Lancaster Environment Centre

We are a community of high-achieving students, world-class environmental researchers, government scientists and enterprises working together to address today’s biggest environmental challenges.

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Postgraduate Study

Study with the Graduate School for the Environment, which harnesses the power of three of the world’s foremost research organisations to give students the best possible chance of enjoying productive, impactful and influential careers.

Research Challenges

Our research challenges provide a focus for our fundamental and applied research, ensuring our work helps provide the underlying knowledge needed to find effective solutions.

Research Groups

Our research groups include a wide range of researchers from the natural and social scientists. They work in multi-disciplinary teams within, across and beyond these groups to help find solutions to the big global environmental challenges.

Latest News and Events

Join Our New Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Group at the Data Science Institute!

Are you passionate about promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in data science and AI? Do you want to help create a more inclusive and equitable environment at the Data Science Institute (DSI)? We’re launching a new ED&I group to address these vital issues—and we’d love for you to be a part of it.

Lancaster researchers part of new centre on equitable low carbon living

Lancaster University researchers are set to work as part of an innovative centre funded with £8million over five years by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and UKRI as part of its strategic focus on building a green future.

Limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales

New study reveals half a century of change on Britain’s iconic limestone pavements

Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK.

Lancaster University programme will provide 30 doctoral students with training in next-gen computing skills with an environmental focus

Lancaster University researchers are co-leading a new initiative to train the next generation of Earth and environmental scientists to harness the power of exascale computing.

Hourglass with sand in shape of DNA running through it

Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ accelerates biological aging

Exposure to PFAS chemicals accelerates biological aging, especially in women and lower-income groups. The health impacts of PFAS exposure should be a matter of concern for public health

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