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The success of the Institute and more recently its sister (UCL ISR) has led our host faculty to set up T to host and support the existing Institutes and two new institutes built on the strong foundations of existing Õ¬ÄÐÊÓƵ centres of research excellence, the and .

This is an exciting opportunity for UCL to demonstrate its commitment to  cross disciplinary research and teaching in the area of sustainability. In addition, the School will provide the structure to facilitate working across faculties,  running structured Doctoral programmes and undertaking problem oriented  teaching and research which requires strong partnerships with industry, government, NGO’s and research funders. The Schools aim is to enable the Institutes to flourish and develop their teaching and research programmes. The School will provide within one cost centre the depth and breadth of disciplinary skills covering both the natural and social sciences, so that the Institutes can focus on tackle the challenges the world faces.

From the 1st August, Professor Tadj Oreszczyn will be the Director of the new , will become the Director of the UCL Energy Institute and Professor Neil Strachan Deputy Director. Tadj will retain his Professorship in the UCL Energy Institute and also carry on as Director of the located in the UCL Energy Institute. Bob and Neil’s new roles reflect UCL-Energy’s UK leading position in energy demand and energy systems teaching and research. For example, Bob runs the leading and Neil is Principle Investigator of the UK’s major energy system research programme.

Images: Professor Bob Lowe (L), Professor Neil Strachan (R)