The event will focus on:

• What are the opportunities and challenges of the sustainability concept and how can heritage research contribute towards understanding it further?
• How can heritage research help inform evidence-based policies related to sustainable development challenges, such as issues of social justice, instability, and legacies between nations and peoples?
• Can heritage research help ensure successful implementation towards achieving sustainable development (e.g. through ensuring programmes understand and work within local contexts)?
• How can heritage research support effective frameworks of government, or support the political will to transform research and innovation into sustainable long-term practices?

Speakers include:

Adala Leeson, Head of Social and Economic Analysis and Evaluation, Historic England

Alison Heritage, Project Manager, ICCROM

Beth Perry, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Sheffield

Gameli Kodzo Tordzro, Research Associate, University of Glasgow

Gillian Joanne Foster, Institute for Ecological Economics  

Hana Morel, Research Associate, UCL 

Harman Saggar, Head Economists for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, DCMS

Jack Philips, Economic Advisor, DCMS

Kalliopi Fouseki, Programme Director/Senior Lecturer for Sustainable Heritage, UCL

Kelsea Sellars, Policy Researcher, Ubele

Krystyna Swiderska, Principal Researcher, iied

Michael Stubbs, Land Use and Planning Advisor, National Trust

Sara Turnbull, Founder/Director, WorkWild