Welcome to the David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability (DLCS)
The founding principle of DLCS is that the challenges of global sustainability are inherently multi-disciplinary. Our role as educators and researchers is to provide a learning environment that fosters cross-disciplinary understanding and collaborative working.
The civil engineering profession recognises its obligation to work in partnership with the full spectrum of the research and professional community to contribute to a more sustainable society. This commitment is fundamental to the modern understanding of what it is to be a civil engineer.
The Department of Civil Engineering at Strathclyde supports DLCS to enable better understanding and engagement among the wide range of academics and practitioners who are tackling the challenges of global sustainability.
The academic staff in DLCS include economists, planners, scientists and social scientists, all contributing to the Postgraduate Teaching Programme that is uniquely inter-disciplinary. We also work closely with many departments of the university in shared teaching and research programmes.
Our core activities of teaching, research and knowledge exchange are closely integrated. DLCS has a long tradition of supporting Professional Development by providing Open Access to our masters programmes, allowing a range of practitioners to incorporate sustainability into their working roles. The Environmental Studies masters has been running since 1992 and our alumni network is now extensive and influential. This provides opportunities for valuable student research placements. Our close links with policy makers, business and the professions provide a fertile source of ideas for our research portfolio.
DLCS continues to expand our teaching and research into emerging fields such as environmental forensics and environmental entrepreneurship and we are building an international training programme in collaboration with UNIDO. Look at our News Page for the latest developments.
