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Research output per year
Sarah is a quantitative geographer specialising in the use of geospatial analysis to understand the outcomes of human-environment interactions. Her main research interests are associated with urban environmental processes, climate adaptation and urban ecosystem benefits for health and wellbeing. Much of her research activity is motivated by the need to develop sustainable responses to current and future environmental challenges. She therefore often works in multi-disciplinary teams and in collaboration with non-academic partners.
Prof Sarah Lindley is based in the Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education & Development (SEED). She joined the University of Manchester as a Postdoctoral Researcher in 1999, began a Lectureship in GIS in 2001 and became a Professor of Geography in 2017. Sarah has led Geography's Environmental Processes Research Group, the cross-School Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology and was Director of Research for SEED between 2020-2023. She has served on the Inter-governmental Platform for Biodiversity & Ecosystem services (IPBES) Africa assessment 2015-18 and regularly presents to non-academic audiences, including the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (March 2019), Defra (Aug 2022) and Climate Change Committee (Dec 2023). Her applied and consultancy work includes research for Friends of the Earth, Scottish Government, Natural England & C40 Cities.
Education, Qualifications and Career
Professional Activities
Sarah welcomes applications from prospective PhD researchers interested to pursue topics aligned with her research interests and with a strong GISc dimension. Sarah has supervised 17 PhD researchers to completion. they have been funded by a range of UK and non-UK funding sources.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wossink, A. (PI) & Lindley, S. (CoI)
12/08/22 → 11/02/25
Project: Research
Johnson, D. (PI), Bardgett, R. (CoI), Carter, J. (CoI), Clay, G. (CoI), Dennis, M. (CoI), Huck, J. (CoI) & Lindley, S. (CoI)
1/12/21 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
Kingston, R. (PI), Evans, J. (CoI), Lindley, S. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Coe, H. (CoI), Topping, D. (CoI) & Sharmina, M. (CoI)
1/10/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Lindley, S. (PI), Anderson, J. (CoI), Huck, J. (CoI), Rothwell, J. (CoI) & Speak, A. (CoI)
15/02/24 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Lindley, S. (PI) & Kingston, R. (CoI)
1/07/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Lindley, S. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lindley, S. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lindley, S. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Lindley, S. (Other)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Research
Lindley, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
(Participant), (Participant), Carter, J. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), Kingston, R. (Participant), Lindley, S. (Participant), (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Technological impacts
Lindley, S. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Societal impacts, Political impacts, Environmental, Policy, Awareness and understanding
(Participant), (Participant), Lindley, S. (Participant), (Participant), Whitford, V. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant) & Rahman, A. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Societal impacts
O'Neill, J. (Participant), Uebel, T. (Participant), Christian, R. (Participant), (Participant), Lindley, S. (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Technological impacts, Societal impacts
McMorrow, J. M. (Participant), Aylen, J. (Participant), (Participant), Albertson, K. (Participant) & Lindley, S. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Legal impacts, Societal impacts, Technological impacts
23/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
10/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
19/07/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment