Academic, Industry professional, Practitioner, student
Computer science
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I am a PhD candidate working closely with industry to understand the needs, opportunities and challenges around building sustainable software engineering teams. Previously, I have worked in the areas of machine learning, IoT, robotics, and backend development of web based applications. I have industry experience of over 3.5 years and research experience of 2 years.
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Dr. Mark Wong is a Senior Lecturer (also known as Associate Professor) in Public Policy & Research Methods and the Deputy Head of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is also the co-investigator of the project created this platform, Sustainable Screens Scotland Network, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Mark is an expert in racial justice, responsible AI, and using participatory methods to amplify the voice and actions of adversely-racialised people in the digital and green transformations. Mark is experienced in promoting co-design of responsible, equitable, and sustainable innovation in AI, particularly addressing racial bias and discrimination. He has influenced and advised on policies in this area in the Scottish Government, public health, and industry.
Mark was a co-investigator of the NERC-funded “Decarbonising Music Industry: A Survey on Music Fan Attitudes on Sustainability” project, promoting change in the music industry to address the climate and ecological emergency. The project report received >50 news/media outlets attention, including Sky news. He is the Principal Investigator of the "Innovators Assemble" project, which developed a video game, "SEvEN: Seven Voices, One Future", to amplify Minoritised Ethnic's people's voices and traditional ecological knowledge in Scotland's sustainable futures. The game provides a thought-provoking narrative about a future of Scotland where the voice and actions of adversely racialised people are centred. The game highlights real-life climate actions that are Minoritised Ethnic-led and is set in a virtual replica of the Western Scottish Highlands using statellite images. SEvEN was nominated for the "Spirit of Scotland" award at the Scottish Games Awards 2023, one of the most prestigious awards in the Scottish games industry, and the ceremony will be opened by Scotland's First Minister. For media enquiries, please email Mark directly and he will respond as quickly as he can within the day if possible.
academic
public-policy
East Dunbartonshire
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Other
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Partnerships Manager at the School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow
industry-professional
other
Glasgow
third sector professional
Visual arts
third-sector-professional
visual-arts
Glasgow
Industry professional, visual artist
Computer science
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I joined the Glasgow University Software Service (GUSS) as Assistant Manager in 2021 having held other roles at the University. I manage a range of projects for GUSS, and love supporting student developers to deliver professional project work for customers. Working at GUSS has provided great learning opportunities; in terms of the tech stacks used and the challenges of developing GUSS as a service whilst ensuring that student development teams are well looked after. I enjoy learning about customers’ fields of work and appreciate how the service’s projects can inform students of wider opportunities available to them on graduation.
industry-professional visual-artist
computer-science
Glasgow
Academic
Computer science
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Tim Storer is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering.
academic
computer-science
Glasgow
Academic
Computer science
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Professor Wim Vanderbauwhede is the lead of the Low Carbon and Sustainable Computing activity at the School of Computing Science of the University of Glasgow. He received a PhD in Electrotechnical Engineering from the University of Gent, Belgium in 1996. He has been a lecturer in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow since April 2004. His research has resulted in over 150 refereed conference and journal papers as well as several books and book chapters. His research focuses on compilers and runtime systems for energy-efficient heterogenous architectures, as well as the wider issues relating to low carbon and sustainable computing.
Before returning to academic research, Prof Vanderbauwhede worked in the electronics industry as a Design Engineer and Technology R&D Engineer.
Creative and performing arts, Media and communication studies, Media Policy, Public policy, Visual arts
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I'm a PhD researcher focusing on environmental sustainability and policy. I have over 10 years of experience working in documentary, television and corporate productions, but right now my area of interest is green productions and social sustainability. I would love to collaborate and share knowledge within this area.
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linkedin
Television Producer and Academic Researcher
academic screen-film-professional
Glasgow
Academic, Consultant, musician, other
Computer science
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e-mail
academic consultant musician other
computer-science
Rest of UK
Academic
Film history, theory and criticism
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e-mail
Pietari Kaapa is Professor in Media and Communications at the University of Warwick. He works in the field of environmental media studies with a focus on media management and production cultures studies. He has published widely in the field of environmental media studies, including Transnational Ecocinemas (Intellect 2013, with Tommy Gustafsson), Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas (Bloomsbury, 2014), Environmental Management of the Media: Industry, Policy, Practice (Routledge 2018) and Film and Television Production in the Age of Climate Change (Palgrave 2022) (with Hunter Vaughan). He is PI (with Vaughan, University of Cambridge) of the AHRC Global Green Media Network (www.globalgreenmedianetwork.org)
academic
film-history-theory-and-criticism
Glasgow
Academic, Media/Press/Journalist, Screen/Film professional
Creative and performing arts
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Inge Ejbye Sørensen is a Senior Lecturer in Screen Industries and Media Policy. She is interested in the production practices, policies and political economy of national and global screen industries, with a focus on the UK and Scandinavia. She is an award-winning producer of documentary and researches international and national screen production, with particular focus on documentary and factual production, Public Service Media, streamers, screen agencies and funding models. She especially interested in ‘green’ production practices and policies around environmental sustainability on and off set, as well as the power of film, TV and games content to influence behaviours and shape green transitions.
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I'm a Sustainability Manager for film & TV based in Glasgow. I work remotely for Picture Zero, assisting national and international productions with their sustainability initiatives.
creative other screen-film-professional
creative-and-performing-arts
Rest of UK
Academic, Consultant, Educator, Media/Press/Journalist, public speaker
Creative and performing arts
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I'm an academic currently working at The Open University as Senior Lecturer in Film & Media.
