UKMMN Sustainability Winter School

Published on 2nd September 2026

Date: 11th January – 14th January

Commitment Fees

Attendees are required to pay a non-refundable fee. The fee is to be paid by successful applicants within two weeks of receiving notice of their place at the Winter School.

Students based at a UK institution: £300

Students based at non-UK institutions: £600

Applicants will be reviewed on application. After the review the store link will then be supplied depending on eligibility

This event is for anyone interested in developing the sustainability aspects of their research/approach, with a focus on metamaterials considerations and applications. This is also for non-metamaterial researchers interested in transitioning or collaborating more with metamaterial methods/researchers.

Sustainability is a broad and multidisciplinary challenge area. To evidence direct impact in sustainability (a regular request in many funding calls) fundamental and applied metamaterial research needs to be analysed through a sustainability lens. Their currently lacks specific metamaterial/sustainability training to develop understanding, approaches and analysis to plan and test metamaterials sustainability potential.

This winter school’s topics will cover:

Introductory sessions to both sustainability and metamaterial design
Life Cycle Analysis workshop sessions to aid analysis of attendees designs
Writing for sustainability (e.g. including relevant information in papers and bids)
Renewable energy lab tours, amongst other activities still to be confirmed.

Please request/suggest what would you would find useful when registering and we will try to accommodate if possible.

Organisers:

Dr Katie Shanks (University of Exeter)
Dr Steve Hepplestone (University of Exeter)
Dr Rox Middleton (University of Bath)
Professor Ioannis Papakonstantinou (UCL)

Access Fund

Travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered except in exceptional circumstances. If the cost of travel would prevent you attending, please contact info@metamaterials.network for information on how to apply to our access fund. All applications to the Access Fund must be made prior to the event.