Publications

Methods and approaches to modelling the Anthropocene

Publication ID: pub.1002951971

Keywords: Complex System Models; Emergence; Feedbacks; Global; Scenarios; Simulation; Socio-ecological Systems

The ‘Anthropocene’ concept provides a conceptual framework that encapsulates the current global situation in which society has an ever-greater dominating influence on Earth System functioning. Simulation models used to understand earth system dynamics provide early warning, scenario analysis and evaluation of environmental management and policies. This paper aims to assess the extent to which current […]

Life cycle assessment of energy consumption and environmental emissions for cornstalk-based ethyl levulinate

Publication ID: pub.1040917576

Keywords: China; Cornstalk; Energy Consumption; Environmental Emissions; Ethyl Levulinate; Henan Province; Life Cycle Assessment

This study analysed the sustainability of fuel-ethyl levulinate (EL) production along with furfural, as a by-product, from cornstalk in China. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted using the SimaPro software to evaluate the energy consumption (EC), greenhouse gas (GHG) and criteria emissions, from cornstalk growth to EL utilisation. The total life cycle EC was […]

Benchmarking and developing numerical Finite Element models of volcanic deformation

Publication ID: pub.1030005737

Keywords: Bolivia; COMSOL Multiphysics; Finite Element Analysis; Uturuncu Volcano; Volcano Deformation; Volcano Geodesy

Volcanic deformation during an unrest episode can provide valuable insights into potential magmatic plumbing system dynamics. Paramount to this is a model linking the recorded ground movement to the causative source at depth. Most models employ analytical techniques due to their simplicity, but these are limited in their approach due to a number of necessary […]

Modelling the effectiveness of climate policies: How important is loss aversion by consumers?

Publication ID: pub.1121497452

Keywords: Behavioural Realism; Decarbonisation Policies; Global; Loss Aversion; Policy Simulation; Prospect Theory; Technology Diffusion

s Reliable decarbonisation policies can only be developed with a thorough understanding of how consumers choose between energy technologies. Current energy models assume optimal consumer decisions which may result in expectations of the effectiveness of climate policies that are far too optimistic. Prospect Theory, on the other hand, aims to model real-life choices, based on […]

Against the tide of depoliticisation: the politics of research governance

Publication ID: pub.1065016548

Keywords: Politicisation; Responsible Research and Innovation; Science Policy; UK; Universities

Forensic civism: articulating science, DNA and kinship in contemporary Mexico and Colombia

Publication ID: pub.1044424700

Keywords: Biobank; Colombia; Forensics; Mexico; Right to Truth

The article will present the findings of ethnographic research into the Colombian and Mexican forensic systems, introducing the first citizen-led exhumation project made possible through the cooperation of scholars, forensic specialists and interested citizens in Mexico. The coupling, evolution and mutual re-constitution of forensic science will be explored, including new forms of citizenship and nation […]