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  • 11Apr

    Interfaces are critical to achieving next-generation energy systems with high performance and stability. However, little is known about the potential challenges associated with interface phenomena in these systems...

  • 05Apr

    Hermann Hauser presents his personal, positive vision - and then leads discussion - on how new Technologies can work to improve social fairness as we head towards 2027.

  • 05Apr

    Are you a Cambridge PhD student or post-doc interested in global food systems? Do you want to meet others with similar interests across the University, and get some new ideas and new perspectives on your research?

  • 31Mar

    This University competition is seeking your ideas for how to encourage alternatives to flying. Aviation accounts for one of the most challenging yet significant aspects of the University’s GHG emissions. The Carbon Challenge is open to all staff and students at the University of Cambridge.

  • 29Mar

    Are we water wise? Meeting the freshwater resource needs of people and wildlife: the local and global imperative.

  • 26Mar

    The aim of this NERC-affiliated course is to enable geosciences graduates to adapt their skills to emerging technologies in electronic/digital field data collection and model building. The focus of the training is on the building, iteration and validation of a subsurface geological model with an emphasis on the use of an accessible and dynamic professional software suite.

  • 26Mar

    The aim of this workshop is to establish an ongoing partnership between the Universities of Bahir Dar and Cambridge based on a shared commitment to contributing to society. Workshop participants will identify shared common interests and evolve collaborative research proposals to submit to the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and other funding programmes that support research for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • 23Mar

    March 2018 marks the seventh year of conflict in Syria. Rania Abouzeid and Dr Wendy Pearlman will speak about their new books which examine the development of the conflict and humanitarian crises that have engulfed Syria and the Middle East. Wendy and Rania are two leading experts on the region. For anyone interested in the Middle East this is a must see event!

  • 23Mar

    This Venture Creation Weekend (VCW) organized by The Entrepreneurship Centre in partnership with the Cambridge Food Security Forum is for students, postdocs, professional and researchers working on emerging technologies and innovations in Food Security who are interested in learning how to translate their ideas into ventures as part of a startup team.

  • 21Mar

    Airborne platforms, including aircraft and satellite, are a crucial component in monitoring the global composition and chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere. Scientific understanding of climate change, ozone depletion and air quality, among other important environmental issues, have all been advanced through aircraft- and satellite-led research in recent decades. This 2018 meeting of the Atmospheric Chemistry Special Interest Group (ACSG) brings together speakers working on various cutting edge aspects of airbone composition monitoring, from the use of civilian passenger aircraft, to unmanned drones. We will discuss advances in the field and consider what future challenges lay ahead.

Welcome to Cambridge Global Challenges

Cambridge Global Challenges is the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) of the University of Cambridge that aims to enhance the contribution of its research towards addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, with a particular focus on the poorest half of the world’s population.

 

Join the Interdisciplinary Research Centre

Register to Cambridge Global Challenges and to the IRC's mailing list here.

 

Learn about the support we provide 

Learn how Cambridge Global Challenges can support your research here.

 

Contact us

coordinator@gci.cam.ac.uk​