Drawing on expertise at the intersections of film, history, and geography, I'm the Principal Investigator of the Environmental Impact of Filmmaking project, which has been funded by the AHRC. The project uses Star Wars as its primary case study to investigate the carbon emissions of various prop and costume making practices, and to consider how location shoots affect local communities and wildlife.
With the support of research associate Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus, the project's prop and costume case studies have drawn attention to carbon-intense digital making (e.g., a CGI Artoo Detoo), the importance of reusing materials, and the need for corporate accountability in the merchandising of intellectual property such as lightsabers. I've also traced the economic and cultural histories of particular materials (aluminium, silk) to demonstrate how global distribution networks for the screen industries perpetuate colonial practices. An online archive of Star Wars practitioner interviews (which address the environment and sustainability issues from 1977 to the present day) will be available in due course, alongside a range of other resources.
In thinking about location shoots, I'm examining the use and representations of land via community surveys, and considering ecological impacts on both plants and animals. I'm developing a short film that explores the locations via themes of nature, industrialisation, and transformation.
As a film journalist with broadcast experience, I am happy to contribute to public discussions about film and the environment. I also work with a range of industry and cultural organisations to encourage more sustainable practices and can be contacted in this capacity, too.
Consultant, creative, Educator, Screen/Film professional
Creative and performing arts
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David Griffith is an independent producer, screenwriter and screen educator currently working with Screen Scotland on the development and testing of the new Film and Screen Curriculum for Scotland. He is also the co-creator of the Screen Carbon Test.
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Reader in Media and Communication at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University. My area of expertise is television and film production, and I have a keen interest in how environmental concerns are shaping the policies and practices of screen professionals. More information about my research is available at www.smallnationsscreen.org
academic
media-and-communication-studies
City of Edinburgh
Screen/Film professional
Other
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Morag McKinnon is a Scottish writer / director whose global perspective derives from her birthplace in Singapore and her early upbringing in Indonesia. Morag directed the feature
film Donkeys which won a Scottish BAFTA and co-directed the feature
documentary I Am Breathing with Emma Davie which won the BAFTA Scotland
best director award. She also received 16 international awards and a BAFTA for best short for her short film Home. Morag has directed various pieces for television, including, as one of two directors on theBAFTA award-winning series Buried, a visceral depiction of life in prison. Most recently Morag collaborated with Jim Sutherland on a film triptych 'When Fish Begin to Crawl', a meditation on interconnection, climate change and our human place in nature. Morag is fuelled by life long passion for nature, science and art and is focussed on bringing these elements in to her work in a creative, innovative way. Her interest in indigenous perspectives comes from her early experiences in South East Asia, where she experienced a rich mix of beliefs, cultural symbols and religious practices, as well as a deep emotional relationship with the people and places of her formative years.
Morag teaches on the Erasmus funded Kinoeyes course at Napier University and part-
time at Edinburgh College of Art.
screen-film-professional
other
Fife
Consultant, creative, other
Music
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Jim works internationally out of his studio in North East Fife, Scotland to deliver consistently high quality music that crosses continents and defies genre. Alongside his extensive work for film and TV, he creates large scale arts events and collaborates with some of the world's top music artists. A polymath at heart, Jim also works on small bespoke projects and has and strong personal interest in encouraging new and emerging artists and working across artistic disciplines.
Recent highlights include:
• Nominated as producer of the year at the Borders Music Awards 2024
• Co-directed (with Morag McKinnon), edited and composed score for 65min When Fish Begin To Crawl film triptych – to receive UK live performed premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival 2024 with the RSNO and a live performed World Premiere in Dubai at COP28 2023 to be performed by Firdaus Orchestra who will include the piece in their winter 2023/24 programme.
• Commissioned by Firdaus Orchestra in Dubai Expo City to orchestrate When Fish Begin to Crawl for the orchestra, incorporating Arabic instruments.
• Commissioned by Flow Country Partnership to make a short film (with Morag McKinnon) about the Flow Country for use in a Westminster presentation as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site pitch.
• Produced Star of the Seas for Countess of Fife 2022 (No7 in Scottish album chart, No2 indie breakers chart, No21 UK album chart, No18 UK indie chart – all 2023)
• Produced Andrew Cronshaw’s World Music Chart topping album ‘Zither’ (Feb 2020)
• Awarded producer of the year at the Scots Trad Music Awards (2019)
• Composed and produced station idents and continuity music for BBC ALBA TV channel – 7 themed pieces each formatted in 5 different lengths (2019)
• Co-wrote and produced two tracks along with Orwell prize winning author and rapper Darren (LOKI) Mcgarvey for multi award winning feature doc Schemebirds.(2019)
• Composed and produced 40 pieces of diegetic (on camera) music, including four choral pieces, for Netflix movie Outlaw King (2018) by Oscar nominated director David Mackenzie. The project involved producing and directing 120 musicians from the UK, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and Spain.
• Produced SANS album (Finnish language) which won Etno category of Finland's Emmas (2018)
• Premiered three new commissions with his 36 piece European orchestra LA BANDA EUROPA at Celtic Connections festival in January (2017). The new pieces are soon to be released on the band's first album, produced by Jim.
• Produced an album of Eliza Carthy and the Wayward band's BIG MACHINE which entered the UK album charts at number 26 in February (2017) to rave reviews in the press.
