Diarmaid Clery is a Lecturer in Engineering for Net Zero at the University of Manchester. His work focuses on tackling the technical, social, and policy challenges of industrial decarbonisation and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Currently, he collaborates with stakeholders and communities across the UK’s industrial clusters to understand the factors shaping the social licence to operate for decarbonisation technologies, building on his contributions to the UKRI-funded IDRIC project and NERC-funded FAB-GGR project.

With a background in engineering and experience in both the energy industry and academia, Diarmaid’s research aims to tackle the interdisciplinary challenges of combating climate change, including decarbonisation and CDR, and to assist in providing an equitable and sustainable transition to net zero.

Outside of academia, Diarmaid engages with policymakers to bridge the gap between research and governance. In 2018, he completed a policy internship with the Government Office for Science and has since contributed to several government consultations and policy briefing notes.