ISF Seminar Series archive
Prior to the launch of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, we have had Sustainability Seminar Series as part of 'KUSRN' - the Keele University Sustainability Research Network. Due to the sucess of this seminar series, it will be carrying on under the Institute.
Prior to the launch of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, we have had Sustainability Seminar Series as part of 'KUSRN' - the Keele University Sustainability Research Network. Please see below the topics we have covered over the last few years within these seminar series.
After a set of successful seminar series, we are now ready for the next series with speakers from diverse disciplines, including Media, Communications, and Culture, Chemistry, Politics, Geography, Environment and Sustainability, and Psychology. Seminars will start in Mid October. Please download a pdf of the ISF Seminars for 2019-20
Our the seminar series are usually run on a Wednesday from 1-2pm in the Walter Moberley Building Room WM0.03.
If you are interested in delivering a seminar in Semester 2, please contact the Sustainability Project Officer, s.j.briggs@keele.ac.uk for more information and availability.
If you would like to be kept up to date with the seminar series, please sign up to the specific seminar series mailing list.
2019
Matthew Harris PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment | October 16, 2019 | Life in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: linking two of the most remote environments on Earth |
Dr Philip Catney Senior Lecturer, Politics | October 23, 2019 | The Political Economy of Street Trees |
Dr Maria Heckl | October 30, 2019 | Sound Meets Sustainability |
Dr Jane Krishnadas Director of Legal Outreach, School of Law | November 6, 2019 | TBC |
Ashley Murphy PhD Candidate, School of Law | November 13, 2019 | Climate change and security: a Security Council matter? |
Dr Mark Charlesworth Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social, Political and Global Studies | November 20, 2019 | Policy in a Planet on Fire |
ISF Writefest Writing Retreat | November 19, 2019 | Come and work on a sustainability-related project in the company others |
Kate Hayes MSc Geoscience Research | November 27, 2019 | Imagery in Geoscience and Communication |
Saumu Mwasha PhD Candidate, School of Geograohy, Geology and the Environment | December 4, 2019 | TBC |
Christos Evangelides MSc Geospatial Sciences, University College London | December 11, 2019 | Using Red-Edge Normalised Difference Vegeta- tion Index (NDVI705) from Sentinel-2 imagery to assess post-fire regeneration |
2018
Andreas Wanke Head of Unit for Sustainability & Energy Management, Freie Universität Berlin | October 5, 2018 | From Energy to Sustainability Management at Freie Universität Berlin. Governance, Milestones and Lessons Learned |
Dr Aleksander Radu Lecturer in Chemistry | October 10, 2018 | Determination of plant nutrients using simple chemical sensors and opportunities to involve Masters students in projects relevant to Precision Agriculture |
Yesmeen Khalifa | October 24, 2018 | Integrated Resources Management for Urban Sustainability in the Global South’s Megacities |
Sophia Hayat Taha MA International Relations student | October 31, 2018 | Constructing Refugee Identity: Goals for Global Equity? |
Dr Glenda Jones Teaching/Research Fellow, Geography, Geology and the Environment | November 7, 2018 | The European Plate Observing System (EPOS), a landmark example of an integrated and sustainable research platform for solid Earth Science in Europe |
Institute for Sustainable Futures Full day writing retreat | November 15, 2018 | Writefest event open to staff and PGR students |
Dr Ian Stimpson Senior Lecturer in Geophysics | November 21, 2018 | Geothermal - sustainable carbon neutral energy from beneath our feet |
Dr Allison Gardner Teaching Fellow in Bioinformatics | November 28, 2018 | Automating inequality and the digital poorhouse |
Phil Butters Director of Estates and Development | December 5, 2018 | TBC |
2016
Dr Phil Catney Senior Lecturer in Politics | October 5, 2016 | |
Dr Katherine Haxton Senior Lecturer in Chemistry | October 12, 2016 | |
Ata Ur Rehman Shaikh MPhil Student | Monday October 17, 2016 | |
James Muiruni MSc Students in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology | October 19, 2016 | A feasibility study on solar-powered computing in Kenyan schools |
Dr Daniel Allen Teaching Fellow in Human Geography | October 25, 2016 | Mapping the Archive: Using Historical Hunting Records to Map the Presence of Otters in England |
Grant Bosworth PhD Student in Psychology | November 2, 2016 | Pro-environmental values and behaviour: A cross-cultural comparison of the UK and Brazil |
Creating the Future of Sustainability Research at Keele: A Networking Event | November 9, 2016 | To find out more about this event, follow this link. |
Dr Eva Giraud Lecturer in Media, Communications and Culture | November 16, 2016 | Care-full food activism? Contesting consumption practices in the city and on the farm |
Dr Marit Hammond Lecturer in Environmental Politics | November 23, 2016 | The Centrality of Culture for Sustainable Prosperity |
Dr Mike Musgrave Teaching Fellow in Environment & Sustainability | November 30, 2016 | Complexities of Sustainable Development in African Dry Tropical Forests. Scale, Ecology, Politics, People |
Dr Chris Maughan Early Career Fellow, Coventry University | December 7, 2016 | Can food production be fair in an urban context?
