Dr Jennifer Roberts
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, and Deputy Director of the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC).
My research is interdisciplinary and applied, and addresses socio-technical transitions - often relating to geological resources, energy, water or integrated systems. Ultimately my work aims to inform a fair and sustainable transition to net zero carbon future.
In addition to growing and developing my field through research and knowledge exchange, I am the MRes Director for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering MRes programmes, and I teach on sustainable development for several undergraduate and masters courses. I have delivered CPD and consultancy on citizens juries, decarbonisation, life cycle environmental and social impact assessment and design, ethnography, mixed methods, and facilitation.
I am engaged with Strathclyde's Energy, and Society and Policy strategic themes, and am a co-founder of Strathclyde's new Global Environmental Monitoring and Policy (GEMaP) Centre for Doctoral Training.
Beyond Strathclyde, I am the Deputy Editor in Chief of the journal Earth Science, Systems and Society, I am Deputy Director and ECR lead for the UKCCSRC, and sit on the UKERC Research Commitee and the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Directorate, alongside other advisory roles. It is important to me to showcase geoscience and engineering for sustainable transition, and am co-director of Geoscience for the Future.
Prize And Awards
- Shortlisted: Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards - Education for Sustainable Development
- Recipient
- 26/5/2023
- Engineers without Borders Champion
- Recipient
- 13/5/2021
- Images of Research 2021 - Shortlist
- Recipient
- 4/5/2021
- Nominated: Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards 2020
- Recipient
- 28/5/2020
- Images of Strathclyde Category Winner: Measurement Science and Enabling Technologies
- Recipient
- 2018
- Heriot-Watt Scottish Energy News Researcher of the Year Award - Energy, Infrastructure and Society
- Recipient
- 2015
Publications
- Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities' response to the Scottish Government's consultation on 'Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
- Hannon M, Cairns I, Roberts J
- (2025)
- Assessing Water Scarcity Reporting in Scotland : A report from SEPA–University of Strathclyde Innovation Partnership Secondment
- Peters Joshua, Roberts Jennifer, McGuire Stephen, Willmott Ellie, Tunaley Claire, White Chris, Lau Tiffany, Bertram Doug, Major Laura
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00093463
- Industrial Decarbonisation Frontiers Report - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) : Spotlight: CO2 Transport and Storage
- Akhurst Maxine, Edlmann Katriona, Kirk Karen, Mosca Ilaria, Pearce Jonathan, Williams John, Flowerdew Michael, Joss Matt, Jahanbakhsh Amir, Marr Isobel, Fraga Denis, Trusler Martin, Farrell Natalie, Nixon Sophie, Walker Leanne, Armstrong Lindsey-Marie, Dbouk Wassim, Manias Panos, Teagle Damon, Turnock Stephen, Vakili Seyedvahid, Minto James, Roberts Jen
- Frontiers Report Frontiers Report (2025)
- Guiding Principles and Actions for Enhancing Community Benefits from Community Benefit Funds
- Hannon Matthew, Gowens Rebecca, Searle Rachel, Roberts Jennifer J, Cairns Iain, Major Laura
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00092494
- Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities' response to the Scottish Government's consultation on 'Community Benefits from Net Zero Energy Developments'
- Hannon M, Cairns I, Roberts J, Gowens R, Major L
- (2025)
- National climate strategies show inequalities in global development of carbon dioxide geological storage
- Alcalde Juan, Johnson Gareth, Roberts Jennifer J
- Communications Earth & Environment Vol 6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02043-4
Professional Activities
- Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities' response to the UK Government's consultation on 'Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
- Contributor
- 17/6/2025
- UPTAKE Webinar: National climate strategies show inequalities in global development of carbon dioxide geological storage
- Speaker
- 15/5/2025
- UKCCSRC Spring Conference 2025
- Organiser
- 24/3/2025
- UKCCSRC & IEAGHG Webinar: COP29 Reflections
- Chair
- 10/12/2024
- Understanding the skill ecosystems for geological CO2 storage to support just transition: Lessons from Scotland and Australia
- Speaker
- 5/11/2024
- 'Taps Aff!' The unexpected challenges of water scarcity in Scotland
- Contributor
- 1/9/2024
Projects
- Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems)
- Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Cairns, Iain (Co-investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2030
- The Local Zero podcast EHL mini-series
- Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 05-Jan-2025
- IDRIC Flex Funding: Use of speculative fiction for future imaginaries for CCUS to identify development pathways
- Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
- Foundation Scotland Community Benefit Fund Review
- Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Cairns, Iain (Co-investigator) Major, Laura (Co-investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Investigating novel fluid injection approaches for CO2 storage optimisation (IDRIC Flex Proposal)
- Minto, James (Principal Investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
- Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods (UPTAKE) HORIZON-RIA
- Roberts, Jen (Principal Investigator) Shipton, Zoe (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
Contact
Dr
Jennifer
Roberts
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: jen.roberts@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3180