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).

CRESI secures ESRC sustainable consumption funding

In collaboration with colleagues at a number of Universities including Manchester, Lancaster and Edinburgh, CRESI’s Professor Mark Harvey and Dr Ben Anderson have secured substantial ESRC funding to develop their work on sustainable consumption as part of the Sustainable Practices Research Group of the ESRC Sustainable Behaviour Group.

Seminar: Capitalism versus the environment? A debate

Ted Benton & Mark Harvey from the Department of Sociology, University of Essex

Date: Thursday 22nd October 2009

At 16:00 in Room 6.345, Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex.

CRESI to undertake ‘global challenges’ research

Prof. Mark Harvey and Dr Ben Anderson are to lead ground-breaking research as part of a programme of cross-university ‘Global Challenges‘ projects.

Seminar – Peak Oil, Peak Capitalism? Global Climate Change, All Change for the “Effluent Consumer”?

19/03/2008

16.00 to 17.30, Room 6.345, Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex.

Prof Mark Harvey