Ian Mabbett is the Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Culture at Swansea University.
Ian’s research has mostly focussed on rapid heating or curing of industrial coatings and energy materials such as photovoltaics and energy storage, along with colleagues at the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, a Queen’s Anniversary Prize recipient. He also has research interests in water, sanitation and hygiene. More recently his interests have evolved into transdisciplinary research and systems approaches to unpick global challenges including climate change.
Ian has managed major projects at the university including centres of doctoral training, the reintroduction of a chemistry department and the formation of the SUNRISE network, a global challenges research fund project creating energy positive buildings with partners across India and the Global South. SUNRISE won many awards including the Times Higher Education Award for “International Collaboration of the Year” in 2020 and was an OECD case study in “addressing societal challenges using transdisciplinary research.”