Generating Transdisciplinary Solutions for the Plastics Crisis

Solving the global plastics crisis calls for dramatically different approaches than those attempted over the last 30 years. The most effective solutions will draw on multiple disciplines and involve partnerships across the global plastics community. Institutions that support this kind of plastics research can be instrumental to developing and monitoring solutions.

Hear from Antaya March and Steve Fletcher from the University of Portsmouth’s , a world-recognized transdisciplinary research center, on how they integrate legal scholarship, arts-based methods, citizen science, enzyme digestion, the climate agenda, fashion and textiles, and microplastics research into solutions to the plastics crisis.

RSVP now for this seminar (lunch provided!) to learn about approaches and synergies that could inform plastics research and engagement at Duke.

Organized by the in partnership with Duke University’s , which includes more than 40 researchers across numerous disciplines at Duke University.

***** TIP: You might also be interested in registering for Student Showcase: Confronting the Plastics Crisis Through Applied Research and Outreach on Tues., March 21, 3:30-4:45 p.m. ET.

Antaya March is a senior research associate at Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth. She is a coastal and marine governance specialist, with a specific focus on the impacts of policy on people and the environment, including plastics policy, fisheries management, and the blue economy. She has led and managed a number of large projects and has collaborated with a wide network of international agencies including the World Bank, UNEP, African Union, IUCN, and African Development Bank. She is the research lead for the Global Plastics Policy Centre, delivering plastic policy analysis and evidence-based recommendations to support improved decision-making and public accountability.

Steve Fletcher is the director of Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastics Policy Centre, as well as the coordinator of all of the University of Portsmouth’s sustainability research activity. He is an expert in policy analysis and has personally advised the World Bank, UNEP, G20, and multiple governments on various ocean policy matters. He is an expert member of the UNEP International Resource Panel and former Chief Strategy Officer at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the new interdisciplinary journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, which curates high-quality research to underpin the transition to a sustainable plastics future.

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