Newsletter articles

SGR Newsletters are published roughly twice a year. The main articles are listed below. For details of the current issue and back issues, See our Newsletter page

A charter for one million new climate jobs

Gareth Dale outlines proposals for a major increase in employment in the UK climate sector.

Article from SGR Newsletter No. 38; winter 2010
 

A few words from the Director

Stuart Parkinson discusses the latest twists and turns in the climate science debate, and its relevance for public interest science.

Editorial from SGR Newsletter no. 38; winter 2010
 

Stop selling out science to commerce

Stuart Parkinson and Chris Langley summarise SGR's latest report, Science and the corporate agenda

Article from SGR Newsletter, no. 38; winter 2010

 

Nuclear disarmament slowly gathers pace

Stuart Parkinson critically examines progress on global nuclear disarmament over the past year.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 38, winter 2010
 

Making space for peace - preventing Missile Defence expanding warfare

Philip Chapman argues that international law on the military use of space still needs urgent attention, despite recent announcements from the Obama administration.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 38, winter 2010
 

Open ethics – a call for university commitment to ethical partnerships

A staff group at the Open University are proposing an ethical strategy for the development of external partnerships, which would include a severing of the institution’s links with the arms industry.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 38; winter 2010
 

Time for global responsibility in the global economy

Stuart Parkinson looks at the potential for a sustainable, low-carbon economy to be created through efforts to tackle the current global economic problems.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 37; spring 2009
 

Key principles in making sustainable buildings and places

Sandy Halliday traces the evolution of the principles behind sustainable design, and argues for their much wider use.

Article from SGR Newsletter no. 37; spring 2009
 

Social housing projects could learn from past successes

Past collaborative efforts of architects and policy-makers have produced elegant social housing solutions. Kate Macintosh reflects on two examples and how their lessons could help the housing crisis.

Article from SGR Newsletter, no. 37; spring 2009
 

Deterrence irrelevance: Trident, Britain and nuclear weapons

Nick Ritchie, Bradford University, outlines the serious flaws in the logic of nuclear deterrence upon which the proposed replacement of Trident is based.

Article from SGR Newsletter no.37, spring 2009