Current Lab, Research Groups, and Current and Past Projects
Below you will find more information about my current lab and research groups, as well as current and past research projects.
RESEARCH GROUPS: Clean Technologies Research Institute (CTRI)
The CTRI was created in June 2017 to advance clean technologies research at Dalhousie and beyond.
Leaders in Energy Sustainability
We are training the next generation of leaders who will advance sustainable energy technologies to help address climate change.
Dalhousie Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research (Dal-POWER)
A group of interdisciplinary researchers at Dalhousie University with an interest in questions of an offshore wind energy future - in Nova Scotia and beyond.
Bringing universities, municipalities, and community organizations together to work collectively on the Sustainable Development Goals and create a more prosperous and sustainable future.
Northern Atlantic Indigenous Nations come together to share knowledge about a changing climate.
Advancing Water Stewardship Across Wabanaki
In partnership with the AFNWA, we are looking to better understand pathways toward co-developed, and sustainable clean water systems in participating First Nations in Atlantic Canada.
This project will assess Halifax Regional Municipality’s (HRM) flagship renewable energy program, Solar City.
City Branding and Climate Change
2022-Present. Exploring local engagement, climate action and participatory place branding in cities within the UK and Canada.
2017-Present. Achieving Strength, Health, and Autonomy through Renewable Energy Development for the Future. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security (CASES) Partnership
2021-Present. The CASES Partnership is an initiative involving 15 northern and Indigenous communities and public and private sector project partners from Canada, Alaska, Sweden, and Norway. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
2018-2023. UK-based academic consortium aimed at understanding the challenges and opportunities within Smart Local Energy Systems. Supported through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
2019-2025. GO-P2P is a forum for international collaboration to understand the policy, regulatory, social and technological conditions necessary to support the wider deployment of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption and transactive energy models.
The Meaning of Community Wind Energy (MOCWE)
2017-2020. MOCWE was a group interested in contributing to sound community planning and sustainable alternative energy policies through innovative social scientific research.
Communities Around Renewable Energy Projects (COAREP)
2010-2017. COAREP was a group interested in contributing to sound community planning and sustainable alternative energy policies through innovative social scientific research.