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Paul Upham Dr Paul Upham

Senior Research Fellow SEE/SPEME

Email address: P.Upham@leeds.ac.uk
Room: c/o Tim Foxon

Biography

Until Feb 29th 2012, I am a Senior Research Fellow in Manchester Business School, Visiting Professor in Governance of Energy Systems and Climate Change at the Finnish Environment Institute and Visiting Researcher at both the Centre for Integrated Energy Research (CIER) and the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at the University of Leeds. From March 1st, I will be a Senior University Research Fellow at Leeds (CIER & SRI).

After a PhD in sustainability theory and indication completed in Sept. 1999, I initially worked on airport and aviation environmental policy at the Centre for Air Transport and the Environment and then on bioenergy and biofuel policy at Tyndall Manchester and Manchester Institute of Innovation Research.

I have worked principally at the interface of non-state actors and energy technologies, drawing on psychological, sociological (STS) and environmental management and science literatures. As much of my work has been funded by EPSRC, there has been a strong empirical theme to this, but at Leeds I am also keen to deepen the theoretical side of my work and to investigate potential points of integration across the sub-disciplines that I’ve come to know over the last 12 years or so.

I have been a sustainability course coordinator at UG level and have supervised students at all levels. Since 2000 I have published 35+ peer-reviewed papers in policy domains ranging across aviation, bioenergy, biofuels, hydrogen, CCS and carbon labeling; I have been Co-I and PI on several RCUK and EC grants; and I am a consultant and referee to a range of agencies and publications internationally, as well as an IPCC expert reviewer.

Projects in which I have been recently involved are listed here: http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/users/paul-upham and http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=24739&lan=en.

Research Interests

  • Public perceptions, communications, governance and innovation policy aspects of low carbon energy technologies
  • Applied domains include: carbon capture and storage, bioenergy & biofuels, aviation, carbon labelling, energy & emission scenarios

Publications

Refereed journal publications (Scopus output as of 03/11/11)

1. Upham, P., J. Tomei, and L. Dendler, Governance and legitimacy aspects of the UK biofuel carbon and sustainability reporting system. Energy Policy, 2011. 39(5): p. 2669-2678.

2. Upham, P. and T. Roberts. Public perceptions of CCS in context: Results of NearCO2 focus groups in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Poland. in Energy Procedia. 2011.

3. Upham, P. and T. Roberts, Public perceptions of CCS: Emergent themes in pan-European focus groups and implications for communications. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2011. 5(5): p. 1359-1367.

4. Upham, P., et al., The sustainability of forestry biomass supply for EU bioenergy: A post-normal approach to environmental risk and uncertainty. Environmental Science and Policy, 2011. 14(5): p. 510-518.

5. Upham, P. and C. Jones, Don't lock me in: Public opinion on the prospective use of waste process heat for district heating. Applied Energy, 2011. 89(1): p. 21-29.

6. Tomei, J. and P. Upham, Argentine clustering of soy biodiesel production: The role of international networks and the global soy oil and meal markets. Open Geography Journal, 2011. 4: p. 45-54.

7. Diedrich, A., et al., Framing environmental sustainability challenges for research and innovation in European policy agendas. Environmental Science and Policy, 2011.

8. Brunsting, S., et al., Communicating CCS: Applying communications theory to public perceptions of carbon capture and storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2011.

9. Brunsting, S., et al. The public and CCS: The importance of communication and participation in the context of local realities. Energy Procedia. 2011.

10. Upham, P., et al., Substitutable biodiesel feedstocks for the UK: a review of sustainability issues with reference to the UK RTFO. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2009. 17(SUPPL. 1): p. S37-S45.

11. Upham, P., L. Dendler, and M. Bleda, Carbon labelling of grocery products: Public perceptions and potential emissions reductions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2009. 19(4): p. 348-355.

12. Upham, P., Applying environmental-behaviour concepts to renewable energy siting controversy: Reflections on a longitudinal bioenergy case study. Energy Policy, 2009. 37(11): p. 4273-4283.

