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Exploring methods in energy research – Thursday 16 June 2016
Join us at UCL for an interdisciplinary conference exploring the methods researchers are using to address the challenge of reducing energy demand.
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Sustainable energy transitions require an understanding of the social, political, technical and economic dimensions of energy demand. This conference will explore how different approaches and methods can contribute to generating long-term solutions
This conference is primarily aimed at PhD and early career researchers, with a focus on work in progress, and the aim of creating an inclusive environment in which a diverse audience can discuss the challenges and opportunities offered by different approaches to energy research.
The conference is designed to facilitate discussion of different methods in the context of specific research projects, through a combination of presentations and smaller group workshops. Places are strictly limited to allow in-depth exploration of the issues.
Programme
| 9.30 | Registration & Coffee | ||
| 10.00 | Welcome Bob Lowe (UCL Energy Institute) | ||
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10.20 | Presentations session 1 Despoina Christantoni (University College Dublin) session 1 speaker 1 – D Christantoni v2 Machine learning algorithms predicting demand response potential utilising a synthetic repository – watch now (link to LoLoCDT YouTube) Caroline Hughes (University of Bath) session 1 speaker 2 – C Hughes How do the elderly heat their homes? Exploring fuel poverty and carbon reduction in this demographic – watch now (link to LoLoCDT YouTube) | ||
| 11.00 | Workshops session 1 | ||
| Modelling methods Chair: Rokia Raslan Presentations: Ozlem Duran Modelling speaker 1 – O Duran, Jonathan Chambers Modelling speaker 2 – J Chambers & Christopher Tsang Modelling speaker 3 – C Tsang | Quantitative methods Chair: Michelle Shipworth Presentations: Moira Nicholson Quant speaker 1 – M Nicolson & Sven Hallin Quant speaker 2 – S Hallin | ||
| 12.00 | Lunch & Poster Exhibition | ||
| 13.00 | Presentations session 2 Faye Wade (UCL) The ethnography of installation: applying qualitative methods to investigate energy intermediaries Argyris Oraiopoulos (Loughborough University) session 2 speaker 2 – A Oraiopoulos Measured Internal Temperatures in UK homes: a descriptive time series analysis and modeling approach | ||
| 13.40 | Workshops session 2 | ||
| Measuring methods Chair: David Allinson Presentations: Vicki Tink Measuring speaker 1 – V Tink, Lisa Iszatt Measuring speaker 2 – L Iszatt & Safwan Samsuddin Measuring speaker 3 – S Samsuddin | Qualitative methods Chair: Victoria Haines Presentations: Nafsika Drosou Qual speaker 1 – N Drouso & Clare Hanmer Qual speaker 2 – C Hanmer | ||
| 14.40 | Coffee & Poster Exhibition | ||
| 15.20 | Panel discussion Rokia Raslan, Michelle Shipworth, David Allinson & Victoria Haines | ||
| 16.00 | Keynote Kathryn Janda (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford) Telling tales: using stories to remake energy policy | ||
| 16.40 | Close Bob Lowe (UCL Energy Institute) | ||
| 17.00 | Drinks reception | ||
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Register
The conference will be held at UCL’s Bloomsbury Campus on Thursday 16 June 2016. Register for free at https://loloconference2016.eventbrite.co.uk