We report on an energy poverty workshop that was hosted in Brussels last week by the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.
Category Archives: Activity reports
Engaging Polish audiences with EVALUATE research in Gdansk
We continue our reports from recent stakeholder workshops held in the EVALUATE case study countries.
Workshop report: Fuel poverty and energy vulnerability in Europe
Harriet Thomson summarises the presentations and discussions that took place during a recent event on fuel poverty and energy vulnerability in Europe. The workshop was hosted in Manchester by the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy and cities@manchester.
EVALUATE fieldwork in Hungary – an update
The EVALUATE team has been undertaking extensive fieldwork activities across Eastern and Central Europe over the past few months. In the first of four updates on this process, we report on the context and nature of our work in Hungary.
CHARISMA workshop report: Community retrofit for housing professionals
Jenni Cauvain, a team member of the CHARISMA project reflects on the current issues related to community retrofit and social housing in Greater Manchester, which were debated at the recently organised workshop.
Panel Discussion – Beyond the ‘fracking’ polemic: Energy Futures and Vulnerability
A reminder for our forthcoming event …
EVENT project policy brief now available in English and Greek
The relationship between domestic energy vulnerability and economic austerity in Greece is discussed in a new policy document issued by a recently completed research project.
EVALUATE project presented at the 2014 Fuel Poverty Research Symposium
EVALUATE/CURE research associate Sergio Tirado Herrero recently participated in an international symposium in Belfast, with a video introducing the aim and context of some of our recent work, as well as key results and emerging ideas on the spatially-contingent and multi-scalar nature of domestic energy deprivation in Europe.
Moving beyond the polemic: Shale gas as a focal point for discussion on key energy issues
Unconventional gas exploitation has recently become a hot political issue across Europe (and the UK in particular), supplementing the intense public interest and controversy that it has continuously attracted in the US. University of Manchester doctoral researcher Craig Thomas reflects on his own work on the issue, as well as relevant recent and forthcoming work within the Centre forContinue reading “Moving beyond the polemic: Shale gas as a focal point for discussion on key energy issues”
The AAG in Tampa: Energy geographers take over
Following its overwhelming presence at the last three Annual Conferences of the Royal Geographical Society, energy geography research is now featured to a similar extent at the US counterpart of this event: the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). This year’s meeting took place in Tampa (Florida) and was extremely well attended by geographers from across the world.Continue reading “The AAG in Tampa: Energy geographers take over”
