PhDs: Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and.
Our Economics PhD is seen as the second stage of a four-year programme. The first step is the MRes Economics programme lasting one year, and the PhD follows on from this, lasting three years (with the added possibility of extensions).
Many of UK’s renewal energy developments that obtain government sanctioned approval to proceed, but not ’community approval’, are compounding the NIMBY oppositions that often lead to protracted conflicts between communities, industries and governments which in turn results in significant social, political and economic costs to the interests of all concerned.
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (PhD 4 Year Programme) Non-graduating research in Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management (6 months or more) Non-graduating research in Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management (less than 6 months) PhD opportunities. View PhD opportunities on the School of Social Sciences website.
This course explores the theoretical and empirical perspectives on individual and industrial demand for energy, energy supply, energy markets, and public policies affecting energy markets. It discusses aspects of the oil, natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power sectors and examines energy tax, price regulation, deregulation, energy efficiency and policies for controlling emission.
The Department of Economics has a long and established track record of research, working with a wide variety of industrial and academic partners to achieve significant social and economic benefits. We are part of the larger School of Politics, Economics and International Relations. We have an active.
Within Construction Management and Engineering we offer a PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering and a PhD in Construction Management. Current PhDs in Energy and Environmental Engineering cover a range of topics, including: thermal comfort, renewable technologies, electric vehicles, energy storage, energy systems and demand management.
There are over 20 faculty members in Economics, together with a number of research fellows, emeritus and honorary staff. The Department has a well-established tradition of research in applied economics, particularly in the areas of labour economics and energy economics. There are also research interests in: macroeconomics; international economics.