Prof Alice Larkin
Professor of Climate Sci & Energy Policy

Biography
Alice Larkin is Head of the School of Engineering and a Professor in Climate Science & Energy Policy as part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Alice trained as an astrophysicist at the University of Leeds, did her PhD in climate modelling at Imperial College, then worked in science communication. She returned to academia in 2003 joining the interdisciplinary Tyndall Centre to research conflicts between climate change and aviation. In 2008 she was appointed as a lecturer to direct projects on international transport and food supply scenarios within a climate change context, and was Director of Tyndall Manchester between 2013 and 2016. Alice was the lead Manchester investigator on a large consortium project funded by the EPSRC entitled 'Shipping in Changing Climates'. She was also PI on a large EPSRC consortium project on the Water-Food-Energy Nexus and a Co-I on the UKERC project RACER.
External positions
Tyndall Council Member, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
UKERC Research Committee Member, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
Research Networks and Beacons
Keywords
- aviation, shipping, nexus, climate change, carbon
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review panel
Media coverage and contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Press/Media: Expert comment
Press/Media: Expert comment
Datasets
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Impact: Policy, Environmental
Impact: Policy, Environmental
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Society and culture, Technological, Policy