September 11, 2025
Dr Judith Thornton joins the SBUK Symposium 2025 stage
When we talk about straw bale buildings in the UK, we usually assume they are built of wheat straw. In Japan, mention straw and people will assume rice. Dr Judith Thornton will explore when and where it might matter what straw we use in buildings — and what this tells us about agriculture, materials, and the future of construction.
Dr Judith Thornton is a Low Carbon Research Fellow at the Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University. Her work sits at the interface of environmental building materials and plant science, with a wider interest in how agricultural systems might need to adapt in a post-fossil fuel economy.
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