Past events

For the pre-colloquium session we will be running policy training for all ERBE and ERBE affiliated PhD Researchers. The training will be followed by pizzas, drinks and networking.

How can ERBE students maximise the policy impacts of their research?

This training will be led by Nicole Watson, finishing LoLo student and researcher in UK parliament, and supported by Hunter Danskin, UK Government Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, and ERBE researchers in Ireland.

We will address:

• How is policy developed?
• What are the points in the policy development process where research can influence policy?
• How should research be presented in order to be most useful for policy?

There will be an opportunity to identify policy institutions you would like to engage with, and to practise summarising and presenting your work to a policy audience.

The ERBE Summer School is taking place at the University of Cambridge on the 5th – 6th July 2023. The Summer School is an annual event and is open to all current ERBE Students. Please email Robin for more information at: Civ.Eng.Pgr@lboro.ac.uk.

The 10^th annual ERBE Student-Led Conference is taking place in London, UK, on the 18^th May 2023 hosted by UCL (online option available). The theme is ‘Energy Resilience and the Built Environment’ as an acknowledgement of the diverse research present in this area..

In line with the overarching ERBE themes, we are currently calling for abstracts (250 words) and posters in the following areas:

• Comfort, Health and Well-being
• Technology and System Performance
• Flexibility and Resilience

This is a great opportunity to showcase your research and discuss current research interests and topics amongst your peers within a highly collaborative environment. Next to presentations, there will be keynote speakers, poster sessions, workshops and a range of networking opportunities on the day.

We are excited to share that we have two keynote speakers confirmed: Dr Matthew Winning (Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources and Climate Change Comedian) and Professor Benjamin Sovacool (Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex and editor-in-chief for the international journal Energy Research & Social Science, published by Elsevier).

Please share this information with others who might want to attend or submit an abstract for the conference.

Further details and the conference programme will be distributed closer to the date.

Should you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to forward them to Laurel at L.Northmore@lboro.ac.uk.