Dr Saska Petrova, Prof J Evans
Applications accepted all year round
About the Project
The UK energy system has undergone an impressive transition over the past several decades, witnessing significant changes in the range of technologies and the diversity of actors that participate in the sector. The system has shifted towards more ‘distributed energy resources’, including local heat and electricity generation, flexible demand and energy storage. These remarkable changes have created a number of challenges to existing forms of energy governance, which are still predominantly centralised. There is a need for innovative approaches to facilitate the demands of the new system. It is insufficiently known how disruptive these changes are or could become, and how cities and companies can strategically respond to and benefit from them. This project aims to advance knowledge on innovative distributive governance and local government models of energy systems by providing novel insights into the institutional, socio-environmental and infrastructural dimensions of experimental, bottom up energy generation in cities, via creative mapping, institutional ethnographies and interview evidence.
Advanced knowledge of how to develop an innovative, distributed energy governance in cities as a way of addressing climate change challenges, including social and spatial aspects in particular
Funding Notes
Funding covers tuition fees and annual maintenance payments of £17,500. Students with a first class/2.1 degree (or equivalent) with a background in engineering and physical sciences and Humanities, are encouraged to apply.
UK / EU eligible candidates only (EU residents who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years)
Applications will be reviewed as they are received until a candidate is selected; therefore candidates are encouraged to apply early.
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