Prof Nick Pidgeon delivers 2026 British Academy Lecture in May
By: Communications
This spring, Prof Nick Pidgeon (who taught within UEA's School of Environmental Sciences from 1999-2006) returns to the University to deliver the British Academy Lecture.
Delivered by academics in the UK and beyond, the British Academy’s (BA) flagship lecture programme showcases the very best scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
In his lecture titled 'Sustainability, interdisciplinarity and the policy-environment nexus', Prof Pidgeon will explore how effective environmental policy needs innovation and transdisciplinary thinking – with strong collaboration between science and civil society using real world dilemmas drawn from energy systems, climate change, industrial decarbonisation, and agriculture – offering insight into how integrated thinking can help shape a more sustainable future.
The event will take place in person at The Enterprise Centre on Wednesday 13 May, from 6.30-7.30pm, or alternatively guests can join online.
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Prof Andy Jordan, Professor of Environmental Policy at UEA, will chair the talk.
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has been a partner of the BA and host venue since 2022, offering students, scholars and specialists a chance to expand their networks and learn about the latest developments in their field.
Prof Pidgeon is a social scientist who holds a Chair in Environmental Psychology at Cardiff University. He works across the disciplines on issues of risk perception, human behaviours, and public engagement for sustainability policy-making. He was awarded an MBE in 2014 for his work on climate change and energy security awareness, and became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.
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