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Challenging the sustainability of urban beekeeping: evidence from Swiss cities
Data on: (1) (Dataset 1) spatial distribution of urban beekeeping (number of hives and number of beekeeping locations) in 14 Swiss cities (Geneva, Lausanne, Biel, Neuchatel,... -
Potentials of domestic biomass resources for the energy transition in Switzer...
Switzerland has a reliable and cost efficient energy system. Due to phase out of nuclear energy it is necessary to find new options to maintain this powerful energy system. The... -
Organic and Conventional viticultural growers. Socio-economic characteristics
The research was carried out in Central Mcedonia and specifically in the prefectures of Imathia, Thessaloniki, Kilkis, Pella, Pieria, Serres and Halkidiki, through... -
Exploring urban agriculture, social cohesion and environmental justice
Interviews and conversations collected between March 2011 and November 2013 on urban agriculture, social cohesion and environmental justice. Respondents were urban agricultural... -
Interviews: Sustainable housing growth
Local interviews: policy and other actors engaged in planning and delivery of sustainable housing. This project will examine the challenges and tensions associated with new... -
Ethical markets for wildflowers in South Africa
Work Package 3 of this ESRC Knowledge Exchange project was the only one of four work packagaes generating new data. This new data was a modest scoping study of ethical markets... -
Consumer perceptions of energy and clothes shopping: a focus group study
Written transcripts from 5 qualitative, semi-structured focus groups held with consumers as part of the TRANSFER project. The focus groups were conducted in July 2014 at... -
Consumer perceptions of energy and clothes shopping: a high street survey
SPSS data file and questionnaires from a High Street survey conducted as part of the TRANSFER project. A total of 138 members of the general public (mix of genders and ages)... -
CCCEP II: Systemic approaches to low carbon transitions 2013-2018
This collection contains data from case study analysis of low carbon industrial development in the Humber region in the UK, and Styria in Austria. The data includes interview... -
The ESRC Nexus Network: Core Activities and Outputs, 2014-2018
From its launch in June 2014 through to the end of its project life in 2018, the ESRC Nexus Network worked to support transdisciplinary research at the... -
The role of regulation in developing biological alternatives to pesticides 20...
Although chemical pesticides have often attracted controversy, viable biological alternatives have been slow to come onto the market. Is this because the regulatory system makes... -
How the urban poor define and measure food security in Cambodia and Nepal 201...
The data in this collection include transcripts of group discussions held in two urban centres in each country - the capital city and a secondary town - and the questionnaire... -
Integrated construction and environmental management systems in informal sett...
This data covers Phases 1, 3 and 4 of the ISULabaNtu project. The project collected interview, focus group and survey data as well as photographs and participatory workshops.... -
Fieldwork primary research in three informal settlements in Durban, South Afr...
This collection includes files related to fieldwork activities under Phase 2 ‘Community Participation through Action Research’. The collection involves data in the form of... -
Sustainable Consumption, the Middle Classes and Agri-food Ethics in the Globa...
This research is an international study to evaluate the mobilisation and practice of sustainable consumption in global South contexts through an examination of systems of food... -
Data for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Climate Change in Brazi...
This data collection consists of bioeconomic parameters useful for modelling sustainable farm systems in Brazil. The data is based on representative systems for the Amazon,... -
Design Decision-making for Sustainability, 2020
There has been a great deal of focus in the sustainability sector in recent years on the importance of the role of design, and of making better design decisions, in order to... -
Supporting the Measurement and Enhancement of African Children's Rights and W...
This project involves the analysis of secondary policy and household survey macro- and micro-data that are relevant to African governments’ fulfilment of children’s rights and... -
Interviews with UK Global Challenges Researchers and Overseas Collaborators o...
26 online interviews were conducted of which 22 are available in this archive. One female UK interviewee did not audio-record clearly enough for accurate transcription; and one... -
Decarbonising and Diversifying Defence: A Workers’ Enquiry for a Just Transit...
The main strand of the project was a ‘workers' enquiry’ - a method that encourages workers to think about and articulate their situation in the productive process. Fifty-eight...