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Research output per year
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Postgraduate research topics currently available are listed on the following Research theme(s):
Other research
Consultancy and knowledge transfer
Maria has undertaken consultancy projects with the Co-operative Group, Manchester City Council and Oxfam International. She regularly gives public talks about climate change and sustainability, and engages with policy-makers (e.g. submitting written evidence to the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change/Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee) and the media (e.g. writing for OpenDemocracy.net).
Other research
Research themes and Research centers
Teaching
Teaching interests
Maria has a strong interest in pedagogy relating to sustainability, food-energy-water nexus, supply chains and innovation. She strives to deliver engaging, thought-provoking and research-informed teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Some of the courses she has taught include Operations Management, Sustainable Waste Management, Sustainable Innovation Management, Sustainable Business, and Renewable Energy and Clean Technology.
Biography
Dr Maria Sharmina is Reader in Energy and Sustainability at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the School of Engineering. She is Senior Academic Advisor with the Government Office for Science and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working on the Net Zero Foresight project. She is a Co-Director at Policy@Manchester, the University's sector-leading policy engagement institute. Maria is a member of the Programme Advisory Board for the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Digital Economy Theme, and a member of the Sustainable Robotics Committee at the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Previously, she was a member of the University Senate, Deputy Director of Research with responsibility for Research Environment in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, and a visiting fellow at the University College London (UCL) Energy Institute.
Maria is the University of Manchester Principal Investigator on the UKRI £8m Energy Revolution Consortium, leading the work on innovative business models for the energy sector. She is also developing new business models for her UKRI-funded projects on sustainable food systems, single-use plastics and digital solutions based on environmental and other datasets.
She completed her PhD within the Tyndall Centre. Her educational background is in economics and statistics.
Maria is the University of Manchester Principal Investigator on the UKRI £8m Energy Revolution Consortium, leading the work on innovative business models for the energy sector. She is also developing new business models for her UKRI-funded projects on sustainable food systems, single-use plastics and digital solutions based on environmental and other datasets.
She completed her PhD within the Tyndall Centre. Her educational background is in economics and statistics.
Research interests
- Energy systems
- Food-energy-water nexus
- Emission scenarios
- Circular economy
- Climate and energy policies
- Low-carbon business models
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
- Sustainable Futures
- Digital Futures
- Manchester Environmental Research Institute
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Financing grassroots innovation diffusion pathways: the case of UK community energy
Cairns, I., Hannon, M., Braunholtz-Speight, T., Mclachlan, C., Mander, S., Hardy, J., Sharmina, M. & Manderson, E., 1 Mar 2023, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 46, 100679.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of circular economy measures in the European Union built environment on a net-zero target
Sharmina, M., Pappas, D., Scott, K. & Gallego Schmid, A., 2023, In: Circular Economy and Sustainability.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Academia–industry ties under scrutiny
Sharmina, M., 10 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Climate Change.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A framework for environmental evaluation of business models: A test case of solar energy in Kenya
Mukoro, V., Sharmina, M. & Gallego-schmid, A., 1 Nov 2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 34, p. 202-218 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A review of business models for access to affordable and clean energy in Africa: Do they deliver social, economic, and environmental value?
Mukoro, V., Sharmina, M. & Gallego-schmid, A., 1 Jun 2022, In: Energy Research & Social Science. 88, p. 102530Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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DSH: NERC Digital Solutions Programme (FULL APPLICATION) (AWARD)
Kingston, R., Evans, J., Lindley, S., Ainsworth, J., Brass, A., Jay, C., Coe, H., Topping, D. & Sharmina, M.
1/10/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Tyndall Manchester
McLachlan, C., Abi Ghanem, D., Anderson, K., Broderick, J., Kuriakose, J., Lea-Langton, A., Larkin, A., Gallego Schmid, A., Sharmina, M., Wood, R. & Jones, C.
Project: Research
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Resilience of the UK seafood system to the Covid-19 disruption (RiseUp)
13/07/20 → 12/01/22
Project: Research
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Activities
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Maria Sharmina (Secondee)
10 Jan 2022 → 10 Jul 2022Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external non-academic organisation
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UK Research and Innovation (External organisation)
Maria Sharmina (Academic expert member)
4 Jan 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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BSI Standards Ltd (External organisation)
Maria Sharmina (Academic expert member)
Jan 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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BIEE 2021 Research Conference
Maria Sharmina (Member of programme committee)
May 2019 → Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
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Re-energising the UK’s Community Energy Sector
Maria Sharmina (Chair)
23 Mar 2017Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
Impacts
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OneBin
Michael Shaver (Participant), Helen Holmes (Participant), Maria Sharmina (Participant), Torik Holmes (Participant), Kristoffer Kortsen (Participant) & Adeyemi Adelekan (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Policy, Awareness and understanding, Attitudes and behaviours, Society and culture
Datasets
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What if negative emission technologies fail at scale? Implications of the Paris Agreement for big emitting nations
Larkin, A. (Contributor), Kuriakose, J. (Contributor), Sharmina, M. (Contributor) & Anderson, K. (Contributor), figshare , 3 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5271886.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/What_if_negative_emission_technologies_fail_at_scale_Implications_of_the_Paris_Agreement_for_big_emitting_nations/5271886/1 and one more link, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9020512 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Monte Carlo Simulation of the Profits of Households in a Peer-to-Peer Electricity Market Accounting for Imbalance Charges
Capper, T. (Creator), Sharmina, M. (Creator) & Kuriakose, J. (Creator), University of Manchester, 28 May 2021
DOI: 10.48420/14681502.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/software/Monte_Carlo_Simulation_of_the_Profits_of_Households_in_a_Peer-to-Peer_Electricity_Market_Accounting_for_Imbalance_Charges/14681502/1
Dataset
Thesis
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Russia's carbon emission pathways and cumulative emission budgets
Author: Sharmina, M., 1 Aug 2014Supervisor: Anderson, K. (Supervisor) & Larkin, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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