Past, Present and Prospective Energy Transitions
November 2012 – May 2013
Welsh School of Architecture (WSA)
Bute Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff CF10 3NB
Socio-technical transitions towards a more sustainable future are at the core of the Cardiff University’s research strategy. The Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) and the Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE) are among the leading research institutes in Wales focusing on sustainable, low carbon socio-technical transitions at a variety of scales. This second seminar series is a common initiative of both institutes and involves discussion and debate on research conducted on past, present and prospective energy transitions. The series includes presentations by leading researchers in the field of transition studies. Their work addresses questions and problems of the interaction between the built environment, energy systems, sustainability and urban, regional and national policy and governance.
For further enquiries and to reserve a place on these free seminars please contact:
Paula Mullins
Welsh School of Architecture (WSA)
Tel. 029 20 870003 (office)
Email: MullinsPJ@cardiff.ac.uk
(working hours, Tues AM, Weds & Thurs all day)
Programme
9 January 2013
Professor Karen Henwood, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Title: Investigating community led energy demand reduction initiatives
through the lens of “energy biographies”
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
23 January 2013
Dr Wouter Poortinga, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
Title: Public perceptions of Climate Change and Energy Futures and the
Fukushima Accident
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
20 February 2013
Professor Gordon Walker, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster
University
Title: ‘Tracing the dynamics of air conditioning: transitions,
circulations and social practices’
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
6 March 2013
Dr Adrian Smith, SPRU, University of Sussex
Title: 'Grassroots innovation for sustainability'
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
1st May 2013
Dr Karen Bickerstaff, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, University
of Exeter
Title: interventions in practice: materialising transitions in domestic
energy consumption
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
15 May 2013
Dr Mark Winskel, UK Energy Research Centre, University of Edinburgh
Title: 'UK Energy System Change as a battle between disruptive and
continuity based approaches'
Location: Welsh School of Architecture, Bute Building 2.32
Time: 14:00-16:00
A further talk in May 2013 will be confirmed later