The Low Carbon Building Research Group in Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, UK) has created new research posts as part of their research grant successes on smart local energy systems , local flexibility markets and...
Practical Action Consulting are looking for a junior consultant to carry out a rapid, high-level desktop review of international agriculture-energy development activities. It is expected that this will take 20 days between 1st and 31st January 2021.
Required skills: - degree in agriculture, energy or a related subject - strong research skills and the ability to rapidly extract and synthesize information and present it clearly - knowledge of the energy-agriculture nexus, ideally...
A PhD studentship, exploring integrated energy planning for community resilience, is available based at Loughborough University (application deadline 19 July 2020). The successful candidate will work in partnership with BRE Trust and contribute to the Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters (QSAND) self-assessment tool which promotes and informs sustainable approaches to relief, recovery and reconstruction. The tool consists of a set of questions and a scoring...
The Research Associate will support the delivery of the MECS programme with a specific focus on clean cooking in humanitarian and displacement settings. The workstream is split into 3 core work packages: 1) understanding transition pathways for MECS in displacement situations; 2) demonstrate technology, innovation and delivery models; 3) capacity building and scale up. The Research Associate will be expected to lead on work packages 1 and 2 and support on 3. MECS works across 15 priority...
Two Research Associate vacancies are open with the MECS team. The Research Associates will support the delivery of the MECS programme with a specific focus on working closely with MECS in-country partners. Each of the post holders will provide dedicated technical and research support to at least two MECS priority countries. In the immediate future these are likely to be 1) Nepal and Cambodia; 2) Nigeria and Ghana; 3) Rwanda and Zambia. The post holders will also lead on a thematic stream...
We are excited to announce a new opportunity to join a brand new interdisciplinary Oxford Martin School programme on the Future of Cooling, led by Dr Radhika Khosla at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and Prof Malcolm McCulloch at the Department of Engineering.
The primary goal of the programme is to examine cooling energy demand growth as an integrated system of key social and technical components, and identify and influence the levers by which its current...
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship jointly funded by BBOXX and UCL Engineering, entitled 'Smart Cooking Solutions for ALL (SCS4ALL). The studentship is for a full-time doctorate over three and a half years.
The scholarship covers UCL registration fees and provides a stipend of £17,280 per annum tax free. Research equipment and part travel expenses for one trip per annum will also be covered under the funding.
The lack of access to modern energy services continues...
Management and Specialist Grade 7, £40,792 to £48,677 (pro rata) per annum. Subject to annual pay award. In exceptional circumstances the University may offer a market supplement of up to £56,403 per annum.
Loughborough University, School of Social Sciences
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON MANAGER (MODERN ENERGY COOKING SERVICES PROGRAMME) Two posts, each full-time and fixed-term for two years (job-share and flexible working arrangements considered)
Following the successful award of the new GBP 39.8 million Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme from the UK Department for International Development, UK Aid, we are seeking to recruit...
