Service resumes
So I guess that this is the occupational hazard with blogs. You set up your shiny new website, enthusiastic about all the witty and insightful anecdotes that you will be sharing with your legions of followers, and then in the first couple of months you write about absolutely anything you can think of (my Christmas eating masterpiece, for example). Then, you get swamped with other stuff to do in order to pay the mortgage, you get out of your swing, and blog writing loses its u
Kick-off time
So, a kick-off trip for the MLW project. I head out to Lusaka, Zambia at the end of this month to attend the Sustainable Energy Southern Africa Forum of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership. The event "provides an opportunity to discuss progress on Zambia's SE4All Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus, to identify specific opportunities for strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships to achieve the three goals of SE4All and to learn more about concrete markets and business opp
We're hiring!
Fancy a job as a research associate? It pays over thirty grand, and involves lots of travel to exotic destinations in Africa. You'll be working on an exciting new project, funded by the British Academy, that is focused on renewable energy, development and the digital economy. It's part of the UK government's £1.5 billion Global Challenges Research Fund. The project is for sixteen months. For more information, and to apply, please visit the website. #MakingLightWork #SmithScho
Thank you, British Academy!
I am delighted to have secured one of 16 grants awarded by the British Academy, under their Sustainable Development Programme. The grant will fund a major research project to further sustainable development and work to eliminate poverty. This programme from the British Academy' is supported by the UK government's £1.5 billion Global Challenges Research Fund. My project, entitled 'Making Light Work' focuses on a unique model for delivering utility-scale solar powered electrici
