Close to one billion people in the world today live without access to electricity. The consequences are far reaching – affecting health, education, living standards and quality of life of many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.

This project aimed to investigate the concept of a floating hybrid system which combined wind and hydropower generation for river applications, from technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental perspectives.

Our Internationally acclaimed and award winning VIP4SD programme comprises a number of multidisciplinary projects working across all four of Strathclyde’s faculties, bringing together students from different levels of study and disciplines to work in partnership with staff on research projects that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Over the past five years researchers in the Department of Work, Employment & Organisation have been involved in innovative, and often participatory, research addressing key issues of work and employment linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. The research also addresses the issues of power and privilege towards more equitable futures.

In the Sundarbans delta regions of West Bengal (India), there is acute drinking water scarcity owing to mismanagement of ground water coupled with the high salinity of river water.

A pilot intervention of solar-based water desalination technology is being undertaken to provide drinking water to a community of 4,000 people in this region, led by a consortium involving technology partners and NGOs, funded by grants from government and corporate sources.

Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face significant challenges of equity and access to quality education. This project is aimed at addressing these challenges through the development of an interdisciplinary network of academic and non-academic partners in the UK, Ghana and Malawi.

Inspiring Children’s Futures aims to support progress on SDG 16 by increasing available evidence to inform better policy and practices, and by identifying ways in which authorities can achieve change to strengthen global, national and local responses for children.

The Cleaner Air for Kolkata project aimed to make an initial study of the main opportunities to improve air quality in Kolkata using an inter-disciplinary approach to assess the feasibility of tracking, tracing, and monitoring air quality using newly deployed satellite systems that offer higher resolution air pollution data.

The impact of cooking methods on women’s blood pressure and peak expiratory flow rate.