Seminars

Seminar held: 26th July 2017 Ruth Lane, Monash University , Australia and DEMAND visitor   Communications Technology, Life course Transitions and Energy Demand Research findings from the Wealth from the Waste research project at Monash University highlight the significance of both age and life course transitions in the numbers and usage of various types of electronic…

DEMAND seminar: Sam Hampton - streamed from Leeds Wed, Jul 12, 2017 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM BST         Muddling through the practice of policy  implementation: An ethnographic study of a multi-level behaviour change project Delivering effective low carbon policy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is necessary to meet climate change targets. I…

25th October, 16.00-18.00       Sustainable belonging: Family and gender in home making practices Mandy de Wilde, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands and DEMAND visitor As socio-technical transitions unfold under the influence of energy concerns, our domestic environment changes. Scholarship on sustainable consumption and…

7th June 2017 FASS D72/MR11 16.00-18.00       Slides from presentation [.pdf] Configuring the Urban Smart Grid: Transitions, Experimentation and Governance Anthony Levenda, DEMAND visitor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University In the United States, development of “smart grids” is being pursued as a national policy…

This seminar took place at Lancaster University on 17th May 2017 Seminar slides [.pdf]         Meeting carbon budgets in the UK – the role of demand The UK Government, following the advice of the Committee on Climate Change, has legislated a 5th carbon budget requiring a 57% reduction in emissions by 2030, on 1990 levels. This is on a track to the…