Student Enrolment
The deadline to submit an on-time application to UCL Qatar for places on our Master’s degree programmes in Archaeology, Conservation and Museum Studies, for entry on 26 August 2013, was 31 May 2013. Late applications will be considered on a case by case basis, subject to any remaining availability.
Short Courses
UCL Qatar runs a range of Short Courses throughout the year serving mid-career professionals working within the cultural heritage sector.
Air Conditioning: We need to talk about indoor Climate Change
31 December 2012
Tim Winter, Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney, is currently based at UCL Qatar as Visiting Researcher. Following the conclusion of the COP18 International Climate Change talks in Doha, Dr Winter has published an article entitled 'Air Conditioning: We need to talk about indoor Climate Change.'
Dr Winter is a sociologist by training, and has
previously held positions at the University of Sydney and the Asia
Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Tim’s research
interests stem from a curiosity in the term ‘heritage’: how the concept
is shaped epistemologically through certain knowledge practices; and how
it figures in issues like nationalism, cultural diplomacy,
post-conflict recovery, sustainability, postcolonial identities and
urban development.
He is currently leading two ARC funded projects. The first Cultural Heritage in Conflict Transformation Societies, is a multi-countried study that considers the degree to which cultural heritage programmes successfully contribute to, or inhibit, broader processes of conflict transformation and post-conflict recovery, paying particular attention to the role played by cultural sector institutions, both domestic and international.
The second ARC project, Cool living heritage in Southeast Asia: sustainable alternatives to air-conditioned cities
is the second phase of SOCooLH (Sustaining Our Cool Living Heritage).
With around 50% of the world’s carbon emissions currently coming from
buildings, SOCooLH focuses in on the vast amounts of energy now being
used to chill interior spaces across the Asia Pacific region. The
project sets out to better understand the complex and inter-connected
cultural, economic and physical transformations air-conditioning
technologies have brought about.
