About David Ockwell

Researcher

David teaches, supervises doctoral students and provides policy advice on climate change policy with a particular focus on low carbon technology transfer and development, and on public engagement with climate change. He has led research collaborations with partners in developing countries (Kenya and India) and provided policy advice to inter-governmental organisations (including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, African Development Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat and OECD Environment Directorate) and governmental departments in developed and developing countries (including the UK, India and Chile). David is a Senior Lecturer in Geography, a Senior Fellow in the Sussex Energy Group at SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), partner coordinator for Sussex University in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and is co-convenor of the STEPS Centre's energy and climate change domain.

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Want to transform access to technology? Follow the invisible threads

by Adrian Smith, Rob Byrne, David Ockwell and Ian Scoones This is one in a series of four blog posts exploring ideas and case studies on ‘transformations’, drawing on research…

Beyond two-dimensional perspectives: Sustainable energy access as adaptation and mitigation?

Earlier this year, the Institute of Development Studies convened a one day meeting of scholars to discuss the emerging field of the politics of climate change adaptation. I study sustainable…

Africa Sustainability Hub will promote low-carbon opportunities

A new African sustainability research hub will make a “huge contribution” to promoting low carbon economic development in Kenya, according to a speech on Wednesday 10th June by Hon. Henry…

What are Climate-Relevant Innovation System Builders (CRIBS)?

Update (1 July 2015): The research described in this blogpost has been written up in an article for the journal Climate Policy: Ockwell D. and Byrne R. (2015) Improving technology…