 Fellow in Management Science
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technologies, Open University
BSc (University of Sussex), PhD (Univ. of Cambridge)
Professional Experience
As well as an enthusiastic teacher and media communicator, Dr Peake is a professional consultant, facilitator and media advisor. Recent projects include:
Faculty member of the Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership Climate Leaders Programme
Climate change (global construction engineering sector)
Health (for the UK NHS on innovative technologies and processes to tackle infectious diseases, health inequality indicators)
UK Government Office Network (advice on organisational change processes)
Investment Banking (advice on managing risks around climate change and sustainable development)
Academic consultant for the 2006 OU-BBC climate change season.
Stephen has regularly served as an expert advisor to the Advertising Standards Authority (recent cases have involved disputes over wind energy, carbon offsetting, and advanced automotive fuels)
Stephen has given evidence to various national governments and international organizations including: the Fuel Economy Panel of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association in Detroit, USA; the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment; the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's 1994 transport and environment study and the European Union's 1995 State of the Environment Report - The Dobris Assessment.
Previous Appointments
Originally trained as a physicist, Stephen gained a PhD in Engineering and Management from the University of Cambridge, where he also worked as Research Associate in corporate environmental management and auditing. From 1993-1995 he was Research Fellow in the Energy and Environmental Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, during which time he was seconded for several months to group planning at Shell International Petroleum Company in London.
From 1995-2000, Stephen served as international civil servant at the International Energy Agency at the OECD in Paris and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), based in Bonn, Germany. At the International Energy Agency in Paris he led the Energy and Environment Division's work on the transport sector. At the UN, Stephen managed various inter-governmental projects and processes, including in 1998, an international panel to identify options for coastal adaptation technologies.
Research Interests
Climate change and sustainable development. Policy design, modelling and complexity theory.
Stephen Peake is a member of the Management Science teaching group.
Selected Publications
Peake S and Smith J (2009) Climate Change: From Science to Citizenship, Oxford University Press.
Aczel, J. C., Peake, S. R. and Hardy, P. (2008). Designing capacity-building in e-learning expertise: Challenges and strategies. Computers and Education, 50(2), pp. 499-510.
Peake, Stephen (2007). Carbon trading: opportunities and issues. In: Elliott, David ed. Sustainable Energy: Opportunities and limitations. Energy, Climate and Environment Series. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 190-211.
Peake S. (2005) Epistemologies of Climate Change: Science, Stories and Scepticism Organization and Environment 18(4) pp1-5.
Peake S, Aczel J, Hardy P (2005) "Strengthening Human and Institutional Capacity In Developing Countries" Report for the United Nations Institute of Training and Research.
Ison S. Peake S. and Wall S. (2002) Environmental Issues and Policies, Prentice Hall.
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