• Produced two songs for the OSCAR winning Disney/Pixar film BRAVE and worked on a variety of other film and TV commissions including Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and What We Did on Our holiday. Documentary scores include HAMISH the movie.
• Produced two tracks for acclaimed Scottish Rapper Loki for his album Trigger Warning. • Composed 20 songs for CBBC Pet Problem Solvers with director Annie Griffin.
• Delivered commissions that celebrated Marseilles as European Capital of Culture 2013 and Derry as UK city of Culture 2013.
• He was awarded Composer of the Year at the Trad awards 2014 for his work on Struileag: a massive international Gaelic diaspora project which spawned a book, a CD and an internationally streamed show at the Commonwealth games in Glasgow.
Jim has performed and recorded with: Mumford and Sons, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant,
Jack Bruce, Emmy Lou Harris, Billy Bragg, Shotts and Dykehead pipe band, The Chieftains,
The Bundhu Boys, Ali Farka Toure and many others.
Jim is an acclaimed producer and composer, celebrated for his versatile work across various genres and mediums. In 2018, he produced the Finnish language album "SANS," which won the Etno category at Finland's Emmas. He premiered three new commissions with his 36-piece European orchestra, LA BANDA EUROPA, at the Celtic Connections festival in 2017. The new pieces will be featured on the band’s debut album, produced by Jim.
In February 2017, Jim produced Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band's album "BIG MACHINE," which entered the UK album charts at number 26 and received rave reviews. His notable film work includes producing two songs for the Oscar-winning Disney/Pixar film "BRAVE," as well as contributions to "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and "What We Did on Our Holiday." He also composed scores for the documentary "HAMISH" and produced tracks for acclaimed Scottish rapper Loki's album "Trigger Warning."
Jim has composed 20 songs for the CBBC series "Pet Problem Solvers" and delivered commissions celebrating Marseilles as European Capital of Culture 2013 and Derry as UK City of Culture 2013. He was honored with the Composer of the Year award at the Trad Awards 2014 for his work on the Struileag project, which included a book, CD, and an internationally streamed show at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Throughout his career, Jim has performed and recorded with renowned artists such as Mumford and Sons, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Jack Bruce, Emmylou Harris, Billy Bragg, Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band, The Chieftains, The Bundhu Boys, and Ali Farka Touré.
consultant creative other
music
Glasgow
Academic
Television history, theory and criticism
academic/expert screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail
academic
television-history-theory-and-criticism
Rest of UK
Consultant, creative, Industry professional, Practitioner, Screen/Film professional
Media and communication studies
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He is a research and development producer for the Media Cymru innovation programme, he leads on environmental sustainability and virtual production. He works for Cardiff University in Wales.
Greg led on securing the BFI-funded Albert Screen New Deal Transformation for Wales pilot Partners include the BFI (British Film Institute), BAFTA Albert, ARUP, Creative Wales and Ffilm Cymru Wales.
He is also a Co-Investigator on XR+ Network Virtual Production in the Digital Economy, a project funded by ESPRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).
Prior to this, he was a producer for the AHRC funded Clwstwr Programme and worked in the media industry for over 20 years, in production, studios, festivals and events.
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I am a Digital Learning & Innovation Officer for the College of Arts & Humanities, advising on Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching at strategic and local levels, facilitating project activity, and providing specialist support to the 4 Schools of the CoAH on Digital Learning, Moodle, Mahara portfolio, and all aspects of eLearning, online assessment and learner engagement. I am also the Co-Convenor of the CoAH Sustainability Forum.
educator other
education
Rest of UK
Academic, Educator
Film history, theory and criticism
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Mette Hjort is Chair Professor of Film and Media at The Education University of Hong Kong, Honorary Professor at UCL, and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. A keen supporter of values-based talent development initiatives with an emphasis on sustainability, Mette has assisted with talent development work at the alternative film school, IMAGINE, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Mette was also centrally involved in a mapping exercise for Film Lab Palestine, focusing on the provision of audio-visual training in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Mette holds an Honorary Doctorate in Transnational Cinema Studies from the University of Aalborg. She has served on the Board of the Danish Film Institute (appointed by the Danish Minister of Culture) and on Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee (appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong). Mette’s contributions to the field of environmental media studies includes the article ‘What Does It Mean to be an Ecological Filmmaker? Knut Erik Jensen’s Work as Eco-Auteur,’ published in Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind (2016, 10.2: 104-124, doi: 10:3167/proj.2016.100206).
academic educator
film-history-theory-and-criticism
Glasgow
Academic, Consultant, Educator, other
History
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Dr Timothy Peacock is a Lecturer in History and War Studies, and Director/founder of the Games and Gaming Lab (UofGGamesLab) at the University of Glasgow. His cross-disciplinary research in History is underpinned by interlocking interests in areas including Nuclear, Spaceflight/Space Security (such as Earth Environmental impacts of Space Junk), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Wargaming, Gaming and uses of history in games, and Politics. These are areas in which he has been approached to provide expert external consultancy, including designing and leading Serious Games/Exercises. He has led projects ranging from the creation of research-informed tabletop crisis games with policymakers, including on such environmental challenges as flooding, to developing educational video games with external organisations, including creating Robert Burns' farm in Minecraft and St Giles' Cathedral as a historical video game. He has spoken on BBC TV & Radio on Subjects from reasons why humans want to travel into space to exploring history through video gaming. His publications range from articles on the cinematic legacies of nuclear testing and meme-based warfare to a monograph on The British Tradition of Minority Government. He has incubated and supported Research and Knowledge Exchange projects with colleagues in Subjects ranging from Astrophysics to Veterinary Medicine, and led collaborations with organisations from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Scottish Games Network to gamified performances with Theatre Companies.