13. Tomei, J. and P. Upham, Argentinean soy-based biodiesel: An introduction to production and impacts. Energy Policy, 2009. 37(10): p. 3890-3898.

14. Thornley, P., P. Upham, and J. Tomei, Sustainability constraints on UK bioenergy development. Energy Policy, 2009. 37(12): p. 5623-5635.

15. Thornley, P., et al., Integrated assessment of bioelectricity technology options. Energy Policy, 2009. 37(3): p. 890-903.

16. Shackley, S., et al., The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe: An assessment of the key determining factors. Part 2. The social acceptability of CCS and the wider impacts and repercussions of its implementation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2009. 3(3): p. 344-356.

17. Anderson, J., et al. Results from the project 'Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage: economics, policy and technology (ACCSEPT)'. Energy Procedia. 2009.

18. Upham, P. and T. Jakubowicz, Aircraft dominance in the transport-related carbon emissions of business school students. Journal of Transport Geography, 2008. 16(1): p. 73-76.

19. Piterou, A., S. Shackley, and P. Upham, Project ARBRE: Lessons for bio-energy developers and policy-makers. Energy Policy, 2008. 36(6): p. 2044-2050.

20. Upham, P. and D. Speakman, Stakeholder opinion on constrained 2030 bioenergy scenarios for North West England. Energy Policy, 2007. 35(11): p. 5549-5561.

21. Upham, P., S. Shackley, and H. Waterman, Public and stakeholder perceptions of 2030 bioenergy scenarios for the Yorkshire and Humber region. Energy Policy, 2007. 35(9): p. 4403-4412.

22. Upham, P. and S. Shackley, Local public opinion of a proposed 21.5 MW(e) biomass gasifier in Devon: Questionnaire survey results. Biomass and Bioenergy, 2007. 31(6): p. 433-441.

23. Gössling, S., et al., Voluntary carbon offsetting schemes for aviation: Efficiency, credibility and sustainable tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2007. 15(3): p. 223-248.

24. Upham, P. and S. Shackley, Stakeholder opinion of a proposed 21.5 MWe biomass gasifier in winkleigh, devon: Implications for bioenergy planning and policy. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 2006. 8(1): p. 45-66.

25. Upham, P. and S. Shackley, The case of a proposed 21.5 MWe biomass gasifier in Winkleigh, Devon: Implications for governance of renewable energy planning. Energy Policy, 2006. 34(15): p. 2161-2172.

26. Upham, P.J. and J.N. Mills, Environmental and operational sustainability of airports: Core indicators and stakeholder communication. Benchmarking, 2005. 12(2): p. 166-179.

27. Upham, P., et al., Environmental capacity and European air transport: Stakeholder opinion and implications for modelling. Journal of Air Transport Management, 2004. 10(3): p. 199-205.

28. Upham, P.J., Climate change and planning and consultation for the UK aviation white paper. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2003. 46(6): p. 911-918.

29. Upham, P., et al., Environmental capacity and airport operations: Current issues and future prospects. Journal of Air Transport Management, 2003. 9(3): p. 145-152.

30. Upham, P., Environmental capacity of aviation: Theoretical issues and basic research directions. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2001. 44(5): p. 721-734.

31. Upham, P., A comparison of sustainability theory with UK and European airports policy and practice. Journal of Environmental Management, 2001. 63(3): p. 237-248.

32. Thomas, C., et al., A strategic decision support tool for indicating airport sustainability. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2001. 16(3): p. 297-298.

33. Upham, P., LCA and post-hoc application of sustainability criteria: The case of The Natural Step. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2000. 5(2): p. 68-72.

34. Upham, P., Assessment of The Natural Step theory of sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2000. 8(6): p. 445-454.

35. Upham, P., Scientific consensus on sustainability: The case of the natural step. Sustainable Development, 2000. 8(4): p. 180-190.

36. Robert, K.H., et al., LCA from a sustainability perspective. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2000. 5(4): p. 191-193.