Thursday evening Policy Seminars

As part of the MSc course, the Centre holds a regular series of Thursday evening Policy Seminars given by a range of speakers from areas including government, industry and non-government organisations who come to talk about their particular involvement in the environmental field. These seminars are of great value, as they provide a prime opportunity for informal socialising and networking.

External speakers range from international experts to course alumni, with their contribution ensuring coverage of current issues, the possibility of placement-style dissertation research and an invaluable source of job announcements. 

All seminars will take place from 17.00 – 18:00 UK time. The location will be confirmed on the calendar invite, which is sent out weekly. All students are expected to attend.


Autumn Term (Core Course)

3 October 2024

John Mumford Research to Impact Lecture Professor Helen Roy, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology: Curbing the global threat of biological invasions: perspectives, predictions and policy


10 October 2024

Sam Burford, Landscape Recovery Team Leader, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) with colleagues Daniel Burke and Henry Clifford: 'Working in Defra: Environmental Policy in Action’


17 October 2024

Florence Okoye, User Experience and Service Designer, Curator and Researcher: ‘A matter of perspective: confronting the racialised imaginary to create STEM policy’


24 October 2024

Jarno Stet, Waste and Recycling Manager, City of Westminster Council: 'Managing London's Waste'


31 October 2024

Iona Norton CEng MIMechE, Housing Energy and Sustainability Manager, Royal Borough of Greenwich: ‘Social housing retrofit – from policy to practice, a Greenwich case study’


7 November 2024

Postponed due to Tube Strike.


14 November 2024

Will Cooper, Senior Manager, Global Grants, Credits & Incentives, EY: ‘Bridging the Say-Do Gap: Incentives and Industrial Transformation’


21 November 2024

Rob Holland, STSE Manager, Oil Spill Response: ‘Oil Spill Response: The Practical Side and the Role Science Plays’


28 November 2024

Allan Barton, Global Business Leader for Resources and Waste, Arup: 'Sustainably Treasuring our Planet (What you and others must do)'


5 December 2024

Swati Singh, Energy and Sustainability Global Lead, CBRE: 'How building certification and standard contribute to the implementation of sustainability'


 

Spring Term

9 January 2025

Sarahjane Widdowson, Director, Intelisos: 'Green jobs and skills – are you ready for the green skills revolution?'


16 January 2025

Louisa Treadwell, Associate Consultant, Elliot Wood & Mallika Advani, Sustainability Consultant, Elliot Wood: 'The Role of Sustainability Consultants in the Built Environment'


23 January 2025

Oliver Lord, Head of Strategy and UK, Clean Cities Campaign: 'Public Service to Grassroots Activism: Environmental Policy in Action'


30 January 2025

Professor Margaret Bates, Head of the UK EPR Scheme Administrator, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)


6 February 2025

Karyn Georges, Manager Director UK&I, Victoria Thi Gai Westphalen, Graduate Consultant, Maya Shanti, Graduate Consultant, Isle Utilities: "Harnessing the Wave: Technology and the Future of Water".


13 February 2025

Will Routh, Director and Co-Founder, Chirpy Heat


20 February 2025

Eloise Cotton, Head of Sustainable Development UK&I, Schneider Electric


27 February 2025

Graham Pendlebury, Former Director, Department for Transport (DfT)


6 March 2025

James Lloyd-Jones, Founder and CEO, Jones Food Company


13 March 2025

Richard Brass, Managing Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Capital, Rothschild & Co


Summer term

1 May 2025

Dr Samuel Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Materials and Engineering, Lancaster University


8 May 2025

Adam Read, Chief Sustainability & External Affairs Officer, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK


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