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Cornelia Helmcke
@corneliahelmcke.bsky.social
Researcher and Policy Fellow at the Centre for Energy Ethics, University of St Andrews
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My book analysing the politics of EIA and its relevance for the just energy transition, developing the theory of Energy Data Justice, available here link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Engineering Reality
This book offers unprecedented insights into the politics around environmental impact assessments and the power they entail
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October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Are you researching energy systems at the margins? Show us how transformation unfolds -or fails- on the edge, at the upcoming Energy Ethics 2026 conference, St Andrews. CfP for our panel 'Island Energy Vs Energy Islands" at energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/open-...

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Open Panel Call | Energy Ethics
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August 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New Blog Post 📣

Informed by years of ethnographic work, Gard Vangsnes discusses the pressures leading Amazonian indigenous communities to open up their lands to external gold mining and what has led groups like the Shuar to take up mining themselves

energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/blog/gold-ru...
Gold rush in the Amazon | Energy Ethics
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July 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Climate emotions, energy futures and the arts - the #EnergyinMotion Conference will kick off this Sunday with fantastic workshops, panel discussions, performances and more. I will present my research on island energy imaginaries on Monday. Join us for this hybrid event @energy-ethics.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Using my first BlueSky post to share this exciting hybrid conference 8-10 June I've organised with @susanwardell.bsky.social @gair.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social
#EnergyinMotion #CEE2025
Join us for art workshops, talks, poetry, film and more!
May 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Our PEPtalk series is back

10am - 12pm BST
Thurs 24 April
In-Person & Online

Join our expert panellists – @corneliahelmcke.bsky.social, Fraser Stewart & Jamie Speirs – as they examine what is at stake & what comes next for #EnergyPolicy

#EnergySky

Registration is open now 👇
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Select tickets – PEPTalk: What is on the horizon for energy policy? – 109 Muir, Old Burgh School
Speakers: Dr Cornelia Helmcke, Senior Policy Fellow at the Centre for Energy Ethics, University of St Andrews Dr Fraser Stewart...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
'Resolving the Energy Trilemma across the Scottish Islands': the results of my island energy research are now published as policy report + brief to inform future energy policy energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/senior-... @cescotland.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social @ehl-alliance.bsky.social
Senior Policy Fellow Provides Evidence on the Energy Trilemma in the Scottish Islands | Energy Ethics
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February 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Two days to go! Submit your abstract if you are fascinated by energy, climate emotions and art @energy-ethics.bsky.social @ehl-alliance.bsky.social @cescotland.bsky.social @energygeography.bsky.social
Call for Abstracts 📣

We are excited to announce the call for abstracts for our 2025 tent- pole event, Energy-in-Motion!

This conference will be held 8 - 10 June 2025 at the V&A Museum in Dundee.

See the link below for more information!
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#EnergyInMotion #ClimateCrisis
February 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Last week 400 Grangemouth refinery workers were handed redundancy notices. Tomorrow at 1pm, @riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I will present research from interviews with Grangemouth workers on our unjust energy transition.
@energy-ethics.bsky.social St Andrews. Sign up either in person or online.
Register Now – Energy Cafe – The Unjust Transition at Grangemouth Oil Refinery: Workers’ Perspectives – School V
Hosted by Dr Ewan Gibbs and Riyoko Shibe Fossil fuel workers are central protagonists in achieving a ‘just transition’ to a gre...
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February 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My recent Energy Blog post reflects on my ‘townhall’ events on different Scottish isles where local community groups, energy experts & residents discussed constraints to the National Grid for those 'at the end of the line'.

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Beyond a Grid Constrained World  | Energy Ethics
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January 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My book analysing the politics of EIA and its relevance for the just energy transition, developing the theory of Energy Data Justice, available here link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Engineering Reality
This book offers unprecedented insights into the politics around environmental impact assessments and the power they entail
link.springer.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I am delighted to share with you the recent review of my book Engineering Reality by my brilliant colleague Gustav Cederlöf in the Journal of Political Ecology journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/... #EnergyTransition #Colombia #elquimbo @alliance_ehl @energy-ethics.bsky.social
Review of Helmcke, Cornelia. 2023. Engineering reality: The politics of environmental impact assessments and the just energy transition in Colombia
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January 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM