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Gavin D. J. Harper

Research Fellow, Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials, University of Birmingham

Gavin Harper is a Research Fellow at the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials focused on issues at the Critical Materials / Energy Nexus. Previously, he was Energy Development Manager for the Birmingham Energy Institute and Visiting Researcher for the Centre for Solar Energy Research at Glyndŵr (now Wrexham) University where he previously co-ordinated the solar stream of the Welsh Energy Sector Training programme. Gavin read for his ESRC funded PhD at the Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society, Cardiff University. He also holds an MBA from Keele University and Masters degrees from Cardiff University in Business Research Methods, Loughborough University in Renewable Energy Systems, and the University of East London in Sustainable Architecture.