Environmental Change Institute

16:00 - Net Zero Salt Cross Garden Village study
Please note that this is a hybrid event. You will need to register and choose whether you wish to attend in person or online. The online link will be sent out at 10 am on the day.
Benjamin Mousseau (Co-founder Urbanomy)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 16 November 2021

16:00 - Green Ammonia – A potential global reserve fuel for a decarbonised world
Please note that this is a hybrid event. You will need to register and choose whether you wish to attend in person or online. The online link will be sent out at 10 am on the day.
Mike Mason (Oxford Martin School)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 23 November 2021

16:00 - Pathways to a zero carbon Oxfordshire
Please note that this is a hybrid event. You will need to register and choose whether you wish to attend in person or online. The online link will be sent out at 10 am on the day.
Sam Hampton (ECI, University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 30 November 2021

16:00 - Introducing Energy Superhub Oxford: a world leading urban decarbonisation project
Please note that this is a hybrid event. You will need to register and choose whether you wish to attend in person or online. The online link will be sent out at 10 am on the day.
Tim Rose (Programme Manager Energy Superhub)

Tuesday 18 January 2022

17:00 - Oxford Energy Seminar: Heat: The major technical challenges we face in delivering decarbonised heat in the UK
This seminar will be delivered as a webinar through TEAMS. Please go to the web address for booking (below) to receive the TEAMS link. There is no in person attendance for this event because of the University's Covid policy in place in January 2022. The presenter, Andrew Smallbone, will present online from Durham.
Dr Andrew Smallbone (University of Durham)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 25 January 2022

17:00 - Oxford Energy Seminar: The past, present and future of ground source heat pumps
This seminar will be delivered as a webinar through TEAMS. Please go to the web address for booking (below) to receive the TEAMS link. There is no in person attendance for this event because of the University's Covid policy in place in January 2022. The presenter, Matthew Trewhella, will present online..
Matthew Trewhella (Kensa)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 8 February 2022

17:00 - Oxford Energy Seminar: After the market meltdown, how to build a more resilient energy market
This seminar will be delivered as a webinar through TEAMS. Please go to the web address for booking (below) to receive the TEAMS link. The presenter, Gillian Cooper, will present online. In-person attendance is permitted now, and will be at the Oxford Martin School and does NOT require registration.
Gilian Cooper (Head of Energy Policy - CAB)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 22 February 2022

17:00 - Oxford Energy Seminar: Availability of sustainable biomass in Europe: framework conditions and projections from 2030- 2050.
This seminar will be delivered as a webinar through TEAMS. Please go to the web address for booking (below) to receive the TEAMS link. The presenter, Calliope Panoutsou, will present online from Imperial College London. You can also attend in person at the Oxford Martin School, Broad Street, Oxford. In-person attendance is permitted now, and will be at the Oxford Martin School and does NOT require registration.
Calliope Panoutsou (Senior Research Fellow)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 8 March 2022

17:00 - Digitalisation of daily life and impacts on carbon emissions
This seminar will be delivered as a webinar through TEAMS. Please go to the web address for booking (below) to receive the TEAMS link. The presenter, Charlie Wilson will present in person at the Oxford Martin School, Broad Street, Oxford. In-person attendance is permitted now, and does NOT require registration.
Charlie Wilson (Professor of Energy and Climate Change , ECI)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Wednesday 23 March 2022

