Past I-SEE Seminars

Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (I-SEE)

2012 Seminars

 

1 May 2012:  Professor Jim Skea, Research Director of UK Energy Research Centre London / Research Councils UK Energy Programme Strategy Fellow  -  'The energy innovation imperative: what we need and what we might get'.  Video recording link: http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=2a66d556-fe94-4d36-b15b-a45708f3714e

17 April 2012: Dr Oliver Woodford, Toshiba Research Europe Limited  -  'An Introduction to Tethered Wind Power'. Video recordling link: 
http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=ec977fb0-88ca-43a9-80ca-46b58bf8d2c5

20 March 2012: Professor Nigel Brandon, Director of Energy Future Lab at Imperial College London and Shell Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy  -  'The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economy'.  Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=03259482-cc35-454b-a58a-972f349639c7

6 March 2012:  Linda Fletcher, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons Solicitors London   -  'The Green Agenda: will the varied legislative measures introduced since 2008 deliver the UK Government's ambitious emission reduction targets by 2020 and 2050?'.  Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=86a93371-bf35-470e-b6c1-6aab63e8fb3b

21 February 2012:  Dr Nafees Meah, Head of Science, Climate Enerty Science and Analysis, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)  -  'The UK Carbon Plan: Role of science and innovation in achieving a transition to a low carbon future'.  Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=d9b01bd5-3f95-458c-bf8f-558c47d4627c

7 February 2012:  Professor Peter Pearson, Director of the Low Carbon Research Institute of Wales, Cardiff University   -  'Energy transitions - past and prospective'.  Video recording link: http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=61cd8a2f-e08c-4a8a-af21-1c7cd570710a

 

 

2011 Seminars


29 November 2011:  Simon N Stuart, Chair of IUCM Species Survival Commission  -  'Targets for Biodiversity Conservation - Are we serious about achieving them'. Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=fa3676b2-7b5f-4781-ac43-cb7e0fbbb215 

22 November 2011:  Professor Bas Verplanken, Professor of Social Psychology and Head of Department, University of Bath  -  'Towards more sustainable lifestyles: Nudges, edges, and opportunities'.    Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=6fb5f90d-804b-430f-be38-a6d19c928d19

15 November 2011:  Dr Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Fellow at the Environmental Change Institute Oxford University, and a Visiting Professor at Exeter University  -  'Fixing Fuel Poverty'.    Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=59205e8f-53eb-4127-8efc-ffd257e3b826

1 November 2011:  Professor Andrew Dobson, Professor in Politics, Keele University - 'Environmental Behaviour Change: incentives, 'nudge', and citizenship'.  Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=a056ca51-10fe-4e83-aca3-0b071a6ddbd3

18 October 2011: Professor Andrew Watkinson, Director of Living with Environmental Change (LWEC)  -  'The challenge of living with environmental change'.   Video recording link:  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=8c935408-33af-4b1f-849a-199242e94de7

4 October 2011:  Dr John Troyer, RCUK Fellow in the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath - 'Future Death, The Human Body as Biomass'  Video recording and MP3 presentation links: http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=f434de4d-f50f-4cce-a87d-d5076f1b0768  and   http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Sessions/b4df37a3-93aa-4af1-9240-a6c91580e364/f434de4d-f50f-4cce-a87d-d5076f1b0768-f12e1f28-8be6-4017-b51a-3eb3baaecbcd.mp3
 

26 May 2011:  Doug Hulyer, Board Member, Natural England  -  'Public Engagement: learning, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction - reflections on a decade of policy in England'

19 April 2011:  Dr Philippe Blondel, University of Bath, Department of Physics  -  'Measuring the marine environment for sustainability and climate change'

12 April 2011:   Gareth Veal MSc, Consultant, The Coefficient Company Bath  -  'CO2 market design and operation'

29 March 2011: Professor Tim O'Riordan, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia  -   'The future of sustainability and learning in the UK'

8 March 2011:  Peter Harper, Head of Research and Innovation, Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)  -  'Zero-Carbon Britain 2030: A Comprehensive Decarbonisation Scenario'   

22 February 2011:  Professor William Scott, Centre for Research in Education and the Environment, University of Bath - 'Sustainability and Learning: what role for the curriculum?'

8 February 2011:  Paul Ekins, Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, UCL Energy Institute, University College London - 'Low-Carbon Energy 2050: Option and Implications for the UK'

 

2010 Seminars

16 November 2010:  Professor Stuart Reynolds, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath  -  'Malthus revisited: growth of the world human population and its implications for agricultural and natural environments'. http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=c55149e3-13af-4a3e-9d5f-9fed21fe9377 

9 November 2010:  David Elliott, Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University/Visiting Professor of the University of Bath  -  'Energy for a Sustainable Future'.   http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=7f15d6f4-0b43-4528-9b4d-cf8b111d4321 

5 October 2010:  Graham Mallard, Department of Economics, University of Bath  -  'The parable of the snooker players: what environmental economists can learn from actual consumer behaviour'.  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=10b064b1-5348-4775-9d42-a520503a4f4a

