Responsible Innovation Sustainability Entrepreneurship (RISE) comprises researchers who share the following aims and interests in connection with the transformation of society through the promotion and diffusion of sustainable technologies.
The mission of RISE is to conduct excellent research on sustainability-related innovation and entrepreneurship, with research agenda open to co-design with a diverse range of stakeholders, and to influence related policies and practices.
Directors: Professor Audley Genus (Kingston University), Dr Anne Marie Coles (University of Greenwich)
Founding members: Dr Marfuga Iskandarova; Leigh Champagnie (Kingston University); Dr Athina Piterou; Anton Sentic; Rosita Aiesha
Prof Audley Genus and Dr Marfuga Iskandarova are working on a 3.2 million euro Horizon 2020 project called ‘ENERGISE', funded by the European Commission. ENERGISE is the European Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energy. ENERGISE seeks to transform energy use in households and communities across the UK and Europe and contribute to European policy-making on reducing energy consumption.
ENERGISE is an innovative pan-European research initiative set up to achieve a greater scientific understanding of the social and cultural influences on energy consumption.
25 April 2019 - Closing workshop for UK Living Labs, Hastings
8 June 2018 - Workshop on Sustainable Entrepreneurship, in association with ISBE Social and Sustainable Enterprise special interest group, Cecil Sharp House, London
27 April 2017 - Business breakfast briefing on energy efficiency, in association with ISBE and the Carbon Trust, Kingston Business School
22 June 2017 - Workshop on the contribution of innovation/STS research to sustainability, University of Greenwich
20 June 2016 - Workshop on Steps to Sustainability (PDF), University of Greenwich
1 July 2015 - Sustainable innovation doctoral training workshop, University of Greenwich