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Quick round up of this week's news, jobs and events
News
Its a wrap! What an amazing two days it has been. We look forward to sharing with you the keynote speeches and panel discussions from this year's ACCESS Assembly.
Reimagining Sustainable Fashion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for a Regenerative Future
CUSP deputy director Fergus Lyon writes in his blog about the researchers’ experiences and findings on this ACCESS Flex Fund project.
“By examining sustainable fashion through the kaleidoscope of interdisciplinary perspectives, a recent project on the subject gained a dynamic and multifaceted view of a potential future.” Read more
Events & Training
We Are the Ocean
Tuesday 25 June, 4 to 6pm, Princesshay, Exeter
Join the We Are the Ocean team from the University of Exeter to celebrate their 'We Are The Possible' COP28 project.
The project's legacy is an outdoor exhibition of artwork and activities in the city centre. ‘Discover, Connect, and Be Inspired’ will be displayed on large window spaces and columns in the Princesshay shopping area until September.
Voices from the Global South
Monday 24 June, 2.30pm, London In person & online
The Royal Geographical Society are running an event for anyone interested to know more about the climate crisis - its roots, consequences and how it is experienced - from outside of the Global North. The keynote speaker is Dr Farhana Sultana from Syracuse University.
Where Next for SMEs and Net Zero?
Tuesday 18 June, 1 to 2pm
This webinar draws on a two-year study of the governance of SMEs and Net Zero in the UK to outline the implications of these trends for governance actors. The speakers Sam Hampton and Pamela Jouven will discuss the role for national and local governments in seeking to coordinate and accelerate action by businesses; the growing influence of sectoral organisations such as trade associations and business networks; and the role of entrepreneurship. Future directions for research and policy include the need to consider justice and inclusion, and coordinate place-based and sectoral efforts.
Putting energy infrastructure into place: Lessons from a systematic review
Tuesday 18 June at 1pm, online
For twenty years, social scientists have used place concepts to understand energy infrastructure siting. Much of this research stemmed from attempts to provide theoretical explanations that avoid pejorative NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) assumptions about community objections. Despite a burgeoning literature, a comprehensive review of place-related energy infrastructure research was lacking. In this presentation, Patrick will addresses this gap after collating and systematically reviewing a corpus of 190 articles published between January 1999 and March 2022.
Towards a new ecological and social contract: lessons from the past
Thursday 27 June, 9 am, online
In this IDDRI and the Hot or Cool Institute webinar, the project team will be presenting the results of their first report as part of a joint project on the social contract, entitled: "How did we get here? A short history of the 19th and 20th centuries social contracts in France and in the UK."
They will be discussing the implications of the report for future work on a new social contract, and how a new social contract can help advance us towards a sustainable society.
Jobs
PhD studentship Community Connectedness and Decision Making: Investigating the role of community cohesion building in the delivery of GDF Community Partnerships
This is a fully funded PhD studentship which is currently available at the University of Liverpool. The PHD student will investigate community connectedness and decision-making through case studies examining Community Partnerships working with Nuclear Waste Services on potential Geological Disposal Facilities. This will be of particular interest to planners, human geographers and other social scientists.
The studentship also includes a placement with the ACCESS network at the University of Exeter.
Closing date for applications is Friday 12 July
2 x Research Fellows positions to work an ESRC Project: Powering Up Coastal Economies: Path Creation in Low Carbon and Renewable Energies
The aim of the project is to investigate and compare the regional development paths of low carbon energy sectors in four coastal regions of the UK, and explore the regional outcomes of energy transitions. The project is led by Professor Peter Sunley, in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 30 June
Research Fellow in Zero Carbon Mobility Evaluation at the University of Leeds, Institute for Transport Studies
Funded by Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, INFUZE is an exciting new collaboration which will work with citizens and businesses to re-imagine our transport systems.
The programme will build an increasingly ambitious suite of real-world trials with communities, transport providers and government partners. We are looking to recruit a passionate and committed researcher to drive forward our work on the whole life carbon and wider impacts of a transition away from individualised car ownership. Whilst the role will focus on the mobility transition, we encourage applications from applicants with the right skills who are currently working in other policy domains.
Closing date for application is Wednesday 17 July
Funding
Future Fibres Network Plus Funding Call Extension
The Future Fibres Network have extended the deadline for Expressions of Interest for the Future Fibres Network Plus Flexible Fund.
The new closing date is Thursday 27 June
Opportunities
Call for Abstracts: Special Issue on Geographies of the Energy Transition and Dynamics of Uneven Development
Applied Geography are inviting submissions for a special issue focusing on the geographies of the energy transition and its impact on uneven development. This issue will explore how the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources influences spatial patterns of development, emphasizing the interplay between technological, physical, and social geographies at various scales, from local to global.
Submission deadline is Thursday 15 August
Info
Learning from the Global South
Six videos are hosted on the Open University's free educational platform, OpenLearn, take us on an international virtual field trip through Bangladesh, South Africa, Chile, Nepal, Uganda, Australia, Aotearoa / New Zealand, and Fiji. Developed as teaching tools with the higher education environment in mind, the videos are designed to be accessible for anyone with an interest in the climate crisis and the difference that geography makes to understanding its impact. Read more
The Royal Geographical Society are running an event for anyone interested to know more about the climate crisis - its roots, consequences and how it is experienced - from outside of the Global North? Join the Society on Monday 24 June at 2.30pm for an event with keynote speaker Dr Farhana Sultana.
Governing Sustainable Futures: Advancing the use of Participatory Mechanisms for addressing Place-based Contestations of Sustainable Living
We are very excited to see that this project has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Congratulations to Rebecca Sandover, Alice Moseley, Nick Kirsop-Taylor, Karen Bickerstaff, Stewart Barr and Patrick Devine-Wright, who are all Co-Is on the ACCESS project. They will again be working with many of our ACCESS partners; South West Business Council, National Trust, Environment Agency, Devon County Council/Devon Climate Emergency Response Group/Public Health Devon, Natural England, Nature Scot, Devon Communities Together and Community Action Groups Devon/Resource Futures.
The project will explore issues of contestation or 'flashpoints' in relation to environmental governance and how to develop mechanisms for effective dialogue and exchange on these critical matters. 'Flashpoints' are relevant not only to the places in which they emerge, but also for debate and policy action on delivering sustainable places nationally. They raise important issues about how common sustainability transitions are governed.
Working with many partners in Devon and nationally they will investigate ‘flashpoints’ – and make recommendations for national policy and practice. The ultimate aim being to find sustainable outcomes that are fair, inclusive and effective. For more information please contact Rebecca Sandover at the University of Exeter.
Illustration by Fanny Didou.
