New CRESI working papers/publications on transitions to biofuels

4 01 2011

A number of papers have recently been published by CRESI staff and colleagues on the issue of bio-fuels.

The first, by Sarah Pilgrim and Mark Harvey reports a series of interviews with staff at a number of NGOs (Greenpeace, Oxfam, WWF, RSPB, Friends of the Earth) and suggests that in many cases the development of NGO policy has been driven more by narrow political opportunities for influence than by broader and more coherent policy responses to global climate change or economic development, or indeed rigorous assessment of the scientific evidence. Read the rest of this entry »





Seminar – Ecologically sustainable growth? Brazilian prospects

26 02 2009

CRESI’s  12th March 2009 seminar will be given by Prof Mark Harvey (Sociology, University of Essex). Seminars are held in Room 6.345, are open to all staff and students and are followed by a reception in the Sociology Common Room (6.341). Read the rest of this entry »








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