ESRC and the Nexus - plenary presentation given by Eloise Meller at the UKCCSRC Cardiff Biannual Meeting, 10-11 September 2014
The document outlines the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) initiatives within the RCUK Energy Programme, focusing on research aimed at achieving the UK's energy and environmental targets. Key topics include reducing energy consumption, exploring alternative energy technologies, and the social science of the energy-environment-food nexus, supported by various centres and collaborations. The content also covers ongoing activities such as the Nexus Network and training programs aimed at fostering resilience and understanding interconnected systems.
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- 1. ESRC and theNexus UKCCS Biannual Wednesday 10th September Eloise Meller, Economic and Social Research Council
- 2. Overview ▶ RCUKEnergy programme ▶ ESRC’s energy portfolio ▶ ESRC Nexus programme
- 3. RCUK Energy programme ▶ Mission: To position the UK to meet its energy and environmental targets and policy goals through high quality research and postgraduate training. ▶ Reducing Energy Consumption and Demand ▶Speculative Research ▶Understanding Future Energy Options ▶Accelerated Deployment of Alternative Energy Technologies ▶Building Capacity ▶Build on our major international links
- 4. EPSRC Carbon CaptureStorage Grants ▶ Multi-scale Energy Systems Modelling Encompassing Renewable, Intermittent, Stored Energy and Carbon Capture and Storage (MESMERISE-CCS) Niall Mac Dowell, Imperial ▶ Selective Exhaust Gas Recirculation for Carbon Capture with Gas Turbines: Integration, Intensification, Scale-up and Optimisation Richard Marsh, Cardiff ▶Organic Mixed Matrix Membrane Technologies (ORGMEMT) for Post- Combustion CO2 Capture Andrew Cooper, Liverpool ▶Process Intensification for Post-combustion Carbon Capture using Rotating Packed Bed through Systems Engineering Techniques Meihong Wang, Hull
- 5. ESRC’s energy portfolio ▶ UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) ▶ End Use Energy Demand ▶ Energy and communities ▶ Standard grants ▶ Social science of energy /environment /food nexus
- 6. End Use EnergyDemand ▶ Fund six centres in partnership with EPSRC – Materials: UKIndemand – Heating and Cooling: Istute – Energy use and social practices: Demand – Food chains: ECSEF – Low energy innovations: Innovation and Energy Demand – Epidemiology: CEE
- 7. Social science ofthe energy- environment-food nexus Nexus interdependencies Network Plus Large investment in Green Economy Knowledge event: Re-thinking growth Training: DTC Pathways Behaviour and socio-cultural change Knowledge Activity and Commissioning Working with partners on ‘Resilience’ Investment to complement existing Governance Arrangements portfolio Environmental Policy Evaluation Centre Methods: new mixed methods Nexus thinking: interdependencies, trade-offs, values, decisions… What and where is the green economy? Scale and context: spatial, political, demographic… Methodological issues Consumption, behaviour, and socio-cultural change Resilience, coping with shocks, and preparedness Governance arrangements for sustainable overall resource use Public policy shaping, framing and learning Re-thinking growth for a sustainable future
- 8. Social science ofthe energy-environment- food nexus current activities ▶ Nexus Network Plus (launched June 2014) – PI, James Wilsdon, Sussex – First annual Nexus Network Conference: ‘What works at the nexus? New connections in food, energy, water and environment’ ▶ Thinkpieces
- 9. Social science ofthe energy-environment-food nexus Nexus interdependencies Network Plus Large investment in Green Economy Knowledge event: Re-thinking growth Training: DTC Pathways Behaviour and socio-cultural change Knowledge Activity and Commissioning Working with partners on ‘Resilience’ Investment to complement existing Governance Arrangements portfolio Environmental Policy Evaluation Centre Methods: new mixed methods Nexus thinking: interdependencies, trade-offs, values, decisions… What and where is the green economy? Scale and context: spatial, political, demographic… Methodological issues Consumption, behaviour, and socio-cultural change Resilience, coping with shocks, and preparedness Governance arrangements for sustainable overall resource use Public policy shaping, framing and learning Re-thinking growth for a sustainable future
- 10. Questions ▶ Thankyou ▶ Questions? ▶ Contact: ▶ Eloise.Meller@esrc.ac.uk ▶ www.thenexusnetwork.org