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Carbon Saving through Commercialisation of Domestic Micro-Generation Technologies

The purpose of this project is to get a consumer and user perspective on the adoption and non-adoption of low and zero carbon heat technologies. The study has conducted preliminary technical and user evaluations of solar water heating, heat pumps and biomass stoves and boilers.

15 June 2015, 15:46

Dr Sandip Hazareesingh

Research Fellow
FASS; History

11 June 2019, 16:15

RECIPE: Resources for Community Energy Projects

Investigators

Dr George Callaghan, The Open University
Dr Stuart Parris, The Open University
Dr Roberto Simonetti, The Open University

Funding

IKD-funded, 2011-12 & 2014-15

5 December 2016, 11:45

Changing Farming Lives in South India, Past and Present

Aims

This project brings an original arts and humanities perspective to the crucial development challenges of food security, biodiversity, and climate adaptation faced by small and marginal farmers.

Investigators

Sandip Hazareesingh, Open University (Principal Investigator)

Funding

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

11 June 2019, 16:39

Internet of Things: Smart Remote Solar PV Lab

Investigators

Satheesh Krishnamurthy, The Open University (Principal Investigator)
Namrata Senga, University of Kota
Tim Drysdale, The Open University
Nick Braithwaite, The Open University

20 March 2017, 11:55

AgroEcos: Research partnership for an agroecology-based solidarity economy

AgroEcos website: https://projetoagroecos.wixsite.com/meusite

Tri-lingual facility: see options in the upper right-hand corner

Aims

This research partnership will:  

•    identify and strengthen community capacities for an agroecology-based solidarity economy

•    develop, combine, test and refine research methods for making those community capacities more visible, as a basis to strengthen them through multi-stakeholder knowledge co-production (diálogos de saberes)

3 October 2019, 15:42

Dr George Callaghan

Senior Lecturer in Economics
FASS; Economics

20 March 2017, 14:11

Professor Norman Clark

Visiting Emeritus Professor of Innovation Systems & Development
FASS; Development Policy & Practice

7 April 2017, 11:29

Dr Les Levidow

Senior Research Fellow
FASS; Development Policy & Practice

7 April 2017, 13:45

Dr Sue Oreszczyn

Visiting Fellow
STEM

7 April 2017, 14:09

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Contact us

To find out more about our work, or to discuss a potential project, please contact:

International Development Research Office
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0)1908 858502
E: international-development-research@open.ac.uk