Lara M. Santos Ayllón
Job Title
PhD Student
Research interests
Research interests
Just energy transitions, energy justice, renewable energy technologies, responsible research and innovation, diversity, equity and inclusion
Background
Doctoral researcher through the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), at the University of Edinburgh and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Research focused on the justice dimensions of emerging renewable energy technologies, specifically wave and tidal energy and green hydrogen, investigated through frameworks of energy justice, just transitions and responsible research and innovation (RRI). Place-based exploration of just energy futures through these technologies in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Lead supervisor: Dr. Kirsten Jenkins, University of Edinburgh
Co-supervisor: Dr. Sandy Kerr, ICIT Heriot-Watt University
Industry supervisor: Eileen Linklater, EMEC