Webinar series
As a key part of our thought leadership role, CIET runs a webinar series called Perspectives on the Energy Transition featuring conversations, lectures and Q&As with experts in a range of fields.
Our webinar series brings together experts in all areas of the energy transition to share their knowledge, findings and research. Thought leadership is a key element of the energy transition, and CIET aims to provide the background needed to inform the decision making process at industry, government and community levels.
If you would like to participate in this series or suggest a potential speaker, please contact us at ciet@curtin.edu.au. All the recordings are available below on our YouTube page.
Upcoming webinars
Measuring progress towards a Just Transition with Prof. Tavis Potts
Tuesday, 30 July 16:30-17:30 (AWST)
As transition becomes ever more urgent, there have been increasing calls for clarity about what exactly ‘Just Transition’ means and how we can work towards it. Professor Tavis Potts’ recent work in North-East Scotland has identified and developed indicators to measure Just Transition in local communities. Tavis will discuss his findings and how they relate to an effective and equitable transition to a Net Zero future.
Professor Tavis Potts is Dean for Sustainability, Chair in Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development and co-coordinator of the Just Transition Lab at the University of Aberdeen. Tavis is interested in the political economy of sustainability and how societies and institutions implement more sustainable outcomes.
Past webinars
How can we accelerate the energy transition? With ERICA representatives
Wednesday, 19 June
For our fourth webinar, we were joined by members of the ERICA Organising Committee for a discussion of the State of Energy Research conference findings, next steps and what we can do to accelerate the energy transition.
Counterproductive sustainable investing with Prof. Kelly Shue
Wednesday 29 May, 9:00-10:00am (AWST)
Our third webinar featured Professor Kelly Shue, Professor of Finance at Yale School of Management, discussing her recent research into the surprising discovery that so-called “sustainable investing” may be counterproductive.
How can we decarbonise society in ways that are place-sensitive and fair? With Prof. Patrick Devine-Wright
In our second webinar, Prof. Patrick Devine-Wright discussed how social science frameworks and principles can recast technology deployment as an act of place-making, delivering greener, fairer and more resilient communities.
Which future will we build? with Prof. Clark A. Miller
In our first webinar, Prof. Clark Miller reflected on a series of participant observations, experimental interventions, and imaginative exercises in the redesign of Arizona energy systems that shed light on the critical importance of design choices in the global decarbonisation of energy systems.