Staff profile for Julian Dobson, Senior Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University

I am a senior lecturer in Sustainable Construction and Climate Change. In addition to my research duties, I lecture specifically on issues of Energy, Buildings and integrated renewable energy systems, Climate Change, Sustainability in the Built Form and Environmental Management.

Demonstrating research that will help the UK recover from Covid-19 sustainably is the aim of the Innovation Conference.

Researchers are investigating whether prescribing nature can help prevent and tackle mental ill health.

Design experts have created new packaging for a textile recycling firm that has helped the company expand.

Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn.

From exploring how active travel can be embedded into our daily lives to understanding how our working life has become fundamentally changed by a global pandemic – the 2020 Festival of Social Sciences will explore pioneering research from Sheffield Hallam University.

The work of three Hallam academics has gone on display as part of the Venice Biennale - one of the most prestigious international architecture exhibitions.

Sheffield Hallam has joined a consortium which will examine how the foundation industries can grow and develop whilst achieving net zero 2050 environmental targets.

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University are part of a worldwide group of organisations who have received a £7million government contract to develop sustainable methods of glass manufacturing.