As a global university in the heart of London, our students and staff travel for fieldwork and fieldtrips, to share their research at international conferences and to build global partnerships. But travel has an impact on the climate, and business travel is the fourth largest source of emissions at King’s. The University is committed to reducing these emissions, while not compromising our core mission.

This event will include a panel discussion and Q&A exploring how we minimise emissions from air travel, while improving diversity and equity in academia and delivering our ambitions. Highlighting a range of perspectives related to this issue, the discussion will help inform further measures to enable sustainable travel at King’s.

Panel

• Professor Frans Berkhout, Assistant Principal (King’s Climate & Sustainability) and Professor of Environment, Society, and Climate (Chair)
• Dr Jasmin Cooper, Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
• Dr Amanda Lenhardt, Lecturer in Development Policy and Practice, Department of International Development
• Dr David Morris, Lecturer in Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine
• Professor Laura J. Spence, Professor of Business Ethics & Sustainability, King’s Business School

Location

K2.29 Council Room, King’s Building, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS

Event timings

15:00 Panel discussion

15:45 Q&A

16:30 Networking, tea & coffee

17:00 Event ends