Europe’s approach to biofuels: The Road to Nowhere

Mark Harvey‘s research featured at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Biofuel seminar at the Royal Society on 22nd July 2010.

“Mark echoed what other speakers also noted that in order to deliver a transition to sustainable transport energy strong, long-term strategic political direction is required, together with strong state support and steering from basic science to commercialisation. ‘Market signals will not drive radical, comprehensive or urgent technological change,’ he added.” Read  more coverage of the seminar from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).

From tomatoes via genomes to biofuels – by public road

This presentation, which was given at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent on March 18 2010 gives an overview of Mark’s work of the last decade, and its specific contribution to the development of the understanding of economic sociology and innovation. The presentation covers a wide range of research, picking out the main features, rather than going into great depth. There are detailed notes to each slide which can be viewed via the Slideshare version.

Diane Elson and the Casablanca Dreamers

CRESI’s Prof. Diane Elson‘s work featured recently in two panel sessions at the United Nations as part of the 54th Annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (March 1-12, 2010).

The first, “Vision for A Better World: From Economic Crisis to Equality” centred on the contributions of the Casablanca Dreamers, an international group of female activists and thinkers established in 2007 with the aim of empowering women in the developing world in order to help them overcome poverty.

Speaking to MediaGlobal, Diane who is a member of the Casablanca Dreamers criticised the response of many governments to the current economic crisis

‘Theory in the face of global challenges’

Centre for Theoretical Studies Roundtable

15th October

University of Essex, Colchester Campus: LTB 9. 1pm-3pm.

Professor Mark Harvey (Director of CRESI)

CRESI research features at ESRC Seminar

CRESI’s Dr Ben Anderson recently gave an overview of our research on developing small area estimates of income, household expenditure (consumption) and time-use at an ESRC Seminar.

Talk: Capitalism as multi-modal economic process: a neo-Polanyian approach

On June 17th CRESI’s Mark Harvey will be giving an Invited Lecture to the Centre for Globalisation and Governance, University of Hamburg.