Prof Chris Foulds
Prof of Sustainability & Society, Global Sustainability Institute, ARU, Cambridge, UK | energy, everyday, knowledges, governance, policy, interdisciplinary | sharedgreendeal.eu sshcentre.eu https://energy-shifts.eu shapeenergy.eu
- After somewhat of a hiatus on here, I'm inspired to check back in as I'm en route to the joint 4S-EASST conference in Amsterdam - it looks amazing.. FOMO will be v real, v quickly, given how is much going on! Lots of hastags already.. #easst4s #EASST4S2024 #easst2024 #4s2024.. did I miss any?!
- How have EU missions reshaped governance and policymaking in the last 3 years? 🗓️ Save the Date for our SSH CENTRE event with Friends of Europe! Let's boost synergies, prioritize interdisciplinary R&I for a greener and more inclusive Europe. In person in Brussels, plus online, 1230-1400 CET 30 Jan.
- ARU won the UK university of the year last night - “Anglia Ruskin University was hailed as an institution that “support[s] its region to the full” as it scooped the top prize at the Times Higher Education Awards 2023”
- Had a brilliant day today at the Global Sustainability Institute’s annual strategy day and Christmas bash. Very lucky to be working with such inspiring and supportive colleagues!
- Absolutely delighted to be at Rosie Robison’s Professorial Inaugural Lecture tonight. So pleased to be celebrating the achievements of an inspiring and generous colleague
- We’re running a session at EASST-4S next July in Amsterdam, on the experiences of doing inter- & trans-disciplinary research in response to societal challenges. Differences between practice & expectations? What lies beyond the ideal-typical? Abstract deadline is 12 Feb. #sts #scipol #energy
- The EC’s plan to convert the New European Bauhaus into a sixth Horizon Europe Mission has been rejected by the EU Member States. But it’s not the end of the road quite yet.. lots of support for a future work programme dedicated to green culture
- Over €47B of the recovery funds will go to European Research Area objectives - A new analysis by the European Commission shows which ERA actions member states are funding from the EU’s post-COVID package
- COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals … unsurprising, unfortunately! EnergySky
- Canada has joined the Horizon Europe framework programme!
- Great job in great dept working with great people in a great city!
- JOB at NTNU (Postdoc). Salary range is similar to that of an Asst. Professor and quite good. #EnergySky #Geosky www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- As expected (phew), but great to see that last week, the European Council gave the go-ahead to UK participation in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes
- Check out the online ‘Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) Launch Event: Call to action on energy demand’ on Monday 27th November 1-2:40pm UK time. The Centre will deliver integrated tech & social change to rapidly reduce emissions, secure prosperity, reduce inequality and improve quality of life.
- A great-looking new, free MOOC has just been launched: ‘Explore the European Green Deal: Understanding the European Green Deal – History, challenges, and opportunities’. 8 modules to help people understand the EU Green Deal. Developed by the GreenDeal-NET consortium.
- This looks really great. The more SSH discussions around the Horizon Europe Missions, the better. This keynote looks especially great because it is about the Soil Mission, which I believe has had much less SSH critique compared to eg the Climate Neutral Cities mission
- I had a pleasure of talking on the need for social science and humanities led research on #soils at the SOILCON conference; the recording is now available. #missionsoil www.tacr.cz/en www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY3K...
- Reposting this, with the note that we have translated versions available in: Ukrainian; Turkish; Spanish; Romanian; Polish; Italian; French; Czech; Bulgarian; Hungarian. We make recommendations on EC funding programmes and how universities should change management practice. Feedback welcomed!
- Excited to see our Position Statement published. It gives recommendations on how Central & Eastern European (climate, energy, mobility) Social Sciences & Humanities research communities should be better supported. There remains huge disparities compared to researchers in Northern & Western Europe.
- Really interesting new Special Issue call for papers in the Buildings & Cities journal, on Sufficiency: www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-pa...
- This looks like a must read!
- New commentary in Area: 'Care and the academy: Navigating fieldwork, funding and care responsibilities' by Rosie Cox et al. This agenda-setting piece reflects on research funding policies & the challenges faced by UK-based academics with care responsibilities doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky #geo
- Member states near agreement on framework to improve research careers in Europe, eg longer-term contracts and training for jobs outside of academia sciencebusiness.net/news/careers...
- “Only 16 EU countries have met a June deadline to submit updated National Energy and Climate Plans to the European Commission for the period running up to 2030 – and none of them are fully compliant with the EU’s latest energy efficiency goals” www.euractiv.com/section/ener...
- Today, we finished a SSH CENTRE consortium meeting. This project is the 3.5yr EU Centre of Excellence for Social Sciences & Humanities research on climate, energy & mobility. We provide a gateway for such insights for the European Commission. Do get in touch if you want to know more www.sshcentre.eu
- I was pleased to record a 3m video for the European University Association to react to their Green Deal Roadmap for Unis. I reflect on how they are uniquely situated between scales and stakeholder communities. I also warn against solutionism and the scaling-up agenda www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gq...
- Delighted to be part of the team behind the European University Association’s ‘A Green Deal Roadmap for Universities’. We provide advice on the delivery of the European Green Deal. We cover: research & innovation; education & students; staff & operations; engagement & impact eua.eu/downloads/pu...
- This was a great read and certainly reminds me of pub conversations with colleagues about why they won’t leave Twitter (although I prefer to call it X, as Twitter as we used to know it is dead).
- "Why do people go back to Twitter?" Latest post on Thesiswhisperer is @zeblarson.bsky.social reflecting on the reluctance of some academics to let go of the toxic environment of X thesiswhisperer.com/2023/11/01/m...
- Another brilliant blog post from Patter on what it means to be ‘critical’ in academic writing - a great resource for social science PhDs! patthomson.net/2023/10/30/c...
- Earlier in the year, we at the SSH CENTRE published Stakeholder Engagement Infosheet one-pagers. Our motivation was that policy actors too often reduce engagement to one homogeneous thing.. when actually there are lots of different methods, methodologies and approaches. sshcentre.eu/engagement-m...
- Interesting to read that EU Member States remain rather unconvinced about the New European Bauhaus, as well as the overall effectiveness of the Horizon Europe Missions. The Bauhaus is meant to be a key mechanism for driving cultural change around eg net zero sciencebusiness.net/news/mission...
- The European Commission finally published their (much delayed) update to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan last Friday. Has big implications for the way European industry & academia collaborate, and thus also for the EU R&I funding, around energy policy priorities ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
- Delighted to be part of the team behind the European University Association’s ‘A Green Deal Roadmap for Universities’. We provide advice on the delivery of the European Green Deal. We cover: research & innovation; education & students; staff & operations; engagement & impact eua.eu/downloads/pu...
- Reposted by Prof Chris FouldsFor everything sustainability and social sciences follow @chrisfoulds.bsky.social who has just joined Bluesky.
