Science, waste, and the environment: Informing a sustainable future through an examination of the past

Narrative

Through the Institute for Environmental History, the research of Dr John Clark and Dr John Scanlan foregrounds the importance of a social and cultural appreciation of knowledge formation in the sciences to increase public awareness of environment and sustainability. The research has had impacts on cultural life and civic society by engaging with public discourse surrounding the history of scientific authority, and related aspects of technocracy and the management of waste. The impact has had international reach, through nationally broadcast television and radio appearances in the UK, continental Europe and North America, resulting in a growing awareness of the cultural significance of waste. This growing awareness can be further charted through public museum and art exhibitions in the UK and India, which explicitly acknowledged the underlying research as their inspiration.

Impact status	Open
Category of impact	Public Discourse Impact, Cultural, Creative Impact