Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES): Researching everyday sustainabilities with immigrant households in Manchester

Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES) is a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust that explores how the knowledge and practices of immigrants from countries in the Global South contribute to building just and sustainable cities in the Global North.

We have asked people who have moved to Manchester from Somalia and Pakistan about how their experiences of migration shape their perceptions of sustainability as well as about the barriers to and motivations for engaging in environmentally significant practices in daily life.

The overarching purpose of TIES is to challenge Eurocentric assumptions about ‘environmental behaviour’ in order to broaden the dominant conceptions of sustainability that inform research and policy.

To get in touch with the research team, please email Dr Saima Ansari at saima.ansari@manchester.ac.uk.