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Call for papers: Postgraduate symposium on household energy
consumption, technology and efficiency
We are pleased to announce this call for papers for a one-day
symposium that will take place at the University of Birmingham's
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences on the 6th of
June 2012. The symposium is being organised under the auspices of the
EPSRC-funded ADMIER (Accelerating and Disseminating Methodological
Innovation in Energy Research) project
(http://espru.wordpress.com/admier/). It is part-funded by the
Midlands Energy Graduate School (http://www.megs.ac.uk/) and is
supported by the Energy Geographies Working Group of the Royal
Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
(http://energygeographiesworkinggroup.wordpress.com/).
The aim of the symposium is to build research capacity and provide a
platform for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange, by bringing
together postgraduate researchers with scholarly interests in energy
demand and consumption, as well as interventions and technologies in
the home.
Paper topics can include, but are not limited to:
- Household energy practices as they relate to domestic energy
technologies;
- Political, social and cultural dimensions of technical energy
efficiency interventions in the home;
- Behavioural issues surrounding the use of ‘slanty devices’;
- The role of domestic energy efficiency in conditioning fuel
poverty and energy vulnerability;
- Energy citizenship and low carbon policies in the residential
environment;
- Energy demand and consumption patterns among young adults,
particularly students.
Paper abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to Dr Saska
Petrova ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) no later
than the 1st of May 2012.
Limited travel bursaries will be available – please indicate your
interest in them when sending your abstract.
The event will be followed by a one-day international workshop on the
same topic, including presentations from several leading researchers
in the domain of domestic energy efficiency, technology and
consumption behaviours. Participants in the symposium will have the
opportunity to stay on for the workshop.
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