Sean Field

Dr Bridget Bradley was interviewed on two BBC radio programmes this morning! Listen to hear her discuss the charity she founded with her research community @BFRB_UK_Ireland and their upcoming conference in Oxford with @TheTrichProf

1884 Plan of #Dundee to accompany the Directory of that year. This version has been marked up by the City Engineers Department to show the proposed reclamation of land to the west of the rail bridge. Although it be a few more decades under Riverside Park was created. #MapMonday

We have been saying this for years now. It's nearly impossible to come to the UK to work as a researcher, especially if you have a family. theguardian.com/education/arti…

The outfits in this are so good. Dancing by CDK Company (IG cdkcompany) Directed by Sergio Reis (IG sergiovsreis)

How should #climaterights shape #netzero? Exciting panel with @lydcole, Daria Shapovalova and Rowan Cruft @EthicsEnergy @univofstandrews

How should we act in the face of climate change? Join us on 10 May for "Acting on Climate Change: Policy, Rights, & Net Zero" Speakers will include: Patrick Harvie, Sarah Boyack, John Swinney In-person tickets are still available! Register here: tinyurl.com/2bpdv5sc

Seen in Dundee this weekend 🌈

@NearlyExperts @EthicsEnergy @univofstandrews @OctopusEnergy @ScotGovNetZero Not at all. Generators submit price bids to make money - covering their costs and making what they deem to be acceptable profits. It would mean that generators wouldn't get paid as if they were generating ⚡using the most inefficient gas turbines.

@EthicsEnergy @Field_SeanS @univofstandrews @OctopusEnergy @ScotGovNetZero Thanks for the reply! So would that mean the changes you propose would make it less financially viable for companies to move into lower-cost energy solutions if they aren't making those profits?

New Blog Post ✍️ Our Director of Policy Sean Field (@Field_SeanS) takes on the UK's electricity pricing in his latest blog contribution: 'Lowering UK Electricity Prices to Achieve Net Zero?'. @univofstandrews @OctopusEnergy @ScotGovNetZero 👉tinyurl.com/3tcdtfuv

@NearlyExperts @EthicsEnergy @univofstandrews @OctopusEnergy @ScotGovNetZero Good question! With marginal pricing (the current system) producers with bid prices below the wholesale price earn more money. What do they do with that money? You'll have to ask them :) But, it means consumers are paying a lot more for electricity than they should be...

@EthicsEnergy @Field_SeanS @univofstandrews @OctopusEnergy @ScotGovNetZero An interesting idea! One question for @Field_SeanS: Where does the money being saved come from? Is it currently being used on grid maintenance or is it going somewhere else?

Reforming wholesale electricity prices is vital for decarbonizing heat. Can it be done? Yes. And it will save consumers on their electric bills. There is more than one way to do it - in this short peice I explain avg cost wholesale pricing

"The budget is a piece of theatre meant for your consumption. It is a cute moment – a photogenic moment where a multimillionaire can hold up a red box and bribe you with a bit of your money..." V good and interesting read theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, the Israeli state began an intense information warfare campaign with the intention to dehumanize Palestinians as a whole in order to justify the collective punishment of a population of 2.3 million people caged in a territory the size of Philadelphia. As part of this campaign, Israeli government and military officials, IDF soldiers, media outlets, and members of private Israeli rescue organizations told a series of graphic stories about what occurred on October 7. Several of the most shocking of these, including assertions of group executions of children and the mass beheading of babies, have now been debunked, including through the investigative reporting of major Israeli media outlets. Among this campaign’s ultimate successes was getting President Biden and other U.S. and international officials to launder and promote false narratives. This pattern has continued during the four month war against Gaza, with the U.S. giving cover to Israel to attack Gaza’s hospitals and bolstering the Israeli campaign to demonize and destroy UNRWA, the most vital aid organization on the ground in Gaza. I have watched many, many hours of footage from the October 7 attacks and it is harrowing and horrifying. There is no doubt that widespread atrocities and war crimes were committed during the Hamas-led attacks of October 7. The intentional killing of unarmed civilians, whether by Hamas or by the Israeli military, is a war crime. It is also a war crime to take civilians hostage. Among those taken captive by Hamas and other groups were children, including a 10-month old baby, and the elderly. It is also true that for decades Israel has repeatedly killed Palestinian civilians in both Gaza and the West Bank. And it maintains a longstanding policy of arresting and prosecuting Palestinian children and youth in military courts, often denying them basic rights. The Israeli social security agency has published extensive documentation on the identities of the 1,139 Israeli citizens and residents killed on October 7. According to these figures, 695 Israeli civilians were documented to have been killed that day, along with 71 foreigners, most of whom were migrant laborers. These people and the more than 27,000 Palestinians whose deaths were justified in their names, deserve an unvarnished rendering of the truth. The documentable facts are horrifying enough on their own. When deliberate falsehoods are inserted into the discourse and repeated by U.S. officials, it serves no purpose but to forward the agenda of Netanyahu’s war of annihilation. In this piece, I tried to offer an overview of how some false stories spread and the role these narratives have played in the horrors that have been meted out against the people of Gaza over the past four months. theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaz…

Come join us for this new book discussion (see below) with @DominicBoyer! "No More Fossils", available open access here: manifold.umn.edu/projects/no-mo…

...the public facing performances of good governance. Thanks @matthewarcher5 and Sayd Randle for organizing this SI published in Antipode @EthicsEnergy, @StAndrewsAnthro, @UStAResearch

... and treatments of CO2. These understandings, I argue, are tied to the materiality of hydorcarbons. This has implications not only for how carbonous substances are stored - above and below ground - but draws attention to what storage spaces mean for... 2/x

I'm excited for the publication of this new OA article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/E8GNEVZQ… The article traces how understandings of natural gas has evolved from excess nuisance, to liability, to potential asset turned commodity in ways that parallel unfolding understandings... 1/x

Wishing you all a happy Burns Night! Last year CEE Artist-in-Residence Rebecca Sharp (@sharpette) was asked to write something for the University’s online annual celebrations. @univofstandrews @GlobalOfficeStA Catch the recording here 👇👇 youtu.be/jrhsUGfVnj4

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@HighMette @univofstandrews @UStAResearch @StAndrewsAnthro Aw thanks 😊