Renata Tyszczuk

Renata Tyszczuk

An academic and artist exploring global environmental change and provisionality in architectural thinking and practice, who convenes the Culture and Climate Change research and engagement framework.


Renata Tyszczuk is an academic and artist whose work explores questions concerning global environmental change and provisionality in architectural thinking and practice. In 2013 she was awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for her research in this area. She is Professor in Architectural Humanities at the University of Sheffield. Her most recent book is Provisional Cities: Cautionary Tales for the Anthropocene.

With Joe Smith, Renata initiated and now convenes Culture and Climate Change – a framework for a series of research and public engagement projects on climate change. The Culture and Climate Change series of publications (Recordings, Narratives and Scenarios) have been developed with writer Robert Butler and supported by arts producers Vicky Long and Hannah Bird.