The University of Portsmouth, which is already leading the search for solutions to the global plastics crisis, is now playing a key role in a new academic journal focused on the growing problem.
The University of Portsmouth, which is already leading the search for solutions to the global plastics crisis, is now playing a key role in a new academic journal focused on the growing problem.
Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of Revolution Plastics at University of Portsmouth, has been announced as the Editor in Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, which will be published by Cambridge University Press and devoted to finding solutions to plastic pollution.
The announcement cements the University of Portsmouth’s growing reputation as a centre of expertise on plastic pollution. Professor Fletcher will be joined on the publication editorial board by another University of Portsmouth colleague. Dr Fay Couceiro, who earlier this year set up the University of Portsmouth’s Microplastics Research Group, will be one of the five Senior Editors chosen from a field of global experts.
Never has the need for solutions to the global plastics crisis been so urgent. Systemic change and a globally coordinated approach are vital to bringing an end to plastic pollution. Our new journal will be pivotal in providing a platform for exploration, discussion and debate on how to solve plastic pollution.
Professor Steve Fletcher said: “Never has the need for solutions to the global plastics crisis been so urgent. Systemic change and a globally coordinated approach are vital to bringing an end to plastic pollution. Our new journal will be pivotal in providing a platform for exploration, discussion and debate on how to solve plastic pollution.”
“Academia, industry, governments, NGO's, pressure groups and citizens all need to work together to tackle this emergency. The role of academia in providing possible solutions is critical, but this needs to draw on a range of disciplines from science to the arts. The answer to the plastic problem is not just going to be found in scientific labs, but also in such areas as the performing arts, citizen science projects and policy analysis.
“Our new journal will be pivotal in providing a platform for exploration, discussion and debate on how to solve plastic pollution.”
Cambridge Prisms: Plastics will accelerate discovery across disciplines by publishing the latest cross-cutting plastics research on the connections between plastics, people, and nature. The journal launches at a critical time for plastics research with an ever-increasing global need for implementing solutions to tackle the current plastics crisis.
Dr Jessica Jones, Publisher and Senior Scientific Editor of Cambridge Prisms, said: ‘’Cambridge Prisms: Plastics will accelerate discovery across disciplines by publishing the latest cross-cutting plastics research on the connections between plastics, people, and nature. The journal launches at a critical time for plastics research with an ever-increasing global need for implementing solutions to tackle the current plastics crisis. We are delighted to welcome our full international Editorial Board to an incredibly important title in the Cambridge Prisms journal portfolio.’’
Launching in May 2023, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics will be a new gold standard and open access journal. It will map the full field of plastics research with an interdisciplinary and wide-reaching scope. The journal will cover science and policy topics that underpin connections between plastics, human and environmental health, environmental justice, and human rights.