environments.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Y) is leading a new partnership bringing together African and European researchers, practitioners and community members interested in air pollution in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.

During this lunchtime seminar, Amanda Ngabirano from Makere University, Kampala, Uganda, will discuss her relentless efforts to encourage the need to plan for riding bicycles as a mode of transport in Uganda’s capital Kampala.

Our second Climate Change Network meeting aims to bring together researchers from physical and social, sciences, arts and humanities to address problems relating to human-cased climate change.

YESI and SEI are looking to develop a network of researchers interested in developing research into waste in refugee camps

The general public have spoken! On the 15th YESI, SEI and fellow northern universities conducted surveys to get your opinions on climate change. During this event a panel of experts will discuss your responses and answer your questions!

YESI is joining forces with the northern universities to find out what the public thinks about climate change

Celebrate YESI's 5th anniversary by exploring the Anthropocene

Over a cup of tea explore research at the University of York into land and natural resource management in Africa

Join an expert panel from industry, policy, academia and non-governmental organisations to discuss the challenges and opportunities of preventing food waste

During the meeting we will explore the overlaps and potential synergies between networks across the University

During this workshop our network members will discuss the highly topical issue of plastic packaging waste, specifically focusing on packaging in the food industry

During this event we will look specifically at breaking the barriers to social and political action on climate change

During the session the attendees will discuss potential areas for research using the broad range of expertise in waste at York

This waste symposium, hosted by YESI and GreenSTEMS in association with One Planet Week, will showcase the breadth of research being conducted at the University around reducing waste and will offer a corporate perspective, with Keynote Speaker Dr Henry King, demonstrating Unilever's waste management efforts.

This workshop, hosted by YESI and the Citizen Science Group SEI-York, aims to showcase some of the exciting citizen science projects being conducted at the University of York

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), International Development Network (IDN) and York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) invite you to join us for A breath of fresh air: sharing air quality knowledge across continents, the first of four Environment Department Open Lectures.