UKERC Announces Membership of Research Committee

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UKERC has appointed members to its new Research Committee, which will oversee Calls for Proposals under the new Research Fund; in UKERC Phase II (2009 – 2014), about 40% of research resources will be channelled through the fund.

The following experts, from a wide range of disciplines, reflects UKERC's whole systems approach:

• Nick Hartley (Chair), OXERA, economist, former Head of the Cabinet Office Energy Review
• Prof Dick Eiser, University of Sheffield, psychologist whose specialisms include risk perception
• Dr Jim Halliday, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, environmental science and engineering, currently managing UKERC's Energy Research Atlas function
• Prof Nick Jenkins, Cardiff University, electrical engineer, specialising in energy networks and renewables
• John Loughhead, UKERC Executive Director
• Prof Dennis Loveday, Loughborough University, building physics, with interests in building energy performance and thermal comfort 
• Prof David MacKay, University of Cambridge, physicist
• Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer, University of Nottingham, chemical and environmental engineering, specialising in carbon capture and storage and clean fossil energy
• Dr Karsten Neuhoff, Cambridge University – from October, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (German Institute for Economic Research – DIW), economist
• Prof Jim Skea, UKERC Research Director
• Prof Gail Taylor, University of Southampton and Imperial College, plant biologist and environmental scientist specialising in bioenergy
• Dr Dan van der Horst, University of Birmingham, environmental geographer specialising in natural resource management including social and spatial aspects

Members will serve for two years initially. The first Call for Proposals under the new Research Fund is planned for late June/early July 2009. The aims are: to bring a wider range of researchers and disciplines into UKERC's research programme; to ensure that the best science is used to deliver the programme; and to allow the programme to develop flexibly in the light of new scientific insights or external developments.

The Committee's main roles will be to advise on the content of the Call for Proposals and ensure that selected proposals are consistent with UKERC's overall research programme. The Committee will also need to monitor the overall progress of the research programme and advise UKERC management on research strategy more generally.

For more information, please contact

Lex Young: 020 7594 1573 / 07974 779 004
Patricia Luna: 020 7594 1573 / 07904 200139
Or email: pressoffice@ukerc.ac.uk
 

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