Meet our Theme Leads

Our six Theme Leads steer the activity and focus for each theme they represent.

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  Professor Jennifer O'Brien

  Skills Theme Lead 

  Jen is an Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning at The University of Manchester, Principal Fellow of Advance HE and an Inaugural Fellow of the Manchester Institute of Teaching and Learning.

  Find out more about the Skills Theme

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  Dr Ben Parkes

  Resilience Theme Lead

  Ben is a lecturer in Climate Resilience in the Department of Civil Engineering and Management. His research focus is on mitigating or adapting to the impacts of climate change. The topics he researches range from water access for crops, to aircraft emissions to sustainable computing. His teaching has two major components, sustainability of infrastructure systems to the first year civil engineering students and climate impacts analysis to the fourth years. 

  Find out more about the Resilience Theme