# Centre for Environment and Society (CES)
**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/centres/centre-for-environment-and-society
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/research-centres
Director(s):
[Professor Simon Underdown](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/simon-underdown)
Contact:
[sunderdown@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:sunderdown@brookes.ac.uk)
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## About us
The Centre for Environment and Society is home to a wide range of innovating research. Based in the School of Social Sciences, it brings together expertise from a diverse range of disciplines. Bridging the divide between hard and social sciences, it operates at the cutting edge of modern interdisciplinary academia.
### Part of
- [School of Social Sciences](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools/social-sciences "School of Social Sciences")
### Related courses
- [Anthropology (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/anthropology)
- [Geography (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/geography)
## Research impact
The Centre for Environment and Society interacts with a wide range of international users from across the scientific, commercial and NGO sectors. Its members work closely with national and international bodies, government agencies, museums, the media, statutory bodies and community organisations. Our research covers the globe and the diversity of active projects ranges from deep time to the present day.
## Leadership
### Professor Simon Underdown
- [+44 (0)1865 483718](tel:+44 (0)1865 483718)
- [sunderdown@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:sunderdown@brookes.ac.uk)
Interim Deputy Head of School for Strategy and Development and Professor of Biological Anthropology
[View profile for Simon Underdown](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/simon-underdown)
## Membership
Staff members
- Staff
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### Staff
| Name | Role | Email |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Dr Thomas Chambers](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/dr-thomas-chambers) | Senior Lecturer in Anthropology | [tchambers@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:tchambers@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Dr Susan Cheyne](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/susan-cheyne) | Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology and Primate Conservation | [s.cheyne@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:s.cheyne@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Dr Jason Danely](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/jason-danely) | Associate Professor of Anthropology | [jdanely@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:jdanely@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Professor Giuseppe Donati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/giuseppe-donati) | Professor in Biological Anthropology | [gdonati@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:gdonati@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Professor Catherine (Kate) Hill](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/catherine-hill) | Professor in Anthropology | [cmhill@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:cmhill@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Dr Mel Nowicki](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/melanie-nowicki) | Reader in Urban Geography | [mnowicki@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:mnowicki@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Professor Adrian Parker](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/adrian-parker) | Professor in Geography | [agparker@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:agparker@brookes.ac.uk) |
## Groups
[Human Origins and Palaeo Environments (HOPE)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/human-origins-and-palaeo-environments "Human Origins and Palaeo Environments (HOPE)")
[Space and Temporalities](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/space-and-temporalities "Space and Temporalities")
[Humans, Animals and Environment](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/humans-animals-and-environment "Humans, Animals and Environment")
## News
[Uncover evidence of human occupation in Arabia from up to 210,000 years ago](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/2022/02/international-researchers-uncover-evidence-of-huma "Uncover evidence of human occupation in Arabia from up to 210,000 years ago")
[Discovery of a rare faecal sample in South Africa (15th Century human diet)](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/c409b9aa-b1d9-4341-9011-adafc89cc4ea/1/ "Discovery of a rare faecal sample in South Africa (15th Century human diet)")
## Past events
### The Sense of 'Home’: An Interdisciplinary Workshop
### Forensic anthropology in the UK - past, present and future, Professor Dame Sue Black, OBE
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