Gard is a Norwegian anthropologist with strong ties to Ecuador and Latin America. The last ten years he has cultivated an interest for gold mining and conducted ethnographic fieldworks with miners and regulators across mining districts in southern Ecuador. His PhD...
Ava Rawson is an early career social scientist studying the intersection of energy, sustainability, and equity. She received a First-Class Joint-Honours at the University of St Andrews, followed by a MSc with Distinction at Durham University, with both courses placing...
Zak Gainey is a MSc Global Sustainable development student. His current research focuses on the role of nuclear energy, specifically new Small Modular Reactor technology, in the decarbonisation of urban centres in the Global North. Zak’s background in modern...
Riyoko Shibe is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow since 2022. Their project examines life, work and community in Grangemouth, a petrochemical and oil refining town in Scotland, from the 1950s to 2000s, through oral history and archive study. More broadly,...
Andy is an energy and transportation researcher currently pursuing his PhD in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although his primary focus of research is concerned with the airline industry and paths towards its decarbonization...
Serena is a Social Anthropologist currently completing her doctoral studies at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on domestic energy practices in the Majority World and, specifically on the health, environmental, and social concerns associated with...
Victoria is a second year Social Anthropology student at the University of St Andrews. She is interested in equitable and accessible community engagement as a pathway toward addressing common goals on both local and global scales.
Vivienne Wild is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews. Her research is on the evolution of galaxies, focussing on why some galaxies run out of gas and stop forming stars. She is a member of the Astronomers for Planet Earth...
Léa Weimann is a PhD Candidate in Law at the University of Cambridge. Her academic foundation includes a Master of Law (LL.M) in Global Environment and Climate Change Law from the University of Edinburgh and a MA (Honours, 1st Class) in International Relations &...
Dr Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood is a lecturer at the University of St. Andrews’ School of Geography & Sustainable Development, in Scotland and a Visiting Research Fellow at the National Defence College’s Institute of Strategic Research and Studies, in Nigeria. Her...