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Jennifer Roberts is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde's Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She serves as Deputy Director of the Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) and MRes Director for the department's MRes programmes, while teaching sustainable development on undergraduate and masters courses.
- Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of Edinburgh, focusing on Natural CO₂ fluids in Italy: Implications for the leakage of geologically stored CO₂.
Her interdisciplinary research addresses socio-technical transitions related to geological resources, energy, water, and integrated systems, with a focus on informing a fair and sustainable transition to a net-zero carbon future. She employs methodologies such as citizens' juries, life cycle environmental and social impact assessment, ethnography, and mixed methods.
Her recent publications highlight climate policy inequalities, community benefits from low-carbon infrastructure, and water scarcity in Scotland. She contributes to strategic themes like Energy, Society and Policy and co-founded the Global Environmental Monitoring and Policy (GEMaP) Centre for Doctoral Training.
- Engineers without Borders Champion (2021)
- Heriot-Watt Scottish Energy News Researcher of the Year Award (2015)
- Shortlisted for Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (2023, 2021)
- Measurement Science and Enabling Technologies Category Winner (2018)
She leads projects such as JUST-Systems (2025–2030) and IDRIC Flex Funding (2023–2024), and sits on the Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Directorate and UKERC Research Committee. Her work is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6 (Clean Water), 7 (Affordable Energy), and 13 (Climate Action).
