Centres and Institutes

The School hosts a number of research centres which provide a specialist focus for staff and postgraduate research activities.

Bell Edwards Geographic Data Institute (BEGIN)

The Bell Edwards Geographic Data Institute (BEGIN) is a network of data researchers in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development. The institute brings together academic staff, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students who work with geographic data and are interested in developing new methods and modelling approaches for geographic problems. 

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Centre for Population Change (CPC)

The CPC carries out a varied programme of collaborative research on fertility and family formation, household change, migration and population modelling.

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Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI)

The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is a partner in the SOI, an interdisciplinary research institute studying the marine environment.

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St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities (StACCS)

StACCS is a University-wide Global Research Centre which promotes and nurtures collaborative, transdisciplinary research towards a more sustainable society, drawing on insights and methodologies from the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences. Key questions for StACCS include: What action is needed? Where is it needed? And who needs to act?

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Blue Carbon Research Centre

More information coming soon!