Travel blog

The STACEES Travel Blog features short informal articles on the topic of sustainable travel for research purposes. Contributions can include blogs about one’s own travel experiences, as well as accessibly written theoretical contributions.

To submit a blog article to the STACEES Travel Blog, please submit a draft (Word file, 1000 words maximum) to the STACEES team via [email protected]. We welcome contributions throughout the calendar year. We are currently publishing blogs from members of the University of St Andrews community, including all students and staff, as well as honorary staff.

Travel blog: Trial, error, and emissions reductions: learning from ‘sustainable’ travel approaches across UK universities

By Lydia Cole (Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development) and Nora Booth (Student, Geography and International Relations). Published on: 9 October 2024. In Semester 2 of 2024, the then third year International Relations and Geography student, Nora Booth, took a deep dive into sustainable travel approaches across the UK’s universities. The project idea was … Read more

Travel blog: Final Call

By Shona Russell Senior Lecturer, Department of Management (Business School). Published on: 26 September 2024. She stands.Waiting. Backpack onPassport in hand She remembers…The email.The invitation. — Give a talk?International audience Present.Learn.Connect. A little glow.Accepted.Part of the community. Her mentor says“Go for it”Demonstrate peer esteem.Build networks.Essential for career. All possible.All positive. Or is it? — What … Read more

Travel blog: A Guide to Booking Interrail Tickets in Europe

By Rachel Drake and Louis Backstrom (PhD candidates, School of Mathematics and Statistics). Published on: 2 September 2024. So, you’ve decided to embark on a sustainable and thrilling trip through Europe by train. Often, an Interrail ticket is the cheapest way to do this. But how do you go about actually booking the trains you need … Read more

Travel blog: A North Sea Crossing: Ferry Travel as Sensory Experience and Sustainable Alternative

By Elsje van Kessel (Senior Lecturer, School of Art History). Published on: 30 January 2024. ‘Experience is Better than Knowledge’ – or so claims scholar of English literature and ‘blue humanities’ proponent Steve Mentz in a provocative article title borrowed from an early modern maritime manual. Human experiences of the sea, Mentz argues, can productively … Read more

Travel blog: Once Upon a Train

By Lydia Cole (Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development). Published on: 26 October 2023. In late July of 2023, I left St Andrews, bound for Greifswald. This small, University town — quite similar to St Andrews, but significantly bigger — is on the shores of the Baltic Sea, in Northeast Germany. It is home … Read more

Travel blog: Interrail & Post-Growth-inspired Research Trips

By Anne Sophie Daffertshofer (PhD Candidate, School of Art History, University of St Andrews). Published on: 14 September 2023. More than 50 years ago, the Club of Rome called for a limit to economic growth. The vision of limitless growth, they argued, ignored the reality of living on a planet with finite resources. Since then, our … Read more