Supergen HiDEF / BSEEC Training Workshop 'Sustainability and the Environment'     
Professor Geoffrey Hammond, Dr Marcelle McManus, Craig Jones and Dr Adrian Winnett   -  University of Bath,  7 and 8 June 2010 

'ENERGY ANALYSIS: Conventions, Methods and Metrics' by Professsor Geoff Hammond

'Economics, Sustainability and Energy' by Dr Adrian Winnett

'Global, EU and UK environmental targets and policies' by Dr Marcelle McManus

'Life Cycle Assessment:  An Introduction' by Dr Marcelle McManus

'Life Cycle Assessment: An Introduction Day 2' by Dr Marcelle McManus

'ENERGY ANALYSIS:  Method and Application' by Craig Jones and Professor Geoff Hammond 

 

27 April 2010:  Dr Peter Gregory, Director, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Dundee  -  'Global Environmental Change and Food Security'.  http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=b0b3d38d-f509-4229-a69f-05144f9c1577

13 April 2010:  Professor Stephen Sterling, Associate Director and Schumacher Reader in Education for Sustainability, Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth  -  'Whole system change towards sustainability: sustainable futures at the University of Plymouth'

23 March 2010:  Dr Martin Ansell, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath  -  'Natural fibre composites and their role in engineering'

9 March 2010:  Dr Terry Barker, Director, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge  -  'Achieving the 2ºC target in the Copenhagen Accord'  <http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/CourseCast/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=50e91777-bb17-46ad-a103-c971cb0fbbe9>

23 February 2010:  Professor Matthew Leach, Professor of Energy and Environmental Systems, Director of the Centre for Environmental Strategy, The University of Surrey  -  'Sustainable Energy for the Built Environment in the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy'  <http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/CourseCast/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=bb693ac1-0366-4467-81bf-079b8f5bc0a3>

9 February 2010:  Dr Adam Hawkes, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London  -  'Policy and Technology Challenges in a Highly Distributed Energy Future' http://coursecast.bath.ac.uk/CourseCast/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=019ef8b0-0329-48ed-ad96-4efd9b74b32a>

  

2009 Seminars

15 December 2009:  Alistair Hunt, University of Bath, Department of Economics  -  'Towards Local Costing of Climate Change Impacts for Decision Making in Adaptation'

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1 December 2009:  Professor Matthew Davidson, University of Bath, Department of Chemistry  -  'Biofuels:  Sustainable Alternatives to Fossil Fuels'
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17 November 2009:  Professor Jacques Yves Guigne, Visiting Professor, University of Bath, Department of Physics  -  'From chaos in marine habitats to fingers of sound in space - A journey into connecting ideas'

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3 November 2009:  Dr Adrian Winnett, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Bath  -  'Is small beautiful? Making sense of the economics of local renewable energy'
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20 October 2009:  Professor Georgina Mace, Imperial College London, Director of the NERC Centre for Population Biology  -  'Biodiversity loss and ecosystem change: consequences for people and the environment'
 
6 October 2009:  Professor Neil Carter, University of York, Department of Politics  -  'An evaluation of the environmental impact of the European Parliament'
  
21 April 2009:  Anthony Battersby, Chairman Mendip Power Group  -  'Green electricity from run of river hydro in an historic setting'
 
24 March 2009:  Stephen Evens, Professor of Life Cycle Engineering, Cranfield  University  -  'Can the Industrial System be Sustainable' 
 
10 March 2009:  Dr Nick Eyre, University of Oxford  -  'Towards a Low Carbon Future - Challenges for the Energy System'
 
27 February 2009:  Sean Sweeney, Director of Global Labor Institute, Cornell University, ILR School, New York, USA  -  'Reality Check on Green Jobs - Global Challenges to Sustainable Employment'
'Green Jobs' and 'UNEP Green Jobs Report'
 
24 February 2009:  Professor Laurie Peter, University of Bath, Department of Chemistry  -  'The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people'
 
27 January 2009:  Dr William Megill, University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering  -  'Sea Turtles, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development in Baja California, Mexico'
 
 

2008 Seminars

 
9 December 2008:  Dr Yadvinder Malhi, Oxford University  -   'Climate Change, Deforestation and Ecosystem Vulnerability in the Amazon and Andes'
 
25 November 2008:  Dr Daniel Green, Wessex Water Plc  -  'Good quality rivers + no health risk = zero pollution + maximum confidence + zero carbon = airborne pigs' 
 
11 November 2008:  Professor Peter Reason, University of Bath  -  'The design and construction of an Eco Factory at Thurulie, Sri Lanka: Contextual dimensions of technological change toward low carbon'
 
28 October 2008:  Stuart Orr, WWF-UK  -  'What role for water footprints in reducing risk to business, government, communities and the environment'
 
14 October 2008:  Professor Guy Poppy, Southampton University  -  'Assessing Environmental Risk - Integrating Science and Society'
 
30 September 2008:  Professor Catherine Mitchell, Exeter University  -  'Political Paradigms, Innovation and Sustainability'