Programme

8.30 - 9.00am
Registration

9.00 - 9.15am
Welcome
Rachael Rothman - Co-Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

9.15 - 9.30am
Climate Justice in an Urbanizing World
Vanesa Castán Broto - Professor of Climate Urbanism, Department of Geography

9.30 - 10.30am
Session 1: Renewable Energy & Energy Justice
Chaired by Ankit Kumar - Lecturer in Development and Environment, Department of Geography

Renewable Energy and Energy Justice: Towards Recognizing Intersectional Vulnerabilities
Hita Unnikrishnan - Newton International Fellow, Urban Institute

Renewable Energy: How Engineers Think and What We Don't Understand
Solomon Brown - Professor of Process and Energy Systems, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

10.30 - 11.15am
Session 2: Presentation of online guide - 'Challenging Colonial Practices in Research'

Challenging Colonial Practices in Research: A Guide for PhD Researchers
Ella Hubbard - PhD Researcher, Department of Geography
You can click here to read the guide.

11.15 - 11.45am
Coffee break

11.45am - 12.45pm
Session 3: A Just Future for Food
Chaired by Bhavani Shankar - Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Food

Tackling Unsustainable Diets: A Public Health Perspective
Kristin Bash - PhD Researcher, School of Health and Related Research

Food Justice: The Case of Animals
Alasdair Cochrane - Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and International Relations

12.45 - 1.45pm
Lunch and Poster Session
Posters presented by second year Grantham Centre PhD students. New TUoS PhD students will also have a chance to ask about our Grantham Centre training programme.

1.45 - 2.45pm
Session 4: Future of Cities
Chaired by Ben Purvis - Researcher, Management School

Meeting Tomorrow's Needs With the Buildings of Today
Danielle Densley Tingley - Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Charles Gillott - PhD Researcher, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Housing Experiences of People with Disabilities in Rapidly Changing Informal Settlements of Eldoret, Kenya
Abraham Mnangat Mariech - PhD Researcher, Department Of Urban Studies and Planning

2.45 - 3.15pm
Coffee break

3.15 - 4.30pm
Panel discussion: Climate Justice & Global Supply Chains
Chaired by Janet Bainbridge - Grantham Ambassador, Specialist Advisor for the UK Government

Panel discussion speakers:
David Kennedy - Director General, Defra
Ambreen Waheed - Founder, Responsible Behavior Institute
Gavin Milligan - Sustainability Consultant, Green Knight Consulting

There will be 45 minutes dedicated to discussion and questions and answers with the audience.

4.30 - 4.45pm
Closing remarks
Rachael Rothman - Co-Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

4.45 - 5.45pm
Networking and drinks reception