Our current programme - DTA Future Societies - supports solution driven research that tackles the world's most pressing challenges, with projects guided by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the corresponding research priorities of the participating universities. 

The collaborative research environment of DTA Future Societies nurtures the potential of doctoral researchers to generate the visionary strategies required to protect the world's ecological balance while taking care of the fundamental human needs of food, water and energy sustainability via the subthemes of resource sustainability, citizen equality and societal challenges.

DTA Future Societies Leadership Team 

Co-Director, Prof Sarah Cooper, Birming City University

Co-Director, Dr Arun Alahannan, Coventry University

See how our current Future Societies doctoral researchers are aiming to addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

DTA Future Societies Partner Universities