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Thomas Rushby (MSc, PhD) is a researcher within the Sustainable Energy Research Group (Energy and Climate Change Division) at the University of Southampton. Prior to joining the University of Southampton, Tom spent 10 years working in civil and structural engineering before completing of a master’s degree in Architecture with a focus on energy, environment and […]


24th August, 2018

Staff from the Energy and Climate Change Division (part of the CareTeam) at the University of Southampton are involved in an Innovate UK funded project to Support Independent Living for adults who require it. CareTeam is a collaborative project bringing together Nquiringminds (software developer), Southampton City Council and the University of Southampton. The aim of […]



26th January, 2018

The 9 Case Studies showcase the breadth and applicability of the Liveable Cities research to practice and to everyday life. A copy of the case studies is available to download here: #1 Natural Capital in Birmingham. by Nick Grayson, Jonathan Sadler, James Hale, Martin Locret-Collet and Chris Bouch #2 Energy, Transport and Waste in Birmingham: […]


21st December, 2017

Following the roadshows and a successful closing event in the House of Lords, the Liveable Cities – Little Book series are now available online to download as PDF. The Little Books aim to be easy to read and accessible in order to inform the public about some of the key research outputs and the main […]


21st December, 2017

SERG researchers Maj and Nicolas have just finished the last for 2017 SERG visit to Africa. The last two weeks they visited old Energy for Development (e4D) projects in Kenya and Uganda. As demand has grown in recent days, they discussed the opportunity for new projects and extension of the existing ones with REA (Rural […]


13th December, 2017

‘Improving energy security’ is a priority area for the Newton Agham Programme in the Philippines. Building capacity in research and development in energy studies to support the Philippine government’s commitments to the Paris Agreement of 2015 is a need and opportunity for international collaboration under the Newton Fund. One of these initiatives is the British […]


12th December, 2017

On 27th of November, SERG researchers presented their studies on cities in the House of Lords. Programme of the event can be found below:


Despina Manouseli Research Fellow (University of Southampton) Water Efficiency Specialist-Management Committee Member at IWA


Theme:   ‘Challenges faced by the UK and Philippines in the energy sector’ Date:   9 August – 6 September 2017 Venue:   University of Southampton