Resources

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We publish So What?  magazine to highlight the latest trends and developments in sustainability at Anglia Ruskin University. We also produce Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) Briefing Notes and Working Papers which give an overview of our research.

So What? The SKILLS issue 

The latest edition of our magazine (Issue 16) explores the skills that are necessary to create a sustainable future. With articles and editorials from members of the GSI team and friends and colleagues across ARU and beyond - we discuss the skills that staff and students are embedding across ARU and the importance of both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills. We also move beyond skills and explore holistic, accessible and inclusive ways of thinking that nurture creativity, cultivate values and embrace nature to help empower us all to work towards a more sustainable world.

Read Issue 16: Skills (2025/26) here!

Current So What?  editors: Kate Baker and John Gibson

Previous editions

Celebrate over ten years of the GSI by exploring previous issues below.

Issue 15: Impact (2024/25)

Issue 14: Net Zero (2023/24)

Issue 13: Landscapes (2022/23)

Issue 12: 10th Anniversary (2020/21)

Issue 11: Justice (2019/20)

Issue 10: Energy (Autumn 2018)

Issue 9: Health (Autumn 2017)

Issue 8: The Future (Winter 2016)

Issue 7: Gender (Spring-Summer 2016)

Issue 6: Politics (Summer 2015)

Issue 5: Students (Summer 2014)

Issue 4: Water (Winter 2013)

Issue 3: Food (Summer 2013)

Issue 2: Art & Culture (Winter 2012)

Issue 1: The Green issue (Summer 2012)

GSI Briefing Notes

Briefing notes give you an overview of GSI research findings or an existing policy or issue. They explain our position on an issue or provide a concise summary of full-length GSI publications. Current Briefing Notes editors: Rosie Robison (maternity leave), Alison Greig.

GSI Working Papers

Working papers give you an opportunity to read about the GSI’s emerging research findings, but in a little more depth than our concise Briefing Note summaries. They can be an original piece of research based on actual project data, literature reviews, perspectives, or methodological papers. Current Working Paper editor: Zareen Bharucha.