The README.md - https://github.com/EVERSE-ResearchSoftware/EVERSE-ResearchSoftware.github.io/blob/main/README.md under the section 'Modifying and Adding Content' does not allow you to setup a local instance.
The theme is out of date relative to the version of hugo that gets installed by default- so either update the theme or say which version of hugo needs installing.
I get:
Error: html/template:_shortcodes/figure.html:3:14: no such template "_internal/shortcodes/figure.html"