The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)'s mission is to build strategic leadership capacity to tackle global challenges in pursuit of a sustainable world and we believe that research can play a crucial role in helping business and policy leaders make better informed provision for the future.

CISL wants to harness the research of leading academics to provide relevant and potentially impactful insights to businesses and policy makers about a sustainable future. We believe technological advancements alone will not be sufficient and that long-term political, economic and social changes will be required if the world is to prosper in the long term.

We have identified four thematic areas of focus for our research and the specific focus of this r