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SUNRISE (Supporting ­­­University Network for Research in Sustainability Engagement) is a British Council funded project, managed by BU in collaboration with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

Join us tomorrow Wednesday April 24th for our collaborative showcase event of sustainability projects from BU and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).  We will meet together online and on campus (DG06, Dorset House, Talbot Campus) at 8-10 am UK time (sorry it’s early – it’s because of the time difference with Malaysia).

We will offer coffee and croissants and share projects from BU and USM.  We will launch our SUNRISE sustainability showcase aiming to inspire academic collaborations and student research around sustainability.  Our speakers tomorrow include:

from BU:

Dr Sukanya Ayatakshi Endow, who explores gender bias in crowd-funding

Dr James Fair, who explores sustainable developments within cinema

Dr Reena VIjayakumaran, who explores food insecurity and sustainable food in rural India.

from USM:

Dr Musfirah Zulkurnain, who explores sustainable solutions to food  security

Dr Derek Chieh, who examines sustainable production of high-quality duckweeds feedstock using fish farm wastewater

Dr Emilin Alli, who explores wear not waste: moving towards zero textile waste

Please register through this link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunrise-sustainability-projects-showcase-tickets-871764319547?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thank you to our speakers and everyone who contributed to the SUNRISE Showcase. We look forward to sharing the British Council funded SUNRISE project with you.

SUNRISE aims at inspiring and building capacity for sustainability research through hybrid cross-institutional student mobility events. Particularly, it focuses on leveraging student online and hybrid mobility to build capacity for research on sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More info on the project is available here. 

At BU, the project is managed by Dr Milena Bobeva (BUBS), Dr Reena Vijayakumaran (HSS), Prof Fiona Cownie (FMC), Dr Roberta Discetti (BUBS), and  Dr Daisy Fan (BUBS). Our partners at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) are Dr Vina Tan Phei Sean and Assoc Prof. Ng Theam Foo.