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Events
24 April
UCL Australia Seminar Series
Wind Power in South Australia - from zero to 26 % in 10 years
Presentation by Adj A/Prof Monica Oliphant, Past President ISES and Nic Jacobson, Independent Consultant
News
Professor Stefaan Simons presented at the Annual Meeting of the Four Societies (The Nuclear Engineering Panel of the Sydney Branch of Engineers Australia, The Australian Nuclear Association, The Royal Society of New South Wales and The Australian Institute of Energy) in Sydney.
The topic of his presentation was 'Going low carbon – the Approach of the International Energy Policy Institute'.
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Research at UCL Australia
UCL School of Energy and Resources
At UCL Australia we focus on solutions to real-world problems. The UCL School of Energy and Resources is addressing energy provision, primarily, but not exclusively, electricity generation.
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
The Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) is a world-leading research organisation delivering a broad science programme that is underpinned by a strong capability in space science instrumentation, space-domain engineering, space medicine, systems engineering and project management.
International Energy Policy Institute
The International Energy Policy Institute (IEPI) was created to address key policy issues in the mineral, energy and resources industries through intensive and innovative research.
Research at the IEPI
Professor Stefaan Simons
Social Licence to Operate - How to Address the Three Eyed Fish
Joseph Doleschal-Ridnell BLLP, BIS (Hons)
Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MSc (Energy and Resources), UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia
Abstract
The
social licence to operate is said by many in industry to be nearing the
importance of the legal licence given by regulators to explore and mine
endowments. This spoken importance is not, however, matched with rigorous
methodological analysis of what obtaining and demonstrating a social licence to
operate constitutes. Does it require one to consider the social utility of a
mining development? Must all possible stakeholders have their views
consulted and incorporated? Are all views considered equal, or are the loudest
stakeholders given the most attention and companies with superior financial
resources most likely to have their social licence obligations met? Will the
emergence of the social licence to operate alter the status quo, or is it
merely a change in semantics? With specific focus on the uranium industry, this
dissertation explores a number of different understandings of the social
licence and promotes a number of ways that it can be obtained and demonstrated.
If the social licence is to develop as a concept in itself rather than a
self-serving catchphrase, a number of conceptual ambiguities must be reconciled
and an objective methodology developed. This dissertation begins such a process.
Click here to view full dissertation (PDF 1.88MB).
