Energy, Society and Place Research Unit
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Category Archives: ESPRU updates
ESPRU strengthens impacts on energy vulnerability agenda
Our Unit’s engagement in the fuel poverty domain is to be further enhanced by a two-day UKERC Meeting Place international seminar and symposium; funding for this activity was confirmed just … Continue reading
Stefan Bouzarovski delivers guest lectures at College of Europe
ESPRU co-ordinator Stefan Bouzarovski delivered two guest lectures at events organised by the College of Europe in Bruges. In September, he spoke about energy security in the European Union at … Continue reading
Upcoming conference sessions on ‘Politicising energy consumption’
ESPRU members Stefan Bouzarovski and Rosie Day will co-organise a group of sessions on ‘Politicising energy consumption’ at the forthcoming Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. The other … Continue reading
New major research project to focus on digital technologies and low carbon lifestyles
Dan van der Horst and Rosie Day have won EPSRC funding for a five-year research project in conjunction with Coventry University. Starting in December 2012 and with an overall budget … Continue reading
Short report and photos from the workshop on ‘Evaluating local residential and business energy consumption’ now available
A brief narrative report with photos from the workshop on ‘Evaluating local residential and business energy consumption’ that took place in Birmingham on the 20th of September 2012 is now … Continue reading
ESPRU doctoral researchers obtain funding to host Energy Security Challenges and Transitions Symposium
Rachel Mulhall and Komali Yenneti have been successful in attaining funding from the Midlands Energy Graduate School to host a series of paper sessions, workshops and poster presentations on Energy … Continue reading
Workshop on ‘Evaluating local residential and business energy consumption’ – 20th of September
ESPRU is announcing a workshop under the auspices of the InTreAct project (InvesTigating Residential and business energy consumption via student-led Action research). It aims to introduce the capabilities developed by … Continue reading
Komalirani Yenneti attends Summer Academy on Energy and Environment
ERPRU’s Komalirani Yenneti has just returned from the Ninth International Summer Academy on Energy and the Environment at Greifswald and Berlin, Germany. The event, which took place between the 21st and … Continue reading
Stefan Bouzarovski participates in ‘New Optimists’ roundtable discussion on the future of distributed energy
ESPRU co-ordinator Stefan Bouzarovski recently took part in an expert roundtable organised by the New Optimists Forum in Birmingham. It focused on the future economic and social implications of a … Continue reading
Research on fuel poverty among young adults receives significant media coverage
ESPRU’s extensive research portfolio in the sphere of energy consumption among young adults and students – mainly undertaken under the auspices of the EnYA, ADMIER, and InTreAct projects – recently became the subject of … Continue reading
ESPRU research featured at the UK’s Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference
Three members of ESPRU presented papers at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, held in Edinburgh between the second and fourth of July: Stefan Bouzarovski convened a … Continue reading
Presentation slides from the ‘Coffee club on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour Research’ (7th of February, 2012)
The presentation slides from the ‘Coffee club on Energy Efficiency and Behaviour Research‘ that took place at the University of Birmingham on the 7th of February, 2012 are available online … Continue reading
Presentation slides from the ‘Seminar on household energy consumption, technology and efficiency’ (7th of June, 2012)
The presentation slides from the ‘Seminar on household energy consumption, technology and efficiency’ that took place at the University of Birmingham on the 7th of June, 2012 are available online … Continue reading
Short report and photos from the ‘Postgraduate symposium on household energy consumption, technology and efficiency’ (6th of June, 2012)
A short narrative report and photos from the Postgraduate symposium on household energy consumption, technology and efficiency that took place in Birmingham on the 6th of June 2012 are now … Continue reading
Saska Petrova talks about ‘fuel poverty and energy consumption among young adults’ at a Birmingham City University seminar
ESPRU’s Saska Petrova gave an invited talk titled ‘Significant invisibles: Fuel poverty and energy consumption of urban young adults’ at a research seminar held at the Centre for Environment and … Continue reading
ESPRU members speak at energy teaching event
Stefan Bouzarovski and Saska Petrova gave a talk titled ‘Energising geography teaching: experiences from a student-led action research project’ at Teaching Energy Issues in GEES Disciplines, a one-day workshop at the … Continue reading
Komalirani Yenneti becomes Communication Officer of the RGS-IBG Energy Geographies Working Group
Komalirani Yenneti, a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham who is also a member of ESPRU, recently became the Communication Officer of the Royal Geographical Society’s Energy Geographies Working … Continue reading
Welcome …
To the worldpress blog of the newly-formed Energy, Society and Place Research Unit at the University of Birmingham. We hope that the blog will serve as a source of information … Continue reading
