Dave Elliott
Dr David Elliott is Professor of Technology Policy. He has been involved with the production of a range of OU courses in Design and Innovation, with an emphasis on how the design and innovation process can be steered towards the development of socially and environmentally appropriate technologies. His main research interests relate to the development of sustainable energy technologies, and in particular renewable energy based systems. He is co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit, which is based in the Design and Innovation Group, and he is editor of its journal 'Renew'.
Contact Information
Email: d.a.elliott@open.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1908 653197
Fax: +44 (0) 1908 654052
Room: N2049, Venables building
Selected Publications
D.A.Elliott, 'Marine renewables: a new innovation frontier' , Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. Vol. 21, No. 2, February, 2009, pp267–275 [pdf]
Elliott. D (ed) 'Nuclear or not? Does nuclear power have a place in a sustainable energy future?' , Palgrave, 2007
Elliott.D (ed) 'Sustainable Energy: Opportunities and Limitations' Palgave, 2007
Elliott. D, 'Energy Regime Choices: Nuclear or Not?', Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 18, No. 5, 1-6, December 2006 [84.5 KB]
Elliott, D. (2005), 'Comparing Support for Renewable Power' in V Lauber (ed) 'Switching to Renewable Power' Earthscan, pp 219-227, 2005, ISBN 1902916-65-4 [191.0 KB]
Elliott. D and Cook.T 'Symbolic Power: the future of nuclear energy in Lithuania' Science as Culture, Vol.13, No.3, Sept. 2004 pp 373-400 (80%) [pdf, 295.2 KB]
Elliott, D. (2004), 'Energy Efficiency and Renewables' Energy and Environment, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp 1099-1105 [pdf, 158.8 KB]
Elliott, D. (2003), 'Energy, Society and Environment', Routledge, second, enlarged edition, 464 pages ISBN 0-415-30485-7/30486-5
Elliott, D. (2003), 'A Solar World: climate change and the green energy revolution', Green Books/Schumacher Society, 90 pages ISBN 1 903998 31
Elliott, D. (2003), 'Sustainable Energy: choices, problems and opportunities' in 'Sustainability and Environmental Impace of Renewable Energy Resources' Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, 19 Royal Society of Chemistry, pp 19-47, ISBN 0-85404-290-3
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Elliott, D. (2003), 'A Sustainable Future - the limits to renewables' in R. Douthwaite (ed) 'Before the Wells Run Dry' Festa/Green Books, pp 72-80 ISBN 1 84351 037 5
Current Projects
Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit'; 'New Energy-New Europe' project, which has been supporting the development of energy technology diversification programmes in the new EU member countries.
Ongoing project on public attitudes to, and involvement with, new energy technologies, including wind power
Ongoing project reviewing UK renewable energy strategic development and support policies.
CV
Professor Elliott was trained initially as a physicist and worked for the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell and then for the CEGB, Bristol, before joining the Open University as a Lecturer in the Technology Faculty in 1971. He has a BSc Hons degree in Applied Physics and a PhD in Solid State Electronics.
Teaching
Professor Elliott has been chair of a series of Departmental courses on Innovation, most recently T302 Innovation: Designing for a Sustainable Future. He has also worked on the Faculty's first level sustainable technology course T172, and on the University Environment course U216.
Links
Professor Elliott is editor of Renew, a journal devoted to disseminating information about the development of sustainable enerby technologies: see
http://eeru.open.ac.uk/natta/rol.html
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