EPRG - CEU Energy Policy Research Group

Open call for the 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 / Budapest / July 22–27, 2024!

The summer school is an unparalleled opportunity to delve into the intricate connections between energy, agriculture, and water, hosted at the Central European University in Budapest.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:
Title: Climate Nexus: Interlinking Energy, Agriculture, and Water
Date: July 22–27, 2024
Application Deadline: February 14, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝? This transformative experience promises to empower you as a leader in the realms of energy and food transition. By participating, you will gain valuable insights into the critical intersections between energy, agriculture, and water, and explore innovative solutions crucial for building a sustainable future.

We believe that your active participation will not only elevate your expertise but also contribute significantly to the ongoing efforts in shaping a greener, more resilient world. Your unique perspective and insights are integral to the success of this event.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: To seize this opportunity, please visit: https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/courses/2024/climate-nexus-interlinking-energy-agriculture-and-water-leadership-energy-and-food.

Are you interested in learning about energy communities?
Then you are in the right place!

Join EPRG next Monday to learn from Dr. Bernadette Fina, Scientist at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH.
With a background in optimizing and simulating energy communities, Bernadette is an expert in the regulatory landscape of Austria and Europe.
She will share her expertise and insights on energy community development and innovative business models in this session.

When: Monday, January 15th 2024
Time: 15:40 - 16:40
Where: Room D -105 at Central European University
Zoom : tbc

* Image: Energy Communities Hub

The EPRG group is excited to invite you to our last event of the fall term, where Dr Aliki Van Heek will guide us through the future of nuclear energy and the challenges involved in managing radioactive waste.

When: Monday, December 4th, 5.40 – 7:20 PM
Location: Room D-001, CEU Vienna
Online: https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92969856232?pwd=eEpXOGx3WXlwZFo2cWZwWXZldWd0dz09
Passcode: 727824

On November 20th, the CEU’s Energy Policy Research Group hosted the panel “Through the lenses of extractivism: postcolonialism and the energy transition.” The event featured a panel of distinguished speakers who have dealt with specific case studies of extractivism and its effects on local communities in countries from the Global South and the periphery of the Global North:

• Alf Hornborg - Professor of Human Ecology at Lund University
• Alberto Matarán Ruiz - Professor at the Urban and Regional Planning Department at the University of Granada
• Josefa Sánchez Contreras - Ph.D. Researcher at the Department of Sociology at the University of Granada.

The discussion was centred around extractivism as a mechanism of exploitation in the context of energy transition, starting from the consideration that the shift from a fuel-intensive to a material-intensive energy system does not come without a high cost to local communities, related to the continuous need for replenishment of raw materials.

We thank everyone who joined us during this insightful discussion!

*Image Eugene Nforngwa LinkedIn

Reminder,

Join us today for an interesting talk about Energy Security with Dr. Slawomir Raszewski.

Find here the Zoom details



You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: This is a recurring webinar

Topic: CEU Energy Policy Research Group



Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92969856232?pwd=eEpXOGx3WXlwZFo2cWZwWXZldWd0dz09

Passcode: 727824

EPRG is excited to invite all energy enthusiasts to our second event of the season

Have you ever wondered how cybersecurity is changing the way people see threats to energy security?
Join Dr. Slawomir Raszewski from the University of East London to discuss how although worries regarding resource access are likely to remain significant in the years to come, cybersecurity is being considered more and more as the background for innovation, sustainability, and transition.

When: Monday, October 23rd / PM
Where: CEU Room A415/ online

Zoom details:

https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/92969856232?pwd=eEpXOGx3WXlwZFo2cWZwWXZldWd0dz09

Passcode: 727824

Konstantin Geiger is an expert on urban renewable energy with a background in economics. In the field of ecological economics he has been working at federal and state level in Austria on issues like green finance, CO2-tax and community energy.

Konstantin is the EPRG guest at today's event: The times and timing of community energy. The story of Vienna ☀️

Join us at CEU - room A415 at 5.40 PM or online (https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/95708891221?pwd=WVlLcld2YVFpbEY5aFhjMmkvWEZMZz09
Passcode: 782390)

Exciting news ahead: EPRG is back after a long break!

For the first event, we invite you to take another kind of trip through Vienna and to explore the community energy initiatives that take shape as we speak. Our guides are Konstantin Geiger and Mika Hasselbring, energy and urban experts who are part of the Urban Innovation Vienna team, the organization that works with the city of Vienna to support citizen-led energy projects.

When: Monday, October 9th / 5.40 PM
Where: CEU - room A415 and online:
https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/95708891221?pwd=WVlLcld2YVFpbEY5aFhjMmkvWEZMZz09
Passcode: 782390

A really interesting event - and CEU students (and probably alumni) can get a discount. Just let the organizers know!

Regulation in Energy Transition The Energy Transition training will cover key topics of the transformation incl. renewables, flexibility, hydrogen, flexibility and others.

The time is now!!! The CEU Summer University has launched the RePowering Leadership in European Energy and Food CEU Summer University Course - July 24 - 31, 2023.
EPRG ex/members are exactly the type of people that should apply.

Application deadline - Feb. 14, 2023. Please spread the word. Never before have so many cutting-edge policy scholars from European and American institutions been assembled for an 8-day course. https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/courses/repowering-leadership-european-energy-and-food

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