academic consultant educator other
history
Glasgow
Academic, musician
Languages and literature
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I work on discourses of sustainability and especially on different conceptions of just transitions and sustainability between different groups. I organise the Communicating Sustainabilities network, which brings people together from a range of different sectors to discuss how we can improve communication between diverse groups with different understandings.
academic musician
languages-and-literature
Glasgow
Academic, Consultant
Environmental studies and forestry
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I am a Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde working across a number of inter-disciplinary projects related to active mobility and treescapes, drawing on methodologies developed in my doctoral research on social, cultural and ecological values of water. I am particularly interested in the intersection of social and ecological issues, and the application of arts-based methods and practices.
This applied research builds on an ongoing role as a freelance researcher/consultant with an interest and experience in a range of sustainability themes including social and environmental accounting, living wages and urban mobility.
academic consultant
environmental-studies-and-forestry
Highland
Consultant, Educator, Industry professional, public speaker
Business
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Victoria, the Director of the Glen Mhor Hotel and Uile-Bheist Distillery and Brewery,
as well as the J&R Group, is an accomplished leader in Scotland's hospitality sector.
With over 25 years of experience spanning both hospitality and education, Victoria is
committed to blending these fields to promote lifelong learning within the industry.
Victoria has championed sustainable tourism and practices, making significant
investments to set new industry standards. In May 2022, she unveiled Scotland's first
River Source Energy Centre at the Glen Mhor, a groundbreaking £8 million project
that provides all heating and water needs through sustainable energy, completely
eliminating the use of gas. Her dedication to sustainability also encompasses
advocating for green practices, mental health awareness, and diversity, equity, and
inclusion initiatives.
Passionate about accessibility and education, Victoria has developed sector
resources and school programs aimed at breaking down barriers. Her efforts ensure
that everyone, regardless of background, can access opportunities.
In addition to her professional achievements, Victoria is a dedicated philanthropist.
She founded The South African Children’s Charitable Trust, which supports
vulnerable and orphaned children in South Africa. She also serves as Co-Chair of
Visit Inverness Loch Ness and is a board member for Skills Development Scotland,
contributing her expertise to shape the future of tourism and skills development in
the region.
Her relentless drive for excellence and her innovative approach to sustainable
tourism set her apart as a leading figure in her field. As a mother to four teenagers,
she is also an experienced taxi driver.
Dr Rehema White is a sustainability generalist at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and Chair of Scotland’s UNU Regional Centre of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development. She holds a PhD from University of Adelaide, Australia, MSc from the University of Manitoba, Canada and BSc (Agric) from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She has lived and worked in UK, South Africa, Australia, Canada and Mexico so has experienced different perspectives of and approaches to biodiversity conservation and sustainability. Her research focuses on how we co-produce and share knowledge of nature (including learning for sustainability, transdisciplinarity, nature connectedness); governance of natural resources (including regenerative communities); and practice in contested areas (including biosecurity and biodiversity conflicts). She is exploring integrative analysis and novel links across these different fields, drawing on her experiences across the natural and social sciences. Much of her recent work involves gathering together academics, practitioners and policy makers in innovative ways to co-design collaborative solutions to specific challenges.
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Dr Alasdair C. Whyte (An Dtr Alasdair MacIlleBhàin) is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and a singer/ performer/ musician.
His current academic research focusses primarily on the place-names of his native island of Muile ~ Mull and surrounds but his work includes a range of other aspects of Gaelic, Celtic and Scottish Studies, especially ecology and environment, folklore, linguistics, literature and song.
As a creative, he has been described as ‘one of the most emotionally affecting singers of his generation’ (Tim Chipping, fRoots). He has performed worldwide and recorded original and traditional Gaelic songs on numerous albums, including a solo album (‘Las’, 2012); three albums with the band WHYTE (‘Maim’, 2021; ‘Tairm’, 2019; ‘Fairich’, 2016); ‘Òrain Teonaidh Chailein’ (2024); and tracks with the likes of Niteworks (‘A’ Ghrian’, 2022; ‘NW’, 2015) and Struileag/Shore to Shore (‘Children of the Smoke’, 2014). A number of his original Gaelic songs have been performed, arranged and recorded by other artists. His publications to date include: 'Glasgow's Gaelic Place-Names', with Katherine Forsyth and Simon Taylor (Birlinn, 2023); and 'Maim-slè' (Theatre Gu Lèor, 2021), a book of original and traditional poetry and prose in Gaelic and English exploring language shift and environmental sustainability. 'Maim-slè' was shortlisted for Donald Meek Award for Best Non-fiction Book at 2022 Gaelic Literature Awards. He also wrote and performed in the related theatre production 'MAIM' (Theatre Gu Leòr, 2020).
He was named Gaelic Ambassador of the Year by The Scottish Government in 2019 and named on the Inaugural Saltire Society '40 Under 40' List for his contribution to Literature & Publishing in 2023.
