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Category: CURE member activities

Energy geographies at the RGS-IBG annual conference: Reflections

I have just returned from the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, which, once again, has been replete with … More

A call for papers for the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

Visitors to this site may be interested in this recently-issued call for papers, which aims to gather contributions that would explore the different ways in which energy flows and formations are interconnected with wider geophysical and social landscapes.

New paper by a member of the EVALUATE project team

Tirado Herrero, S., Ürge-Vorsatz, D., Petrichenko, K. 2013. Fuel poverty alleviation as a co-benefit of climate investments: evidence from Hungary. Proceedings of the ECEEE Summer Study 2013. 3-8 June 2013. Belambra Presqu’île de Giens, France.

cost-benefit analysis, fuel poverty, Hungary, passive house, Technology, welfare

A short report from Brazil: The relevance of energy issues to the recent protests

By Saska Petrova When we planned last month’s research visit to Brazil, Stefan Bouzarovski and I did not intend for it … More

Brazil, Energy, favelas, oil, privatisation, protests

(De)politicising energy vulnerability at the European scale

By Stefan Bouzarovski Continuing along the politicisation theme that Sergio started in his previous post, readers of this blog may … More

depoliticisation, energy vulnerability, regional, urban

New project: Energy vulnerability and alternative economies in Northern Greece

The 15th of July will see the start of the EVENT project (Energy vulnerability and alternative economies in Northern Greece), … More

alternative economy, austerity, Energy, everyday life, Greece, Poverty

EVALUATE team member participates at the RESPONDER conference

By Sergio Tiraro Herrero Last week I was in Barcelona for the 2nd ‘multinational knowledge brokerage’ event of the RESPONDER project … More

housing, refurbishment, retrofit, sustainability

New papers by members of the EVALUATE project team

By Saska Petrova Petrova S, Gentile M, Mäkinen I H, Bouzarovski S, 2013, Perceptions of thermal comfort and housing quality: Exploring the microgeographies of … More

Energy, housing, Low-carbon, thermal comfort

Energy vulnerability conference in Manchester – a short report

By Stefan Bouzarovski I announced the Manchester energy vulnerability conference several times on this blog – it finally happened last … More

communities, energy vulnerability, households, Pathways, transitions

Announcing the energy vulnerability events in Manchester

By Stefan Bouzarovski Later this week, the University of Manchester will host an international conference on the spatial, social and environmental … More

energy vulnerability, fuel poverty

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