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DR STEWART RUSSELL Dr Stewart Russell passed away on 17 September 2011. Dr Russell was senior lecturer in Science Technology and Innovation Studies at
the University of Edinburgh and had wide-ranging interests in the social and policy aspects of technology, and particularly issues of energy innovation and governance. His work crossed the boundary between natural and social sciences to constitute the newly emerging field of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. A Cambridge graduate in physical sciences, Dr Russell moved to Aston University, Technology Policy Unit, to study the social factors shaping technological systems. His PhD involved analysis of the limited progress of combined heat and power technology in the UK in comparison with its mainland counterparts, rooted in differences in policy systems. From 1988 to 2006, he was
lecturer and then senior lecturer in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
In 2006 Dr Russell joined the University of Edinburgh, where he played a key role in developing postgraduate programmes in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies and interdisciplinary research programmes in the area of energy and environment. He participated in the UK Research Councils Energy Programme Heat and the City, and was a member of the ESRC/Defra Sustainable Behaviours Centre and Deputy Director of the Edinburgh Research Centre for Social Sciences.
Dr Russell was also a consultant
to trade unions, community groups and government, and at Edinburgh he developed an innovative Understanding Technology public lecture series with the National Museum of Scotland. A passionate environmentalist, Dr Russell was planning a carbon-neutral house at the time of his death.
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PROFESSORS JOHN VAN REENEN AND CAROL PROPPER
appointed to provide expertise in competition policy, intellectual property, telecommunications, energy and other areas. The appointment is an important
Professor John Van Reenen with co- author Professor Carol Propper have been awarded the Arrow Award for the best paper in Health Economics, published in 2010 for their paper Can Pay Regulation Kill? The prize is awarded by the International Health Economics Association. Carol is Professor of Economics of Public Policy at the University of Bristol where she helped found the ESRC Centre for Market and Public Organisation. John is the Director of the ESRC Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics.
DR LORRAINE WHITMARSH BRASS associate Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh, has accepted the invitation to join the Welsh Assembly Government’s Climate Change
Commission for Wales. The Commission was set up in 2007 to bring together the main political parties, sector interests, delivery bodies, academics and climate change experts to support the delivery of the climate change agenda in Wales. The Commission’s purpose is to agree the action needed to address climate change, provide leadership in tackling both the causes and consequences of climate change and make recommendations to the Welsh Government.
PROFESSOR MARK SCHANKERMAN
The Global expert services and consulting firm Berkeley Research Group has announced Professor Mark Schankerman as one of two new directors in
their London office. Mark has been
step in enhancing the group’s ability to offer exceptional talent and experience to clients in the UK and throughout Europe. Mark Schankerman is a Professor of Economics and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
PROFESSOR IAN BATEMAN The Science Advisory Council (SAC) of Defra has appointed Professor Ian Bateman lead investigator on an ESRC-funded project Social and
Environmental Economic Research into Multi-Objective Land Use Decision Making. SAC provides support to Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser so that they can independently challenge and promote the use of evidence in policymaking. The appointment runs until August 2014.
PROFESSOR PAUL BOYLE Professor Paul Boyle, ESRC Chief Executive, has been elected as the first President of Science Europe – a newly formed organisation that
brings together 50 research-performing and funding organisations from across Europe. Science Europe will promote the
collective interests of its member organisations, and streamline the co- ordination of policies and activities. Speaking about his new role, Professor Boyle said: “I am honoured to be elected as the first President of Science Europe. International collaboration is critical to finding solutions to the major challenges facing the world today. Science Europe will allow us to work together to address these challenges by providing a strong, single voice for research- funding and performing organisations in Europe.”
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