Brit Pickering
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Email: Bastien.Richelle@warwick.ac.uk
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Current PhD student
Biography
I am currently in my first year as a PhD student in Global Sustainable Development as part of the TRANSFORM programme, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. My research is focused on developing pathways to achieve water, energy, and food security in sub-Saharan countries while considering the impacts of climate change and socio-economic development. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialisation in energy technologies and a Master's degree in Energy Systems. I have experience as an international energy consultant for Ricardo Energy & Environment and as a senior energy market analyst at Energy Exemplar. As a consultant, I have worked on numerous projects in the energy sector across Africa, and as an analyst, I have developed datasets for modelling the decarbonisation, amongst other things, of Europe and Africa's power systems.
Research Overview
My research focuses on developing pathways on a national scale to achieve future-resilient water, energy, and food security simultaneously in Ghana.
Academic Background
- PhD Global Sustainable Development - University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
- MSc Energy Systems - Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- BSc Mechanical Engineering - Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Supervisors
- Dr Feng Mao - Institute for Global Sustainable Development, School of Cross-faculty Studies
- Dr Ulf Liebe - Department of Sociology
Research interests
With a particular focus on sub-Saharan countries:
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus
- Water, energy, and food security and access
- Sustainable development
Funding and awards
- 2023-2027: Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship
Publications
- Ash, N., Sikora, I. and Richelle, B., ‘Electrofuels for shipping: How synthetic fuels from renewable electricity could unlock sustainable investment in countries like Chile’, Environmental Defense Fund, London, 2019.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26479.38566