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Máté János Lőrincz PhD Student in Sustainable Energy | December 7, 2016 | Narrowing the gap between smart metering and everyday life. Comfort, cleanliness, and smart metering techniques in undergraduates' households |
Dr Zoe Robinson Director of Education for Sustainability Sophie Bessant Academic Developer Rebecca Laycock Teaching Fellow in Environment & Sustainability | January 11, 2016 | Sustainability at Keele - what do you think? Results of staff and student surveys |
2015
Dr Andy Zieleniec Lecturer in Sociology | October 21, 2015 | Tartan, Shortbread, Whisky and the Stag: Continuing Myths of the Scottish Highlands |
Dr Daniel Allen Teaching Fellow in Human Geography | October 28, 2015 | |
Rebecca Laycock PhD Student in Sustainability | November 4, 2015 | Action Research for Sustainability: Being a green activist-researcher |
Giulia Mininni PhD Student in Politics | November 11, 2015 | Can energy empower women? A case study of the Solar Mamas project in rural Rajasthan; summary of fieldwork findings. |
Dr Emma Surman Lecturer in Management | November 18, 2015 | Food Swapping as an Alternative Market Practice? |
Dr Marit Boeker Lecturer in Politics | November 25, 2015 | The Conceptual Necessity of Democracy for Sustainability |
Anna Wienhues PhD Student in Politics | December 2, 2015 | Justice in and to the Environment |
Dr Sharon George Sustainability Hub Manager | December 9, 2015 | TBA |
Sophie Bessant PhD Student in Education for Dr Zoe Robinson Director of Education for Sustainability | POSTPONED | Sustainability at Keele - what do you think? Results of staff and student surveys |
Dr Brian Mac Sharry Guest lecture | March 20, 2015 | UNEP's Protected Planet Report, which tracks progress towards global targets for protected areas, and his work on the Protected Planet website, which is an online interface for the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the most comprehensive global database on terrestrial and marine protected areas. Protected areas are important for conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services by, for eaxmple, reducing habitat loss and fragmentation, reducing species extinction, reducing pollution and conserving endangered species. |
2014
Dr Zoe Robinson Director of Education for Sustainability | Wednesday 7 May | Are Geography students good ‘environmental citizens?’ A comparison between year of study and over time |
Dr Sarah Taylor Lecturer in Ecology | Wednesday 28 May | Biosecurity and the future of forests and forestry in the UK |
Dr John Hegarty Senior Lecturer in Eco-psychology | Wednesday 4 June | Ecopsychological perspectives on sustainability |
Dr Richard Waller, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography | Wednesday 11 June | Impacts of climate change on Arctic environments |
Sophie Bessant Sustainability Project Officer and PhD Student | Wednesday 18 June | The Marketization of English Higher Education and the Sustainability Agenda: contradictions, synergies and the future of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) |
Lavinia Udrea Philosophy PhD Student | Wednesday 25 June | UK Public Policy for Influencing Pro-Environmental Behaviour |
Deidre McKay Senior Lecturer in Social Geography and Environmental Politics | Wednesday 2 July | Everyday Objects: why recycled plastic is a problem for Filipino culture |
Professor Andy Dobson Professor in Politics | Wednesday 9 July | Reducing Energy Consumption through Community Knowledge Networks (RECCKN) |
Giulia Mininni Sustainability Project Officer and PhD Student | Wednesday 16 July | Challenges and opportunities for women led low cost sustainable renewable energy technology (RET) projects in off-grid communities of the global south |
Máté Lorincz PhD Student | Wednesday 23 July | Interdisciplinarity in Action:Energy Cultures as a Concept, a Framework and an Organizing Principle |
Dave Emley Keele Arboretum Lead | Wednesday 22 Oct | 40 Years of Watching Nature - Winners and Losers |
Dr Sherilyn MacGregor Senior Lecturer in Politics | Wednesday 29 Oct | Go ask Gladys: Why research on domestic energy consumption should not be gender blind |
Rebecca Laycock Sustainability Project Officer Jon Melhuish Mind Flow Aquaponics, Birmingham | Wednesday 5 Nov (Joint Session) | Rebecca: University Community Gardens for Sustainability and Urban Community Gardens: Reviewing, comparing and directing research
Jon: What is the future of urban agriculture? |
Professor Mark Ormerod PVC Research and Enterprise Phil Butters Director of Estates and Development | Wednesday 12 Nov (Joint Session) | Keele’s Energy Plan, Smart Energy Network Demonstrator and the City Deal |
Nicola Buckley Environmental Education Officer Lavinia Udrea Philosophy PhD Student | Wednesday 19 Nov (Joint Session) | Nicola: Evaluation of a School-based environmental education programme: Fostering environmentally responsible behaviour through intergenerational learning Lavinia: Why do we need a discussion about moral values in relation to environmental protection? |
Dr Stephen Whitfield Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability, University of Leeds | Wednesday 26 Nov | A Critical Perspective on ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture for Africa |
Dr Peter Thomas Senior Lecturer in Botanical and Environmental Science | Wednesday 3 Dec | Can trees solve the problem of climate change? |
Austin Haffenden Teaching Fellow in Environment and Sustainability Grant Bosworth Psychology PhD Student | Wednesday 10 Dec (Joint Session) | Austin: Computational Sustainability: the development of new computational tools, models and methods to balance the economic, societal and environmental needs necessary for a sustainable future. Grant: Talking Rubbish: How psychology can help design and implement interventions to increase recycling rates |
Dr Ben Anderson Lecturer in History |
Wednesday 17 Dec | Protecting Danger: Elite Mountaineers and Naturschutz Alternatives |
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