What is Environments of Change?

Environments of Change is a transdisciplinary collaboration supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to explore, from multiple perspectives, the environmental history of late medieval Sussex using emerging digital tools. It aims to understand better the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature in the past and, in so doing, to apply these frameworks to present situations and contexts. It develops digital tools and resources that allow individuals to understand the complex and dynamic relationship between societies and the natural world. These tools will have application in educational, academic, policy, and tourist settings. 

To reconstruct the dynamic relationship between humans and nature, we work in partnership with 13 educational and private industry partners and more than 30 experts from diverse fields, including history, digital humanities, archaeology, ecology, dendroclimatology, geography, geology, tourism studies, fine arts, video game design, computer-assisted modelling, and computer graphics, amongst others. This partnership supports more than 400 learning and training opportunities for students at all levels.