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The Priestley International Centre for Climate is contacted regularly by journalists for quotes on climate change issues, as is the University's press team. We would like to offer a wider range of voices to accommodate these requests. Researchers in less senior positions can bring freshness and diversity to discussions and the Centre is keen to broaden its stable of speakers. Please get in contact with Priestley Communications Officer Kate Lock if you would like to join the team, or ask questions.
The main qualifications for engaging with the media are a passion for your research and an ability to communicate. This is important for all researchers, whether or not you want to be the next Brian Cox, but it can be daunting. For that reason, we've put together details of some upcoming media skills courses and workshops that will teach you how to talk and write with confidence. Click the links to book on to them.
Writing for a general audience: 2 March; 8 June (09.00-13.00) Rachel Barson, University press team
Engaging with the media: 9 March; 22 June (09.00-13.00) Rachel Barson, University press team
TV interview skills: 20 April; 27 June (0.900-13.00) Diana Muir, external trainer
'What makes a newsworthy story?' 21 February; 25 May (13.00-16.00) Rachel Barson plus editors from The Conversation
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The University of Leeds is part of a £10m NERC research programme to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean. The Leeds project, headed by Dr Christian März (above, centre) will study the changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS) and is one of four linked projects involving 16 institutions funded by the UK research programme. More
Associate Professor Julia Steinberger has been awarded a £1m Leverhulme Research Leadership Award. Julia’s project “Living Well within Limits” (or “LiLi”) will explore the influence of social and technical provisioning systems on mediating the relationship between resource use and human well-being. It will run for 5 years and employ 4 post-docs and 3 PhD students. More
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Climate Exchange
16 February, 13.00-14.00, Clothworkers North Building (G.12): Talking Transport: Climate Exchange double bill - The impact of climate change on railway earth structures Dr Fleur Loveridge (School of Civil Engineering) and Individual behavioural change in mode choice Dr Eva Heinen (Institute for Transport Studies)
29 March, 13.00-14.00, Baines Wing (2.10): The global Sustainable Development Goals challenge Dr Viktoria Spaiser (School of Politics and International Studies)
(Further information about our interdisciplinary Climate Exchange seminars and slides of previous presentations are available here)
Other climate seminars
7 February, 14.00, School of Earth and Environment (seminar rooms 8.119) ICAS external seminar: El Nino Southern Oscillation and its role in Earth's energetics in different climates Pascale Braconnot (IPSL/LSCE, Paris)
14 February, 14.00, School of Earth and Environment (seminar rooms 8.119) ICAS external seminar: Vegetation canopies - the location where land surface and atmosphere are intertwined Arnold Moene (Wageningen University)
15 February, 16.00-17.15, School of Earth and Environment (seminar rooms 8.119) LEAF/UBoC seminar: From lab - to rainforest - to lab: Carbon-rich alternatives to slash -and-burn agriculture Mike Hands (Inga Foundation), Antony Melville (Rainforest Saver) and Lachlan McKenzie (tropical Permaculture Guidebook)
22 February, 16.15-17.45, Social Science Building (14.33) Political Theory and Cultural Values research seminar (with CEM): Do parents have a special duty to mitigate climate change? Dr Elizabeth Cripps (University of Edinburgh)
22 February, 16.00-17.15, School of Earth and Environment (seminar rooms 8.119) Sustainability Research Institute seminar: Water security and climate change. Declan Conway (Grantham Research Institute)
27 February, 14.00, School of Earth and Environment (seminar rooms 8.119) ICAS external seminar: UK Environmental Prediction - an integrated approach to understanding interactions across sky, sea and land at convective scale John Marsham (Met Office)
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Understanding Parliamentary processes and policy making
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How are UK laws made, and how can we influence them? Sophie Scragg, a representative from the Parliamentary Outreach Service, will give a 2-hour workshop on 27 February designed to teach people about how Parliament works and how the public and academics can influence UK policy.
The workshop takes place from 15.00-17.00 at School of Earth and Environment seminar rooms 8.119. It is designed for MSc students but is suitable for staff and PhD students wanting to understand more about Parliamentary processes. Attendance is free; email Harriet Thew to express your interest.
For academics wanting to become more closely involved, a Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme offers the chance to work on specific projects proposed by offices inside Parliament, as well as enabling academics to propose their own project ideas. The scheme is run by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) and has been endorsed by the Research Councils, in particular the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
A Directed Call is now open to apply to work on the BEIS (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) Committee, providing energy and climate change support. Deadline for applications is 16 February. An open call on any topic begins 16 May. Further information here.
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BEIS The implications of global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C
Max value: £225 – 250k Max duration: 1 year Deadline: 17 Feb
DFID Postdoctoral fellowships on innovative methods and metrics for agriculture and nutrition actions fellowships (IMMANA)
Value: £34k stipend and £7.5k research allowance Duration: 1 year Deadline: 28th Feb
Belmont Forum / JPI Urban Europe Sustainable urbanisation global initiative – food-water-energy nexus
Max UK partner value: €300k (€1 -2m whole consortium) Max duration: 3 years
Deadline: 15 March (pre-proposal), 20 Sept (full proposal)
Global Food Security - Policy lab on multifunctional landscapes – providing food alongside other ecosystem services
Workshop: 27 – 29th March 2017 Deadline: 10th February 2017
NORFACE ERA-NET A Multilateral Joint Call for Proposals on Transformations to Sustainability (T2S)
Max UK partner value: €500k (€1.5m whole consortium) Max duration: 3 years
Deadline: 5 April Please note there is an institutional process and workshop for this call
NERC / NSF Future of Thwaites Glacier and its Contribution to Sea-level rise
Max value: $4m (combined UK and US budget) Max duration: 5 years
Deadline: 1st March 2017
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