Other University of Southampton sites
SSS is structured around a number of core themes that reflect excellence in research across the University, including:
1. Development and ecosystem services
Our Development and Ecosystem Services research focuses on the interdisciplinary science that underpins sustainable development within the context of strong and sustainable ecosystem services, the benefits people gain from the natural environment.
2. Complex social-ecological systems
Our Complex social-ecological systems research engages in research that can provide insight and understanding of complex social-ecological systems in order to improve the scientific basis for sustainable development.
3. Biodiversity and ecosystem services
At the University of Southampton, research on these linkages between ecosystem services and biodiversity is led by the Institute of Life Sciences (IfLS), and researchers in Sustainability Science.
Our Adapting to climate change research provides insight into all aspects of adaptation to climate change at multiple scales, from individual species and system components, to aggregations in ecological or social communities or nation states. The aim is to better understand: i) what drives adaptation to climate change in human and non-human groups and systems; ii) what blocks or prevents adaptation to climate change; and iii) what is successful adaptation?
5. Wider Sustainability Projects
A list of wider sustainability science related research projects carried out across the University of Southampton and by SSS members.
Everyone in the world depends on nature and ecosystem services to provide the conditions for a decent, healthy, and secure life.