Sustainability and Resilience Institute (SRI)

Our people

Learn more about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Our work across all interdisciplinary sustainability and resilience challenges is dependent on our collaborative network formed of colleagues from all parts of the University. 

SRI Associate Members

University of Southampton staff and students can register as an SRI Associate Member. Please complete this form.

The SRI aspires to be a focal point for sustainability and resilience interdisciplinary research and interdepartmental activity. We are all about people!

We want to link up you and your work with others and build new collaborations to answer some of the biggest questions facing our world.

Our membership is open to students, professional services and researchers to join our network.

Colleagues and students across the University who work with, or aspire to work with, any area related to sustainability and resilience, particularly framed through the Sustainable Development Goals, are invited to become an Associate Member of the Institute.

What’s in it for you?

Associates benefit from receiving our periodic newsletter, updates on funding opportunities and the potential to utilise the SRI team and network for new collaborations, support with funding bids, policy engagement and receive bespoke invitations to events organised by the SRI.

Members may collaborate on publications and use the SRI network for presentations and further dissemination opportunities

Please note that all SRI associates are automatically added to the SRI mailing list. If you would like to be removed from the mailing list or have any questions about SRI membership please email sri@soton.ac.uk.

Students 

Students are welcome to join the SRI as Associate Members. The Sustainability Academy will launch in September 2024 with a dedicated SRI Student programme. 

Join the University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

  • Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
  • Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and magnesium, and the response of biogeochemcal cycles to global environmental change
  • Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies, including lithium and the rare earth elements

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Ms Sian Campbell CPsychol., SFHEA, MCMI, MIED, MSc., MPA

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Economic development
  • Sustainability
  • Enterprise
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Professor Simon Kemp

Professorial Fellow-Education

Research interests

  • Education for Sustainable Development
  • Waste Management
  • Carbon Footprinting
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Dr Stephanie Gauthier MSc PhD FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Energy demand;
  • Built environment;
  • Behaviour change;

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Steve Darby

Associate Dean Research

Research interests

  • River and coastal flooding - relationships between geomorphology and flooding in rivers and deltas
  • Biogeomorphology - interactions between river processes and life
  • River bank erosion processes

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Tasmiat Rahman

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Solar Energy Forecasting through Machine Learning and Computer Vision
  • Applied Photovoltaic Systems including Floating PV, Agri-PV, and HRES 
  • Low-Cost Air Quality Sensing for use in LMICs

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez

Lecturer in Ecology

Research interests

  • Biodiversity
  • Global Change and Conservation
  • Ecosystem Services

Accepting applications from PhD students

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