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Have to simplify to work cross-discipline

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Overcome obstacles of international collaborations and within UK increasing diversity of researchers and research 

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Overcome obstacles of international collaborations and within UK increasing diversity of researchers and research 

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Overcoming GCRF legacy and build trust with international collaborators -- and within UK increase the diversity of researchers and other academic staff

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Strength: provision++ of funding in public health to develop skills in systems and complexity science
UKRI - aligning funding interests and various funders from different disciplinary perspectives

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UK seen as Planetary Health leader (in addition to more US based Planetary Health Alliance)

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UK seen as Planetary Health leader (in addition to more US based Planetary Health Alliance)

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Method for transcdisciplinary review needs change

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Method for transcdisciplinary review needs change

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Either longer applications or review direct by well prompted interdisciplinary panel might work

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Air pollution and health research is a key strength - from understanding coal based smog - still a problem in many countries - to diesel emission impacts on health. 

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Air pollution and health research is a key strength - from understanding coal based smog - still a problem in many countries - to diesel emission impacts on health. 

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Can't send researchers overseas as they need to be living in the UK for funding from UKRI. Barrier to getting to the bottom of this.

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Strong base of planetary health 'bodies' througout UK unis and other

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Strong base of planetary health 'bodies' througout UK unis and other

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we build capacity in health and medicine without really building capacity in interconnected planetary health 

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we build capacity in health and medicine without really building capacity in interconnected planetary health 

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weakness - need to encourage more accountability research 

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weakness - need to encourage more accountability research 

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AMR and ecological perspectives on infectious disease

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AMR and ecological perspectives on infectious disease

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but need to expand to include further transdisciplinarity and still disconnect of dialogue between ecological and medical infection/disease researchers

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We are world-leading at disease modelling; hence, there is an opportunity to integrate this with environmental modelling to explore the environment-health nexus in future

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We are world-leading at disease modelling; hence, there is an opportunity to integrate this with environmental modelling to explore the environment-health nexus in future

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Strong in developing conceptual frameworks and global modelling. Weaker in local application. There is poor support for local studies from a funding, publishing and career  perspective

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Strong in developing conceptual frameworks and global modelling. Weaker in local application. There is poor support for local studies from a funding, publishing and career  perspective

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like minded international funders to undertake joint research programmes  

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like minded international funders to undertake joint research programmes  

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we could be leader in linking human and environmental databases

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we could be leader in linking human and environmental databases

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along the lines of the Planetary Health Observatory of Andy and others https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)33042-9/fulltext could be use to monitor, evaluate, identify new challenges -- but need support in terms of training, sharing methods and long term support for databases

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In May, 2019, a prominent group of scientists voted to designate a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, that reflects the commencement of substantial human impact on the Earth's systems.

The scale of human impact is such that in many areas it threatens the functioning of the natural systems that sustain the health of human civilisation. Rockström and colleagues refer to nine planetary boundaries that if transgressed could lead to non-linear, abrupt environmental change. , These boundaries indicate critical risks arising from climate change, ocean acidification, depletion of stratospheric ozone, biogeochemical flows, atmospheric aerosol loading, land-system changes, global use of freshwater, biosphere integrity, and novel entities., Breaching these boundaries has the potential for major, but imperfectly understood, risks to human health and wellbeing. Most of these risks are not clearly recognised or monitored, and are invisible to the policy, economic, and social systems that can help mitigate them.

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1. 1. The Anthropocene as a geological time unit: a guide to the scientific evidence and current debate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019

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Planetary Health Watch: integrated monitoring in the Anthropocene epoch.

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Monitoring environmental change and human health: Planetary Health Watch

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In May, 2019, a prominent group of scientists voted to designate a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, that reflects the commencement of substantial human impact on the Earth's systems.1 The scale of human impact is such that in many areas it threatens the functioning of the natural systems that sustain the health of human civilisation.

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Minimal focus on mental and social wellbeing 

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Minimal focus on mental and social wellbeing 

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Modelling the impact of climate on health. As said earlier, Wellcome analysis points to strong role of UK organisations in this space 

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Modelling the impact of climate on health. As said earlier, Wellcome analysis points to strong role of UK organisations in this space 

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long and difficult process to get funding for things like GCRF hubs. puts lots of people up and stops us being able to diversify the area

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capacity for north-south learning i.e learning from communities and colleagues in global south and the centers of excellence there inc UNU 

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capacity for north-south learning i.e learning from communities and colleagues in global south and the centers of excellence there inc UNU 

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We have excellent high level conceptual thinking and models ready for application 