09:30 - 'Energy and Net Zero in the UK' - 10th Oxford Energy Day
This is an 'in person' event. If you sign up for the conference, a streaming link will be included in the circulation sent out on Monday, 21 March.
Mike Thompson (Committee for Climate Change), Pete Sudbury (Oxfordshire County Council)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 26 April 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar: week 1: The competitive disadvantages facing British assetless electricity retailers
Lawrence Haar will talk in person at the Oxford Martin School. This is a hybrid event presented through TEAMS webinar online, for which registration is required.
Dr Lawrence Haar (University of Brighton)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 3 May 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar: Week 2: Participatory Governance and Social Factors in the Energy Transition
Nadejda Komendantova will speak online from IIASA, Vienna, Austria. This is an online event presented through TEAMS webinar for which registration is required.
Nadejda Komendantova (IIASA, Vienna, Austria)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Monday 16 May 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar: week 4: How will ending poverty impact climate change? A well-being centred approach to energy transitions
Narasimha D. Rao will speak in person at the Oxford Martin School. To watch online register below for TEAMS webinar link. Exceptionally this seminar is on MONDAY.
Narasimha D. Rao (Associate Professor, Yale University)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 24 May 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar: week 5: Geospatial optimization and strategic investments in solar and wind: The case of the African continent and small island states –
Jay Doorga will talk in person at the Oxford Martin School. This is a hybrid event presented through TEAMS webinar online, for which registration is required.
Jay Doorga (Université des Mascareignes, France)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 31 May 2022

17:00 - POSTPONED to MT22 due to ill-health : Energy Seminar: week 6: Inescapable Obligations; an examination of the government's energy security announcements
Tim Stone will speak in person at the Oxford Martin School. This is a hybrid event presented through TEAMS webinar online, for which registration is required (see below).
Tim Stone (Chairman, Nuclear Industry Association)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Tuesday 7 June 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar:week 7: Gold (natural) hydrogen: Pipeline or pipedream?
Chris Ballentine will speak in person at the Oxford Martin School. This is a hybrid event presented through TEAMS webinar online, for which registration is required (see below).
Chris Ballentine (Earth Sciences, University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Wednesday 8 June 2022

14:00 - DRIFT Food Futures: New directions for food system research
This is an online event: details can be found at https://drift.eur.nl/nl/agenda/drift-food-futures-event/
Dr Timo von Wirth (Drift for Transition), Dr Aniek Hebinck (Drift for Transition), Dr Julia Tschersich (Utrecht University), Dr Odirilwe Selomane (Stellenbosch University)

Tuesday 14 June 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar: Week 8: Homeowner motivation, knowledge and involvement in domestic energy retrofit
VENUE CHANGED FROM OMS to OUCE, Atmosphere Room. Yekatherina Bobrova will talk in person in the Atmposhere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment. This is a hybrid event presented through TEAMS webinar online. Sink up for link.
Yekatherina Bobrova (ECI, Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminars 2021-2022

Wednesday 15 June 2022

10:00 - Mobilizing for Climate: What Role for Foundations?
Anne Monier

Wednesday 14 September 2022

18:00 - Setting the Table for COP27: Carbon sequesterers or climate trashers? What role for grazing ruminants in a 1.5°C world?
Dr Tara Garnett (Director, TABLE), Professor M. Francesca Cotrufo (Colorado State University), Prof Pete Smith (Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen), Assistant Prof Matthew Hayek (New York University)
Setting the TABLE for COP27

Wednesday 28 September 2022

17:30 - Setting the TABLE for COP27: Does methane from livestock matter?
Dr Tara Garnett (Director, TABLE), John Lynch (Department of Physics), Martin Persson (Chalmers University of Technology), Claudia Arndt (The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)), Andy Reisinger (IPCC Working Group III (mitigation)/New Zealand Climate Change Commission)
Setting the TABLE for COP27

Tuesday 11 October 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar – week 1: Consumers, citizens or carbon-saving champions? Individuals and their place in net zero energy policy - Tina Fawcett in person
Tina Fawcett will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Tina Fawcett (ECI, Oxford), Yael Parag Cohen (Visiting academic Reichman University)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Monday 17 October 2022

11:30 - Setting the TABLE for COP27: Plating up the future of meat
Dr Tara Garnett (Director, TABLE), Adele Jones (Sustainable Food Trust.), Jude Capper (Independent Livestock Sustainability Consultant), Iain Tolhurst (Tolhurst Organic Farm), Varun Deshpande (Good Food Institute)
Setting the TABLE for COP27

