Energy and development panel discussion

As the cost of energy and energy security concerns increase in the UK, our panel will consider the role energy plays in the economic development of the world’s major emerging economies and other developing countries. The decisions they make about how to develop secure, clean and affordable energy will determine future levels of investment, energy consumption and fuel choices globally.

Meet our speakers

Professor Kathryn Hochstetler is Professor of International Development At the London School of Economics and Political Science. Kathy is interested in the interdisciplinary study of environment and development. She has researched this theme from many angles - global environmental negotiations, regional trade agreements, and through the study of national environmental movements, environment policy, and democratic institutions, primarily in South America. 

Professor David Simon is Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. David's research encompasses the interface between development and the environment, in the context of sustainability and global environmental/climate change, with particular reference to urban, peri-urban and regional change. David's interests include aspects of political geography, critical geopolitics and transport policy.

Martine Croxall (chair) is a presenter with BBC News Channel, she studied geography at the University of Leeds and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).