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The University of Edinburgh’s Global Development Academy is organising a series of events over the coming fortnight intended to catalyse research collaborations around energy access, energy systems and energy transformations in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America. These events are timed specifically to support researchers interested in imminent funding opportunities under the UK Government’s Global Challenge Fund, DFID's Total Energy Access Fund, Innovate UK's Energy Catalyst, and the FCO's Prosperity Fund. -- Friday May 6th: Global Energy Access Frontiers Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, 0900 - 1700 University of Edinburgh + University of Strathclyde + Low Carbon Energy and Development Network Public Details/Registration<https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=24810465771> Wednesday May 11th: Frontier Energy Storage Technologies and Global Energy Challenges Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, 0900 - 1700 University of Edinburgh + University of Oxford / Smart Villages Public Details/Registration<http://e4sv.org/events/frontier-energy-storage-technologies-global-energy-challenges/> Friday May 13: Electrification in the South: The Impact on Women's Empowerment. Guest Seminar, Staff Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 1400 - 1600. Tanya Winter is Associate Professor, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo and Project Leader, DFID Funded Project ‘Empowering Woman Through Electrification" Public -- Jamie Cross Director, Global Development Academy Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology University of Edinburgh Office: +44 (0)1316515181 Mobile UK +44 (0)7552817310 Website<http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/cross> | Dream Zones Book<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dream-Zones-Anticipating-Development-Anthropology/dp/0745333729/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398713391&sr=1-1&keywords=dream+zones+jamie+cross> | Life Off the Grid Project<http://www.lifeoffthegrid.net/> | Academia.edu<https://edinburgh.academia.edu/JamieCross> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/jamiejcross>