Policy seminars

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

16 January 2025

TBC

23 January 2025

TBC

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, Isle Utilites; Victoria Thi Gai, Graduate Technology Consultant, Isle Utlities; Maya Shanti, Graduate Consultant, Isle Utilities.

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

TBC

6 March 2025

TBC

Summer term

1 May 2025

TBC

8 May 2025

TBC

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