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We have excellent high level conceptual thinking and models ready for application 

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tensions between setting agenda on topic from the UK and different priorities on the ground for other settings. Important to perhaps not structure fundings on specific topic themes and more focus on the TYPES of research. That way, topic priorities can be set locally. Need to be sure to avoid unintended consequence of skewing research landscapes and activities that are not driven by need but by UK identified priorities

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tensions between setting agenda on topic from the UK and different priorities on the ground for other settings. Important to perhaps not structure fundings on specific topic themes and more focus on the TYPES of research. That way, topic priorities can be set locally. Need to be sure to avoid unintended consequence of skewing research landscapes and activities that are not driven by need but by UK identified priorities

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We have real strengths in research looking at transport, sustainability and health - Leeds, southampton, UCL and ourselves. Also need to move on from health and sustainability I think to look at planetary health as a whole but we have a firm starting point for that.

Diffculty in where funding comes from for this - ESRC often pass such research over to EPSRC who suggest it is more public health so MRC. So need some joined up thinking.

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Prezode is a huge, international initiative to "prevent zoonotic disease" outbreaks. UKRI must get involved, if not already  

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Prezode is a huge, international initiative to "prevent zoonotic disease" outbreaks. UKRI must get involved, if not already  

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Strengths: process-based modelling and developing global datasets. Weaknesses: place-based decision making. Further developing of multi-scalar approaches.

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Strengths: process-based modelling and developing global datasets. Weaknesses: place-based decision making. Further developing of multi-scalar approaches.

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opportunity for early career researchers to be trained together across UK and LMICs. Needs to ensure equity in access to capacity strengthening opportunities that are cognisant of training realities. eg not limited to those studying for degrees

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opportunity for early career researchers to be trained together across UK and LMICs. Needs to ensure equity in access to capacity strengthening opportunities that are cognisant of training realities. eg not limited to those studying for degrees

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Collaboration with charities, like Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation

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huge opportunity going forwards in this area

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As was mentioned earlier by Joanne and Tolullah, I can't emphasise enough how important it is to have more open ended research discovery type model for funding if we are to truly involve communites and public.

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- Tap into oversease campuses networks
- Review rules around overseas payments and PI leadership
- Scale of e.g. GCRF Hubs creates visibility and leverage in a way smaller grants often can't

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Bilateral and multilateral cooperation with emerging countries

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Bilateral and multilateral cooperation with emerging countries

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Mining impacts on the freshwater environment and planetary health

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Mining impacts on the freshwater environment and planetary health

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splitting out health protection in separate silo from health promotion/protection after a decade of bringing together in PHE is very short sighted

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lack of clarity about the UK's priorities: (I) Brexit - we're going to be global Britain; (II) ODA-cuts - we're cutting aid. I do not think we know how to present our ambitions 

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lack of clarity about the UK's priorities: (I) Brexit - we're going to be global Britain; (II) ODA-cuts - we're cutting aid. I do not think we know how to present our ambitions 

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UK known for running large complex projects well and capacity building

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UK known for running large complex projects well and capacity building

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through mechanisms such as EU, Wellcome, GCRF etc

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drive to metrics only; there are other mechanisms for assessing whether communities, regions etc are able to use research-led processes and outomes

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drive to metrics only; there are other mechanisms for assessing whether communities, regions etc are able to use research-led processes and outomes

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GCRF, Wellcome, some UKRI, EU funding created cohorts of international and interdisciplinary ECRs

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GCRF, Wellcome, some UKRI, EU funding created cohorts of international and interdisciplinary ECRs

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they are the future -- provide a pathway for both UK and international ECRs going forward with UK research and training funding

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UKRI is really trying to grapple with interdisciplinary funding - and this is obvious from the ground as an researcher  actually this is a strength

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UKRI is really trying to grapple with interdisciplinary funding - and this is obvious from the ground as an researcher  actually this is a strength

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Maybe this isn't universal, but I see lots of research not being picked up effectively or quickly.

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natural systems and ecological processes continue to become secondary to human health in focus on activity, transport, sometimes food, pollution etc 

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natural systems and ecological processes continue to become secondary to human health in focus on activity, transport, sometimes food, pollution etc 

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assumption that locally based solutions and actions need to be generalizable. In terms of place-based approaches, this means thinking generalizability and scalability of local approaches through a different lens. A good amount of work on this across policy and academic work

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assumption that locally based solutions and actions need to be generalizable. In terms of place-based approaches, this means thinking generalizability and scalability of local approaches through a different lens. A good amount of work on this across policy and academic work