Earth Fellows Edit 2026

Welcome

Edinburgh Earth Initiative's Earth Fellows programme gives current students the unique opportunity to work on paid climate and environment projects, engage with professional development events and build a network for collective action on climate change. This year's Earth Fellows Edit showcases the wonderful work of many of this year's Earth Fellows, and acts as a record of their contributions to our collective climate knowledge.

This year we continue to include quotes from project partners across the University. The Earth Fellows programme could not run without the fantastic collaboration from all our project partners and we are very grateful for your ongoing support.

Interdisciplinary research

Priya Thapliyal, Emma Brown, Marie-Louise Woehrle, Sarka Ondrouchova, Thomas Harrison, Simran Sonawalla, Yvonne Fondo

We carried out interdisciplinary research across the University's six climate and environment challenge areas, supported by research staff across the University.

Knowledge sharing and global partnerships

Howard Mwesigwa, Katherine Taylor, Rachel Orchard, Emma Ackerley

We worked with colleagues across the University to engage with COP30 climate conference and build online and in-person research communities.

Education and behaviour change

Douglas Copeman, Foteini Dervisi, Jessica Chacko, Gina Constable, Janhavee Belvalkar

We developed materials for teaching climate skills in maths, developed insights on climate-conscious engineering and engaged the university community with sustainable behaviours.