James Crooks

Graduate Sustainability Consultant at ClearVUE

Graduate Sustainability Consultant at ClearVUE

ClearVUE. Business is a leading environmental and energy consultancy, driven by a commitment to data-driven net-zero strategies. Our mission involves collaborating with companies across diverse sectors to formulate and implement carbon reduction and energy efficiency...

CEE Senior Policy Fellow to co-host ECR Writing Extravaganza

CEE Senior Policy Fellow to co-host ECR Writing Extravaganza

Our own Dr Cornelia Helmcke is set to cohost the British Academy Scotland Cluster's Scotland Writing Extravaganza - an in-person writing retreat at the University of St Andrews on 24 July - as part of a summer series of events. These events are designed to provide a...

Climate Camp Scotland 2025

Climate Camp Scotland 2025

22 - 29th July Protest Camps are a tradition in the European climate and environmental movement, from occupations in Scotland like the Mainshill Solidarity Camp to the big mass action camps in France and Germany. These camps bring together hundreds if not thousands of...

Target Studentship for Prospective PhD Students

Target Studentship for Prospective PhD Students

TARGET is the Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources, and UKRI-NERC sponsored Centre for Doctoral Training. TARGET is led by the University of Leicester, with a large number of University and industry partners.  TARGET will support...

Gold rush in the Amazon

Gold rush in the Amazon

by Gard F Vangsnes

The Amazon basin is arguably the world’s most important forest given its capacity as a carbon sink and its role as a hydrological cycle. However, people living there are increasingly struggling to maintain living standards. Informed by years of ethnographic work, this post discusses the pressures leading indigenous communities of the Amazon to open up their lands to external gold mining and what has led groups like the Shuar to take up mining themselves within this key global ecosystem. 

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Energy Policy at Canberra

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Energy Policy at Canberra

The University of Canberra is seeking a dedicated researcher to join our team to explore energy justice within electricity transmission regulation and policy.  The role is funded through a three-year Australian Research Council Discovery Project (“Just transmission:...

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