Phd in Linguistics/critical discourse analysis. I have combined CDA with Participatory Action Research and I helped develop a direction in Critical DIscourse Policy Analysis. Research topics: left wing populism; 15M/Indignados in Spain; hegemony; social justice in the classroom; social entrepreneurship, research methodology. I am an Associate Professor at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.
academic educator
agriculture
Glasgow
Academic, creative, Educator
Education
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Sundas is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the use of indigenous and traditional environmental literacies for sustainability and regeneration in the contemporary context. She uses decolonial frameworks with ecopedagogy, deep ecology and Islamic environmental philosophy to study education for sustainability in its various forms.
academic creative educator
education
Glasgow
Academic, creative, Educator
Education
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail, linkedin
Sundas is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the use of indigenous and traditional environmental literacies for sustainability and regeneration in the contemporary context. She uses decolonial frameworks with ecopedagogy, deep ecology and Islamic environmental philosophy to study education for sustainability in its various forms.
academic creative educator
education
Glasgow
Academic, Industry professional, student
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail
Shayesteh Moghadas has a decades of experience in academia, focusing on sustainability in the tourism & hospitality industry. Currently completing a PhD in Marketing at the University of Strathclyde, her research explores human resources and sustainable practices. Shayesteh has held roles in international business communication and knowledge exchange, managing strategic projects across the UK, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with a focus on fostering sustainable solutions in hospitality and tourism.
academic industry-professional student
Dundee City
Industry professional
Earth science
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Hi I have been the environmental, sustainability and waste manager for a number of years at University of Dundee. I am also a fellow of EAUC and travel and transport convenor for EAUC transport group Scotland, as well as joint waste convenor for Scotland. I fully embrace the circular economy and am a Tayside circular economy ambassador. I sit on a number of other groups. Chair of Bonnie Dundee, Committee member of Dundee Fairtrade Forum and Dundee Cycling Forum, Trustee at Forgan Arts Centre, community council in Fife
industry-professional
earth-science
Rest of UK
Educator, other
Education
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Retired 2022. Ex Head of Film Education at Screen Scotland, and led some of Creative Scotland/Screen Scotland's responses to climate change inc COP26. Old postgraduate qualifications in ecology and environmental management, expert autodidact in many aspects of sustainability and the polycrisis.
educator other
education
Glasgow
Industry professional, other, Practitioner, public speaker
Environmental studies and forestry
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phone, e-mail, linkedin
Gillian is the Manager of Spatial Planning – Research and Development team within the Development Plan Group at Glasgow City Council. She has a BSc (Hons) in Town Planning from Heriot-Watt University and BSc (Hons) in Human Geography from the Open University. She is a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Gillian had the lead role for the Council within the Horizon 2020 Connecting Nature project, where Glasgow was one of the front runner cities. http://www.connectingnature.eu/glasgow Glasgow is now one of the Role model cities in the UNEP programme UN Generation restoration https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/generation-restoration-cities-urban-nature-restoration. Gillian takes a place-based approach using nature-based solutions to support communities to create climate resilient places. Co - designer of the Co-impact App https://co-impact.app/ and one of the team behind Glasgow's award winning Play Sufficiency assessment https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/454a406d683447e7839c34191d54e594
industry-professional other practitioner public-speaker
environmental-studies-and-forestry
Glasgow
Consultant, creative, Industry professional, other, Practitioner, public speaker
Other
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I have a varied and privileged role within GCC (Glasgow City Council), I am the co-designer of the Scottish Place Standard Tool, and as such, I represent the Council at national, international, and global levels to talk about the place standard tool as well as run training sessions on the tool. I am a WHO (World Health Organisation) Place adviser and contribute to global research, development, and delivery on everything placemaking.
I am now lead on the Living Well Locally and new Play Sufficiency Assessment process in Glasgow and contribute nationally on all things play. This is building on the national place-based approach and creating a collaborative and co-design approach with children and young people about where they go, what they do, and what needs to change.
consultant creative industry-professional other practitioner public-speaker
other
Glasgow
Educator
Education
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educator
education
Glasgow
other
Other
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Anna has two roles at the University of Glasgow - both of which are job shares with Claire Johnston:
Programme Manager - Software Engineering Graduate Apprenticeship in the School of Computing Science
Centre Coordinator - Centre for Sustainable Energy
Prior to her roles at the university Anna was the Director of UK Operations and Scottish Community Lead for BIMA (The British Interactive Media Association) .
Previous experience includes 4 years in the BBC Arabic Service newsroom and heading up a pan-BBC World Service change management programme. She has worked in a diverse range of industries from financial derivatives trading, petroleum engineering and spring manufacturing, spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Anna has a BA(Hons) from the University of Hull.
other
other
Glasgow
third sector professional
Education
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
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third-sector-professional
education
Perth and Kinross
Academic
Engineering and technology
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David joined the University of Glasgow in 2022 as a Professor of Cyber Physical Systems. David is the Head of Research Division for Autonomous Systems and Connectivity. He is the associate director of the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy. Prof Flynn is an independent board member of two U.K. energy network operators, SPEN and Cadent.
Professor Flynn is a co-founder of the UKs National Digital Twinning Hub for Decarbonisation (Transit), EPSRC DARe and EPSRC HI-ACT hubs.
Professor Flynn has published over 200 papers, holds several patents, established industrial innovation centres and created new companies. Professor Flynn is the recipient of several national and international awards for his research, including the Interface Knowledge Exchange Champion of the Year for 2020, Rushlight Innovation Award, and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Leslie H Paddle prize. Professor Flynn is also the IET Information Technology Innovation of the Year 2019 and Global Innovation of the Year winner 2019.
