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.
– Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary General
We’re a dynamic group of individuals who are passionate about what we do and dedicated to delivering the best results for our clients.
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.
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.
Senior Administrative Officer and Communications Lead, responsible for administration, coordination and communications of the UK hub.
Sustainability Advisor.
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.
Project Officer, working closely with the Directorate and UNESCO-MOST, supporting projects within the IPO and UK Hub.
As part of the ongoing work of the Coastal TALES project, a new short film titled Yma O Hyd has officially been released. Developed as a key project output, the film offers a powerful visual window into the realities, challenges, and resilience of coastal communities.
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.
The UNESCO UK Local to Global summer workshop in Wales took place on 23 July 2026, bringing together UNESCO Site Coordinators, partners, guest speakers and organisations from across the region for a day of learning, reflection and collaboration.
We are thrilled to share that our entry into the UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards - submitted by our team at the BRIDGES UK Hub and IPO at Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David - has been selected as a finalist in the ‘Benefitting Society’ category!
Recently, the Project REPAIR team gathered at Swansea University for a workshop focused on the part reflexive practice plays in transdisciplinary research. Steered by BRIDGES Luci Attala, the session prompted researchers to examine the impact of their personal experiences, assumptions, and academic backgrounds on the queries they pursue, the methodologies they select, and the insights they generate. Project REPAIR is funded through the AHRC Mission Awards programme, which brings together diverse expertise to address complex societal challenges. Reflexivity is central to Project REPAIR, to understand how different ways of knowing complement, challenge, and strengthen one another.