Tuesday 18 October 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - week 2: MSc Energy Systems Alumni | Presentations | Zie Chua (Aurora Energy Research) and Eflamm Gueguen (ENGIE) speaking in person
Zie Chua (Aurora Energy Research) and Eflamm Gueguen (ENGIE) will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Eflamm Gueguen (ENGIE, France), Zie Chua (Aurora Energy Reseach, UK)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 25 October 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - week 3: Functional materials for energy efficient devices - From smart windows to computing devices - Harish Bhaskaran speaking in person
Harish Bhaskaran will speak in person at the ECI, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Harish Bhaskaran (Materials, Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 1 November 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 4: Climate, Energy and Affordable Housing Solutions: new buildings and retrofits.
Jonathan will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Jonathan P Rose (Jonathan Rose Companies LLC)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 8 November 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - week 5: What are the most important decisions to enable smart local energy systems? Jeff Hardy speaking in person
Jeff Hardy will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Jeff Hardy (Senior Researcher, Grantham, ICL)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 15 November 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 6: Retrofit at Scale – Solving the system challenge
Helene Gosden will speak in person at the ECI, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Helene Gosden (ARUP UK Retrofit Task Force)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 22 November 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar – week 7: Inescapable Obligations: an examination of the government’s energy security announcements
Tim Stone will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Tim Stone (Chairman, Nuclear Industry Association)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 29 November 2022

17:00 - Energy Seminar - week 8: Postponed to 24th January 2023 - Positive low energy futures - Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom
This talk has been postponed to 24th January 2023 - John Barrett will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. If you wish to join online please register (link below) to automatically receive the TEAMS webinar link.
Professor John Barrett (University of Leeds)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 17 January 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 1: Energy policy at a time of multiple crises: is the UK government getting it right?
Jim Watson will speak in person at the Main Lecture Theatre, ECI, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Professor Jim Watson (UCL Institute of Sustainable Resources)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 24 January 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - week 2: Positive low energy futures - Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom
John Barrett will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Professor John Barrett (CREDS - University of Leeds)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 7 February 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 4 - Heat pumps: how to scale this critical clean energy technology across the world?
Jan Rosenow will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Dr Jan Rosenow (Director, Regulatory Assistance Project, European Programmes)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Friday 10 February 2023

12:30 - Environmental Moral Issues: from literature to science. Hunger.
Prof David Aberbach (University of Oxford/University of McGill), Professor Charles Godfray (University of Oxford), Dr Sarah Darby (ECI, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 14 February 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 5: The UK energy demand observatory - how Oxford helps to understand and accelerate changes in energy demand
CANCELLED: owing to UCU strike action.
Dr Philipp Grunewald (University of Oxford, Dept of Engineering)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 21 February 2023

17:00 - EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION - Energy Seminar - Week 6: Regen’s ‘Go West!’ a study exploring the benefits of a more east-west balanced offshore wind fleet
Jack Adkins will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Jack Adkins (Senior Analyst, REGEN)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 28 February 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 7 : Oxford University Environmental Sustainability Strategy and our plans to reach Net Zero Carbon by 2035
Harriet Waters and Tom Yearly will speak in person at the ECI, Diversity Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Harriet Waters (Head of Environmental Sustainability, University of Oxford), Tom Yearly (Estates Services, University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023

Tuesday 7 March 2023

17:00 - Energy Seminar - Week 8: Organic Photovoltaics: Ubiquitous Solar Energy?
Moritz Riede will speak in person at the ECI, Atmosphere Room, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. This talk will be streamed through TEAMS and recorded. See www.energy.ox.ac.uk/events to access the TEAMS streaming link. The recording will be available within 5 working days after each seminar on www.energy.ox.ac.uk, PAST EVENTS
Moritz Riede (University of Oxford)
Oxford Energy Seminar Series 2022-2023