David is a Visiting Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Eminent Overseas Professor of Nagasaki University and former Chair of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Scotland. His degrees include a BEng (Hons), 1st Class in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2002), an MSc (Distinction) in Microsystems (2003) and a PhD in Microscale Magnetic Components (2007), from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
academic
engineering-and-technology
Glasgow
Academic
Engineering and technology
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2024 – Current: Reader, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
2022 – 2024: Group Leader, Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (Baybatt, Bavaria-stated funded research center), Germany
2020 – 2022: Staff Engineer, Samsung SDI, South Korea
2010 – 2020: B.S. / M.S. / Ph.D. at KAIST
Specialty areas of expertise:
1) battery manufacturing (lithium-ion batteries and post-lithium-ion batteries)
2) battery materials
3) energy conversion technologies (metal-air batteries, hydrogen fuel cells)
4) self-charging technologies (photovoltaics, hydroelectrics, and others)
5) electrospinning, nanoscience/nanomaterials
academic
engineering-and-technology
Consultant
Environmental studies and forestry
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Olio is the leading food redistribution service for Film, TV and Commercial Productions. Olio can redistribute any surplus from your shoot and share it with the local community, who are struggling to feed themselves and their families. We build you detailed impact reports showing the positive difference your food is making to local people which can be used towards your albert’s certification. Olio partners with many of the leading production companies in the space; including Sky, ITV, BBC Studios, Netflix and many more. Get in touch today to find out how we can support your production to be more sustainable.
consultant
environmental-studies-and-forestry
Glasgow
Academic, Consultant, Educator
Engineering and technology
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
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I am a Professor at the University of Glasgow working on forecasting and analytics, particularly those which empower decision-makers with uncertainty information allowing them to make better decisions and control risk. I'm interested in the production, end-use and evaluation of probabilistic forecasts, and often work at the intersection of statistics, engineering, and meteorology.
Over the past 10 years I have developed novel methodologies for forecasting wind and solar power, energy prices and demand (and occasionally other things too), and associated decision-making problems including energy trading, power system operation and asset management. As well as improving forecast quality, I'm interested in the effective communication of complex forecast information, which is crucial to support decision-makers, especially as our energy systems become ever more complex and weather-dependent. Several electricity generators and network operators currently use forecasts and decision-support tools I helped develop.
academic consultant educator
engineering-and-technology
Glasgow
Academic
Environmental studies and forestry
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail
I am an ecologist generally interested in the effects of human activity on biodiversity. My research has focused on how animals cope with living in urban environments., and particularly with sensory pollutants such as artificial lights and noise. More recently I have been working in a large transdisciplinary project aimed at transitioning Glasgow towards climate resilience, where I have enjoyed collaborating with social scientists, geographers, human health researchers, local communities and governments.
academic
environmental-studies-and-forestry
Glasgow
Academic
Geography and human geography
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Ria Dunkley is a professor of environmental pedagogy at the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. She specialises in ecopedagogy as a route to enabling both an understanding of the climate crisis and empowering individuals, communities and organisations to initiate sustainable solutions through research, education and partnership. She is currently leading the Community Collaboration work within GALLANT based within the Centre for Sustainable Solutions and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). She co-chairs the European CIVIS hub for Climate, Energy and Environment and is an Associate Director of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions. Ria also coordinates Spot-a-Bee, a citizen science project that collaborates with academics at the University of Glasgow and Cardiff University and the Hidden Environmental Histories of the River Clyde.
academic
geography-and-human-geography
Glasgow
Academic
Mathematics
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Dr Craig Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Glasgow. His research interests lie in developing and implementing statistical methodology for health and environmental applications, with a particular focus on spatio-temporal modelling. Topics of interest include modelling air pollution and how it relates to health over a geographic area.
As well as his research activities, Craig has a strong passion for outreach and statistics communication, and enjoys working with schools and the general public to improve understanding of the subject. He enjoys writing articles for non-academic media outlets such as The Conversation, and has also appeared several times on local and national radio to talk about this work
academic
mathematics
Glasgow
Industry professional, Screen/Film professional
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Broadcast camera and portable renewable power equipment rental in Glasgow.Current MSc @ University of Strathclyde. @RTSScotland board member.
industry-professional screen-film-professional
Academic
Music
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e-mail
Matt Brennan is Professor of Popular Music and Convenor of the MSc Music Industries at the University of Glasgow. He has served as Chair of the UK and Ireland branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), and has authored and edited several books in the field of popular music studies. His latest book, Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit (Oxford University Press 2020) was named one of the "best music books of 2020" by the Financial Times. He is currently researching environmental sustainability strategies for music cities, using Glasgow as a case study.
academic
music
City of Edinburgh
Academic, Consultant, public speaker
Biology
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linkedin
academic consultant public-speaker
biology
Glasgow
Academic
Engineering and technology
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
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Researcher working in the energy field with an interest in portable renewable power to help decarbonise remote site work. Also working in public awareness of these issues in relation to filming, live music and similar events.
academic
engineering-and-technology
City of Edinburgh
Consultant, other, public speaker, third sector professional
Other
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Creative Carbon Scotland encourages and equips individuals, organisations and strategic bodies to harness the role of culture in achieving the transformational change to an environmentally sustainable Scotland. We help sustainability specialists embed creative practices into their work. We support the culture sector to address its environmental impact and influence others to do the same.
consultant other public-speaker third-sector-professional
other
City of Edinburgh
Academic, Industry professional, Practitioner
Creative and performing arts
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e-mail
academic industry-professional practitioner
creative-and-performing-arts
South Lanarkshire
Consultant, Industry professional, other
Engineering and technology
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Paragon Power Services Ltd has been delivering electrical distribution services since 2008. With a commitment to continual expansion, we pride ourselves on evolving to meet the needs of various industries.
