Speakers:

Dr Christopher Brown, James Watt School of Engineering

‘Sustainable Energy: Investigating heat transfer in the subsurface’

My research is focused on investigating heat transfer in the subsurface, with specific focus to geothermal energy and underground thermal energy storage. Recent work has involved numerical model development and application for closed-loop systems. This is particularly important to help achieving net zero targets through decarbonisation of the heating sector. I am open to connecting with colleagues in engineering, social or earth sciences.

 

Dr Franziska Paul, Adam Smith Business School

‘Questions of Power and Ownership: The Political Economy of Sustainable Energy’

I am interested in questions of ownership and transformation (social, economic, political, environmental), with a focus on processes of de-privatisation and democratisation, and increasingly also climate/ transition finance. I am a qualitative social scientist with a background in human geography and have worked on topics of labour environmentalism, the politics of energy transition, community energy projects, and public, collective and worker ownership across a wide range of sectors and with a number of stakeholders, including workers, trade unions, local governments, and activist groups. Academically, I already share an interest in just transition with colleagues in law but am also interested to work with colleagues across the sciences and engineering going forward, e.g. on worker and community attitudes to new systems and technologies, alternative energy ownership models, skills development, and industrial strategy. 

 

Prof. Matt Brennan, School of Culture & Creative Arts

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First published: 18 September 2024

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