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BRIDGES UK Hub, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David Hub represents the United Kingdom in the UNESCO Bridges Coalition.

Wales and the Welsh government’s forward thinking with regards the environment, sustainability, climate change, culture, community, and the future stands out in UK politics. With UWTSD’s focus on interfaith, intercultural peace promotion, Materialities and future generations, the UWTSD Hub aims to find new ways to generate discussion, stimulate research and produce strategies that allow multi-species, more-than-human communities to negotiate a new safe and fair pathway into our shared futures.

A Welsh hub not only fills a regional opening but also coupled with UWTSD’s newly aligned focus on the promotion of peace, it provides an additional dimension to the fullest notion of what sustainability might look like.

“What Wales is doing today, the world will do tomorrow.”

– Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary General

Meet our Hub Staff

We’re a dynamic group of individuals who are passionate about what we do and dedicated to delivering the best results for our clients.

  • Luci Attala

    Deputy Executive Director of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition and Director of the UK BRIDGES Hub at UWTSD. She is an Associate Professor in Anthropology with a focus on Environmental Anthropology (Water) and New Materialities.

  • Louise Steel

    Director of research at the UK BRIDGES Hub at UWTSD. She is a Professor of Mid Eastern Archaeology with a focus on clay and New Materialities.

  • Sophie Spooner

    Senior Administrative Officer and Communications Lead, responsible for administration, coordination and communications of the UK hub. 

  • Daniel Priddy

    Sustainability Advisor.

  • Lymarie Rodriguez

    Research Assistant working on 'AHRC Mission Award for REPAIR: Retrofitting for the Future, nature based solutions'. Lead on the Well-being of Future Generations Pledge.

  • Catrin Bradley

    Project Officer, working closely with the Directorate and UNESCO-MOST, supporting projects within the IPO and UK Hub.

‘The Creative Complications and Challenges of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Transdisciplinary Research Method: Experiencing Dreaming as an Approach—My Story’

Among contributions to the publication, 'Bridging History and Policy: Essays on Resilience, Sustainability and Systems Modelling', is a chapter by BRIDGES Prof. Luci Attala titled ‘The Creative Complications and Challenges of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Transdisciplinary Research Method: Experiencing Dreaming as an Approach—My Story’. This chapter highlights alternative methodologies like dreaming and Indigenous knowledge systems, challenging traditional academic hierarchies and advocates for genuine, equitable co-design that reconfigures how we understand human-environment relationships.

From Building to Home - Imagining Life in the Biome.

What turns a biophilic building into a home? The answer lies not only in its design, but in how people experience, adapt and care for the spaces around them. As future residents of the Biome prepare to move into their new homes, Project REPAIR is exploring this transition through anthropological research.

We are not waiting: care, cohesion and creativity: youth-led pathways to redefining systems change

If you missed the third and final webinar in the “We are not waiting” series, you can catch up on the meaningful conversations here, covering grassroots advocacy, mutual aid and youth-led action. Daniel Creutzfeldt, Educere Alliance, moderated the session, which brought together passionate young leaders from around the world to discuss how communities are tackling the climate crisis and systemic challenges from the ground up. The contributions from participants were truly inspiring, generating valuable discussion and sharing of ideas.

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