Since 2014, we've specialised in temporary power distribution for indoor and outdoor film and TV production. Our extensive inventory includes a wide selection of generators, electrical distribution equipment, cables, heating solutions, lighting systems, cable ramps, and emergency exit signage.
We are passionate about power and committed to protecting our environment. We recognise our general and moral duty to safeguard our direct and indirect environments by adhering to legal requirements and implementing eco-friendly practices.
Our dedication to sustainable temporary hire solutions includes embracing new innovations and reducing our carbon footprint by minimising fuel usage, transportation, and utilising energy-efficient products such as LED lighting, hybrid battery systems and solar-powered fuel bowsers.
Our experienced team works diligently to provide the most energy-efficient temporary power systems tailored to your needs. As one of the first generator companies to offer HVO across our fleet, we lead the industry in sustainable practices.
consultant industry-professional other
engineering-and-technology
Glasgow
Educator, Industry professional, Practitioner, public speaker, third sector professional
Architecture and design, Creative and performing arts, Development studies, Drama and theatre studies, Earth science, Economics, Education, Environmental studies and forestry, Family and consumer science, Geography and human geography, History, Political science and international studies, Psychology, Public policy, Visual arts
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What does a positive, meaningful response mean to crises like Climate Change? I've spent 20 years at Glasgow School of Art, Cairngorms National Park Authority and Heriot-Watt University asking what we can all do, whatever our discipline or sector, about the social and economic issues that affect our environment. At GSA I'm the in-house environmentalist, working through the curriculum on how we can as designers redesign our society and economy, and as artists how we can emotionally connect everyone to the need for urgent change. We need a positive, future vision which art can provide. We need to care and we need the agency to change. We need the ideas for change in place, and creative people are key to this process.
I support charities through my fundraising and report writing expertise, and sit on the Board of theatre group Vanishing Point. I talk regularly to artists in Ireland through Visual Artists Ireland. Whenever possible, I outreach to arts and science disciplines at universities across Scotland, asking students what they can achieve as business people, engineers, historians, psychologists and in many other subject areas in addressing the crises we face. I work closely with the Climate Psychology Alliance and helped form the Scottish branch.
With a BSc in Rural Development, an MA in Global Development Management, and a Pg Cert. in Teaching the Creative Disciplines, I take a broad interest in how economics, society and nature interact. And how humans must change to survive. I am not academic staff, but as a development professional have a unique position and approach to working with and across academic disciplines, holding tutorials with students, being involved in their projects, supporting their well-being, and giving them the agency to take action in their own field.
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academic
earth-science engineering-and-technology
Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Perth and Kinross
Screen/Film professional
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screen-film-professional
Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Perth and Kinross
Public administration
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Project Manager of FifeScreen+TayScreen, screen office for the Councils of Angus, Dundee, Fife and Perthshire.
public-administration
Aberdeenshire
other
Public administration
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Film Office for Aberdeenshire, run by Eloise Grey for Aberdeenshire Council. We offer a locations service to film makers and location owners and facilitate film and TV companies coming to the region. Aberdeenshire has spectacular scenery from mountains to the coast all within an hour from transport hubs. Aberdeenshire is a location at the centre of the climate transition with places, technologies, and communities in which to tell new stories with climate adaptation at the core.
other
public-administration
Glasgow
Consultant, creative, Industry professional, third sector professional, visual artist
Creative and performing arts
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e-mail
Circular Arts Network (CAN) is an online platform designed to facilitate the sharing and redistribution of art resources, materials, and equipment within the creative community, embracing the principles of the circular economy. By promoting the reuse and repurposing of items, CAN helps reduce waste and extends the life cycle of resources, fostering sustainability.
Through our freely downloadable WordPress plugin, CAN is now available to be seamlessly integrated into any website, allowing people to easily post, find, and exchange items within their community of users.
By using CAN, artists, organisations, and institutions can connect within their local areas while also being part of a broader network. This interconnectedness enhances the overall health and sustainability of the arts community, fostering innovation, resilience and cross-artform collaboration.
CAN is not for profit, and is administrated by Sculpture Placement Group CIC.
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linkedin
At Sustainable Film, the name says it all. We embody the changing nature of film production, inspiring the industry to reduce harmful practices and drive forward innovative environmental solutions.
Working with Sustainable Film means aligning with forward-thinking innovators who offer unmatched production experience and a pioneering approach to sustainability. We deliver on our promise – because it’s all in our name.
consultant
Rest of UK
Industry professional, Screen/Film professional
Creative and performing arts
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We are Nest Productions – a specialist production company combining leading talent, expert knowledge and a personal approach across our international network. We're dedicated to our partners and create ground-breaking TV Productions together.
In a nutshell, we are a fully fledged production company – without any creatives.
