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.
The Academia Belgica in Rome recently hosted "Entangled Seascapes" a specialised symposium that aimed to reframe understanding of maritime history. Moving away from traditional views of the sea as a static stage, the conference positioned oceanic worlds as active, "more-than-human" participants in historical development.
The Interwoven Project explores how the Arts and Humanities can contribute to addressing contemporary ecological and environmental challenges. Supported by the Catalyst Fund, Interwoven brings together researchers from Coastal TALES with staff and students from WISA, working in collaboration with Clare Revera of Welsh Baskets. The project’s central aim is to co-design a sustainable heritage basket for Coastal TALES’ societal partner, Câr-y-Môr, as an environmentally friendly alternative to the plastic bags and baskets currently used for shellfish and seaweed harvesting.
We begin this series focussing on publications from 2025, with a paper written by Luci Attala, Louise Steel, and Gareth Thomas, BRIDGES IPO and UK Hub, UWTSD, and Nigel Robins: Geographer and specialist in Welsh industrial history. In a significant submission to the UK Parliament, a transdisciplinary team challenge traditional "top-down" approaches to environmental restoration, arguing that the true value of Wales’ industrial legacy lies as much in its "intangible" culture as in its ecology; demonstrating the value of local, historical, and cultural stories to foster climate change adaptation and coastal resilience. The paper was submitted as written evidence for the Welsh Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament, published 19 March 2025.
Work is well underway on the ground-breaking “REPAIR: Retrofitting for the Future: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation” project. The ambition is to transform the urban landscape by integrating nature, wellbeing, and sustainability. The four-year project is one of just three across the UK chosen for funding through AHRC’s new Mission Awards. Through this project, the city of Swansea, Wales, is set to become a beacon of sustainable, nature-led urban living. This innovative, four-year, £3 million initiative, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), is pioneering a new way to adapt older urban buildings to the challenges of climate change and wellbeing.
Luci Attala, Deputy Executive Director of BRIDGES, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, will be presenting the paper Listening to the Bubbles: How Water Answers in Indigenous Kogi Epistemology. Sharing Ways of Knowing through Relational and More-than-Human Histories, at this upcoming conference in Rome.
