News and events
A portfolio approach is necessary when addressing challenges in the transport sector, said keynote speaker professor Joan Ogden at the mini-conference on renewable energy in the transport sector. You can download her presentation and several others here.
In the research field "Agent-based modelling of measures increasing the energy efficiency of buildings" The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy is currently looking for a Research fellow on a part-time basis for a doctoral position limited to 3 years initially.
By joining the EU Water Framework Directive, Norway accepted the challenge of achieving good ecological status in its water bodies by 2021. In this Final EUTROPIA Conference, researchers, decision makers, and stakeholders will unite to impart knowledge of the factors that influence the environmental conditions of our rivers, lakes and other water bodies as well as discuss how to move forward.
Does more complete information on energy requirements and lifecycle costs influence consumer's buying decisions for electrical appliances? A team of researchers at CICERO conducted an experiment to find that out.
Zurich – Basel Plant Science Center and Departement of Political Science at the University of Zürich is offering a summer school on bio-based economy to PhD students or Master students in their final year in the fields of plant sciences, political science and economics.
How do we do research on global problems such as climate change in a local setting? That was the main question of Thomas Hylland Eriksen's MILEN seminar. If you missed it, you can listen to the podcast here.
Why do some environmental treaties work and others fail miserably? In order get an insight into that conondrum, Professor Jon Hovi recommends the book "Environment and Statecraft".
What does comfort at home and at the workplace mean for us? In the article "A cross-cultural analysis of household energy use behaviour in Japan and Norway" Wilhite, Nakagami, Masuda, Yamaga and Haneda illustrate how cultural differences and perceptions of comfort impact overall energy use in these countries. Wilhite's et al. article is still current in a world of rising energy demand and climate change.
Hal Wilhite, MILEN Academic Director, invites MILEN and UiO:Energy-networks to send him inputs on EU's upcoming Energy and Climate strategy beyond 2020.
MILEN and the other six Interfaculty Research Areas (IFRAs) at the University of Oslo were evaluated in November 2012. The report by the external evaluators is now ready. One of MILEN's main achievements is that it has managed to develop respect, joint interest and research between the social and the natural scientists within energy research.
The Norwegian Research Council has announced a call for research and industry projects under the new energy programme. ENERGIX provides funding for research on renewable energy, efficient use of energy, energy systems and energy policy.
The Norwegian Research Council welcomes proposals on pre-projects under the KLIMAPRO programme. Applications should focus on research around how society can adapt to unavoidable climate change and on how society can counteract climate change. The call encourages interdisciplinary projects.
The STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex is organizing a two-week international summer school on Pathways to Sustainability covering themes such as politics of sustainability, livelihoods, institutions and development, innovation and social change.
Ane T. Brunvoll from the Norwegian Research Council presented the new ENERGIX programme at CIENS December 20th. Her presentation emphasized the relationship between society and the environment.
This year's conference had the title "Advancing the research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment" and was held at the University of Oslo on November 23rd and 24th.
The book of abstracts for the conference "Advancing the research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment" is now available. Read the abstract that will be presented on November 22-23.
In order to get your technology business on its feet, you have to have some idea of what you want to achieve, says Dr. Jeff Skinner from Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, London Business School.
Take a look at the preliminary programme for the conference “Advancing the research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment.
The World Sustainable Energy Days are one of the largest annual conferences in this field in Europe, offering a unique combination of events on sustainable energy. The conference will be held in Wels, Austria from February 27th to March 1st.
During the conference papers will be presented both in plenary and in sessions under the three themes of the conference. The schedule of the presentations is preliminary, and will be updated.
You can now register for this year's MILEN conference “Advancing the research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment”.
The Earth Institute seeks applications from innovative postdoctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D. and J.D. recipients interested in a broad range of issues in sustainable development. The program is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens.
MILEN is changing and being integrated into the new and larger research area on energy and climate change (UiOEI). MILENs academic director Hal Wilhite explains about the process of integration.
The conference, titled Advancing the research and policy agendas on sustainable energy and the environment will feature 35 papers on the topics of transforming practices, implementing technologies and stimulating interdisciplinary cooperation. Early registration for the conference will open in August.