The Nest offers up all of the back office TV Production support in various forms:
– companies who need production management, finance people, legal help…
– companies from abroad who need filming support and production services locally in the UK
– companies who need an infrastructure of a fully fledged indie
industry-professional screen-film-professional
creative-and-performing-arts
Edinburgh
Academic
Film history, theory and criticism
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail
academic
film-history-theory-and-criticism
Glasgow
Academic
Languages and literature
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e-mail
academic
languages-and-literature
Glasgow
Academic, Screen/Film professional
Creative and performing arts, Cultural and museum studies, Media and communication studies
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Professor of Film and Visual Culture, Producer - Urth Productions
academic screen-film-professional
visual-arts
City of Edinburgh
Academic
Linguistics
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phone, e-mail
Bernadette O’Rourke is Professor of Sociolinguistics and Hispanic Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow. Her research sits within the broad area of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language and focuses on the political and social meanings of language and their influence on society. She was Chair of the EU COST Action IS1306 entitled New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges. Her recent co-authored publications include New Speakers of Irish in the Global Context: New revival? (Routledge 2020) and the Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities (Palgrave 2019) which won the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Book Prize in 2020. She is currently completing a new book from a Leverhulme funded project entitled A new agenda in minority language sociolinguistics: rethinking contemporary language revitalisation (Cambridge University Press).
Her current work explores multidimensional approaches to multilingual sustainability. She examines how globalisation and increased movement of people have re-shaped the value of different languages and ways of speaking. For some commentators, globalisation is seen as key factor in the ‘dissolution’ of certain languages and diversity more broadly. This is by no means always the case. Languages are frequently taken up and used by new types of speakers, for new purposes and in new spaces. Her work examines this dynamic and its largely under-explored potential for the future of diversity more broadly. It builds on a broader programme of research as part of a British Academy Fellowship entitled New Geographies of Language in Minority Language Sociolinguistics. Existing research in minority language sociolinguistics, has hinted at the role played by space, context and environment in relation to language acquisition and use. It has not always explored such themes thoroughly or with reference to contemporary geographical debates. Similarly, the field of urban studies, sociology and geography have not always paid enough attention to language and multilingualism. Her work aims is to develop a multidimensional approach to language revitalisation and minority language sociolinguistics by bringing these and other fields into dialogue. Through her work, Bernie seeks to provide answers to key social questions such as to how to support linguistic diversity and multilingual sustainability in an age of globalisation as well as practical ways in which urban planners can engage more systematically with language issues in highly complex urban environments not only in Europe but around the world.
academic
linguistics
Rest of UK
Academic, Consultant, Educator, Industry professional, Practitioner, public speaker, Screen/Film professional
Creative and performing arts
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Jack Shelbourn is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Photography. Researching into sustainable and green film production with a focus on sustainable cinematography and the artistic movement of New Naturalism. Jack brings his professional practice to his teaching at the university, keeping it current along side his projects within the industry. Artistically, Jack specialises in the use of natural light and bouncing light to craft an image. Utilising his research into sustainable cinematography to complement this style and the productions he works on.
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I am an independent filmmaker and heavily involved with a new purpose built community cinema project - "Number 30". Situated in Huntly Aberdeenshire, this new facility has already become a stronghold for hosting films on sustainability, environmental, land and agricultural reform - therefore regularly looking for experts for Q&A sessions and speakers after new films. Likewise, any filmmakers on the look out for venues for new films - we welcome an approach.
screen-film-professional
visual-arts
Highland
Academic
Earth science
academic/expert
e-mail
I am a project coordinator involved in leading the activity of the Energy Knowledge Exchange (KE) sectoral group and to be the primary university interface into the Energy business community. I identify and support revenue-generating opportunities for the partnership and maximise energy-related KE by enabling collaborative and contract research projects. My primary research background involves establishing quantitative climate and ecological changes using a multi-proxy approach. Translating ecological change into environmental reconstructions and identifying forcing mechanisms driving climatic changes.
academic
earth-science
Glasgow
Academic, creative
Education
academic/expert media/journalist screen and film professional/ company/charity
e-mail, linkedin
Julia Römer is a Doctoral Researcher at Glasgow School of Art. Her research interests are in sustainability education and participatory research. She is using creative, participatory and design-led engagement to co-research with children and young people their educational experiences.
academic creative
education
other
Other
other
other
Stirling
Film history, theory and criticism
María Vélez-Serna teaches film and media at the University of Stirling. She studied at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the University of Glasgow. She was part of the Early Cinema in Scotland research project, and later wrote about non-theatrical film exhibition, community cinemas, and film festivals. She is the author of Ephemeral Cinema Spaces (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), and has also written on early film distribution and showmanship, and on Colombian films and audiences. Her current work focuses on the uses of audiovisual media in facilitating and contesting extractivism, through the histories of coal mining in Scotland and Colombia. She is also interested in industrial film and the reuse of archive footage.
film-history-theory-and-criticism
Aberdeenshire
Environmental studies and forestry, Geography and human geography
Professor Tavis Potts is a Personal Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Governance at the University of Aberdeen. Prof. Potts interests include understanding the challenges of a Just Transition in Scotland and further afield, the social and political dimensions of climate, energy and Net Zero; and progressing towards healthy sustainable coastal communities and oceans. Prof. Potts is interested in the people side of sustainability, how it affects our daily lives, how we engage and how we can bring communities on the sustainability journey.
Nomad Film & TV Location caterers. A family run catering business b based in Glasgow, striving to feed hungry crews, in the sustainable and balanced ways we can. Leaving as little impact as we can.
other
Glasgow
Architecture and design
Based in north Glasgow, we run two buildings – Civic House & Glue Factory – work and event space for architecture, design, making, food, film and music.
Our mission is to create the space and facilities that support people to turn ideas into action and build a positive future for Glasgow.
Agile City is a community interest company and operates as a social enterprise. We have two primary revenue streams – renting workspace and hiring space for events and production.
All our work is rooted in our local context around the canal in north Glasgow, we believe this reinvestment cycle can have long-term positive impact on the local economy and regeneration of the area.