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Where Next for Wind? Welcome and Introduction Dr Peter Strachan, Reader, Aberdeen Business School p.a.strachan@rgu.ac.uk. Background. International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Wind Power Track, June, 2005 (Chair: Dr Peter Strachan)
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Where Next for Wind?Welcome and IntroductionDr Peter Strachan, Reader, Aberdeen Business Schoolp.a.strachan@rgu.ac.uk
Background • International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Wind Power Track, June, 2005 (Chair: Dr Peter Strachan) • Greening of Industry Network Conference, Wind Power Track, July, 2006 (Chairs: Dr Peter Strachan & Dr Richard Cowell) • Networking activities and research outputs arising from these and related activities have been significant!
Aim The aim of the seminar series is to drive forward critical investigations of the factors affecting the deployment of wind power, improve the evidence base, and deepen the pool of lessons for policy and management orientated research
Objectives • To take a multi-disciplinary approach to explain national and regional variations in wind power deployment • To provide a forum for connecting social science and other researchers, and to assist in the development of early career academics • To ensure constructive engagement between academic and practitioner stakeholders • To inform wider policy and academic debates about European environmental governance, and renewable energy deployment
Forthcoming Seminar Events • Policy Instruments – Financing and Support Mechanisms, May, 2008, University of Bath • Wind Power and ‘the Planning Problem’, November, 2008, Queens University Belfast • Ownership and Stakeholding in the Wind Power Debate, February, 2009, University of Cardiff • Limits to Wind?,May, 2009, University of St Andrews