TARG:ET Seminar Series
TARG:ET hold a regular online seminar series where we engage academic and non-academic experts from across the UK and beyond to discuss research and innovation occurring in relation to energy and environmental technologies, policies and related issues.
Please see below for a list of our former seminar speakers.
List of webinar speakers...
2026
10th February - Prof. Chris Jones (University of Portsmouth)
Understanding Public Attitudes Toward Small Modular Reactors in the UK: The Role of Proximity and Scientific Consensus
17th March - Dr Christine Boomsma (University of Amsterdam / National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
How do people make sense of new energy technologies: The case of the hydrogen supply chain in the Netherlands
14th April - Pantea Razavi (IZES - Institute for Future Energy Systems, Germany)
Societal Acceptance of Hydrogen in Germany: A Multi-Level Perspective
From May 2026 TARG:ET will be joining with CERES (Centre for Environmental and Renewable Energy Solutions | University of Portsmouth) to provision a joint seminar series called Clean Energy Futures Forum (CEFF) - watch this space for further details.
2025
5th January - Prof. Ian Walker (Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe)
Does it matter what we think? Exploring structural influences on pro-environmental behaviours
4th February - Prof. David Hutchinson (University of Portsmouth)
Accelerating Net Zero: Steps toward Environmental and Renewable Energy Solutions
8th July - Dr Joel Gordon (Cranfield University/Lund University)
Public trust and social acceptance of hydrogen homes: Insights from the UK
21st October - Dr Taalia Nadeem (University of Portsmouth)
Game of (Delivery) Drones: A game-based approach for supporting deliberation on the use of drones in logistics.
18th November - Dr Jo Swaffield (University of Newcastle)
The Future of Energy Efficiency in the Home: Using Innovative Methods to Assess the Acceptance of New Technologies by Vulnerable and Non-Vulnerable Groups
5th December - Prof. Dr Roh Pin Lee (Brandenburg University of Technology)
“STEEP” Approach for a Multidimensional Assessment of the Transition of Carbon Intensive Industries towards Decarbonization & Circularity
2024
28th February - Milan Tamis (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
The psychology of charging an electric vehicle: social behaviour at the charging point.
5th March - Prof. Savvas Papagiannidis (University of Newcastle)
Can smart homes be green homes? Reflections on technology adoption research.
12th March - Prof. Prashant Kumar (University of Surrey)
Nature, communities and health - showcasing the research of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE).
19th March - Cara Holmes (Citizens Advice)
Understanding the impacts of Government policy for home heating in the UK.
26th March - Prof. Aimee Ambrose (Sheffield Hallam University)
Understanding the lived realities of heating transition: insights from the JUSTHEAT project.
14th May - Dr George Warren (University of Surrey/ACCESS KE Fellow)
Decarbonising domestic energy use: is it all about the money?
21st May - Dr Charles Ogunbode (University of Nottingham)
Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave
4th June - Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh (University of Bath)
Behaviour change for net zero
11th June - Emily Wordley (PhD Candidate, University of Huddersfield)
Trusted gatekeepers and facilitators: engaging island communities in marine renewable energy decision making
18th June - Prof. Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter)
Putting energy infrastructure into place: lessons from a systematic review
25th June - Dr Sadhana Jagannath (University of Surrey/Imperial College)
Resident-centred housing design approaches for sustainable futures
9th July - Dr Gareth Thomas (Cardiff University)
Heat decarbonisation, hydrogen and place: towards an anthropological research agenda for the social implications of hydrogen clustering
16th July - Dr Mitchell Scovell (CSIRO, Australia)
Understanding public attitudes towards hydrogen in Australia
23rd July - Dr Adam Peacock (University of Exeter)
How different stakeholders accept, or protest, low carbon energy transitions through a strategic performance of spatial and public imaginaries: a multi-level Swedish case study
8th October - Dr Chris Jones (University of Portsmouth)
Public attitudes towards gasification technologies in the UK, Germany and China and their susceptibility to the Nasty Effect
5th November - Dr Nicole Huijts (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Nine important questions on the human dimensions of the privacy and security risks of smart home technology
5th December - Dr Herman Elgueta (Universidad de Magallanes, Chile)
Far South, Close Ties: Regional Identity's Role in Environmental and Energy Attitudes in Southern Patagonia