ERBE Student-Led Conference 2024
The 11th annual ERBE Student-Led Conference was hosted by Loughborough University at the James France Building, Loughborough, UK, on the 17th of April 2024. The theme this year was ‘How models can inform policy making for the energy transition’.
The conference was attended by PhD students and early career researchers within energy research pertaining to the built environment and provided a great opportunity to discuss current research interests and topics amongst peers within a highly collaborative environment.
The conference was split into 2 interconnected themed sessions:
Theme 1: The role of models in energy research – This session focused on the wide application of models, whether social, theoretical or mathematical, to energy research and explore our experiences, limitations and challenges faced.
Theme 2: Shaping energy policy with our research – This session focused on how researchers ensure their research is relevant and impactful to wider society.
Well done to our ERBE Students who presented their research at the conference.
Within each theme, there were poster sessions, presentations, networking and a keynote speaker. Erica Thompson, Associate Professor of Modelling for Decision Making at UCL’s Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy closed the first session discussing the role of models in research. The second theme closed with an address from Adam Bell, former Head of Energy Strategy at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (now DESNZ) and the current Director of Energy Policy at Stonehaven.
ERBE CDT
The ERBE CDT brings together world-leading academics from established energy research centres at MaREI, Loughborough University (LU) and University College London (UCL).
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