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Dr Eddy Wifa awarded The SPIRE 2020 research grant
Our Dr Eddy Wifa was awarded a research grant to facilitate cooperation with researchers at the University of Bergen. The SPIRE 2020 grant will enable Dr Wifa to visit Bergen for 6 weeks to conduct joint research in the regulation of offshore wind energy as part of the GOV-WIND research...
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Dr Shapovalova gives a research seminar in Oulu, Finland
Dr Daria Shapovalova is just back from her visit to Oulu, Finland. On her research trip, Dr Shapovalova has met with her colleagues at the anthropology department of the University of Oulu for the planning workshop of her Cold Connections project. She has also given a research seminar on indigenous rights...
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Professor Tina Soliman Hunter interviewed for BBC Brazil
Last week, our Professor Tina Soliman Hunter was interviewed for BBC Brazil on issues relating to the development and direction of Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company. The full text is available in Portuguese here - https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-49743153
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Prof Greg Gordon gave talk at the North Sea Energy Law Programme in Copenhagen'
Last week, our Prof Greg Gordon was in Copenhagen teaching Carbon Capture and Storage on the North Sea Energy Law Programme. The NSELP is a joint LLM programme between four universities: Groningen (The Netherlands), Oslo (Norway), Aberdeen (United Kingdom) and Copenhagen (Denmark). It is a part-time degree programme offering advanced...
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Prof Soliman Hunter is providing a keynote address for the IECCA meeting in Moscow
Professor Tina Soliman Hunter is providing a keynote address for the 7th Annual Meeting of the International Expert Council for Cooperation in the Arctic (IECCA) on 7 November 2019 in Moscow. The theme of the meeting is ‘Information technologies in the Arctic: navigation, communication and management’. She is also giving...
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Professor John Paterson gave a lecture at the National Decommissioning Centre
On Thursday 24 October, our Professor John Paterson gave a lecture on the legal and regulatory dimension of decommissioning to the first intake of PhD students to the National Decommissioning Centre at Newburgh. On Friday 25 October, he hosted a session at the NDC featuring Uisdean Vass, Head of Oil and...
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University offers Local Content Law training to Mozambique's National Oil Company
A group of specialists from Mozambique's National Hydrocarbons Company (Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos - ENH) have completed a two-week advanced 'Local Content Masterclass' training at the University.
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Dr Daria Shapovalova at the 'Beyond Oil 2019: Deep and Rapid Transformations' conference in Bergen
Last week Dr Daria Shapovalova presented her work on energy and climate change at the 'Beyond Oil 2019: Deep and Rapid Transformations' conference in Bergen. She discussed avenues for better integration of energy decarbonisation into the international climate change regime. Find more information about the conference here:https://www.uib.no/en/cet/123851/beyond-oil-2019-deep-and-rapid-transformations?fbclid=IwAR3eiyh-jiOzQQ4NyZCxNNf8ZXiZXvU80Rgg8EnYY-4O8YgWo1Rf8L_po0w
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Dr Shapovalova presented her work at the North-Pacific Arctic Conference
Our Daria Shapovalova has travelled to Honolulu, Hawaii to present her work at the annual North Pacific Arctic Conference, organisied by the East West Center and the Korean Maritime Institute. Daria was selected as the Early Career Fellow of the programme and delivered a paper and presenation on pollution prevention...
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Professor Soliman Hunter in Australian press on the 10th anniversary of Montara oil spill
Our Prof Tina Soliman Hunter has published an op ed in Australia's largest newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, discussing the Montara oil spill on its tenth anniversary. Read the whole piece here: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/next-montara-disaster-is-a-case-of-when-not-if/news-story/9f515749313f4164709e023d441279ab