Two ICTA-UAB researchers awarded the PhD Extraordinary Award
Two ICTA-UAB former researchers will receive the PhD Extraordinary Award for their doctoral thesis developed during 2013-2014 within the PhD programme in Environmental Science and Technology. The award ceremony will take place on November 24, 2017.
François Diaz Maurin will receive the award for his dissertation entitled "The Viability and Desirability of Alternative Energy Sources: Exploring the Controversy over Nuclear Power" directed by Dr. Mario Giampietro and Dr. Jesús Ramos Martín. The thesis provides a new perspective on the controversy of nuclear energy technologies.
François is now a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and Nuclear Security Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University. His research at Stanford University focuses on the issue of the long-term management of nuclear waste.
Eva Sevigné Itoiz will be recognised for this dissertation entitle "Potential savings of resources and greenhouse gas emissions from waste management: a case study of Spain in the global economy" directed by Dr. Joan Rieradevall, Dr. Xavier Gabarrell and Dr. Carles Martínez Gasol. Eva is now a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Policy (Imperial College London).
The award, delivered by the School for Doctoral Studies together with the UAB Alumni Association of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, demonstrates the appreciation for the effort and dedication of young researchers and their contribution to the generation of knowledge and advance in the different areas of our University. ¿The award consists of a competitive call among the researchers whose doctoral thesis received the qualification of excellence "Cum Laude" from the tribunal.
The main value of the UAB is its human capital and the new doctors are an essential element for the continuation of excellent lines of research. That excellence is based on the quality of the PhDs as a distinctive indicator.
Thesis
Diaz-Maurin, F. (2013). The Viability and Desirability of Alternative Energy Sources: Exploring the Controversy over Nuclear Power. Ph.D. Dissertation presented at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. October 2013.
http://www.fdiazmaurin.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/PHDTHESIS_FRANCOISDIAZMAURIN.pdf
Sevigné-Itoiz. E. (2014). "Potential savings of resources and greenhouse gas emissions from waste management: a case study of Spain in the global economy". Ph.D Dissertation presented at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. June 2014
http://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/284057/esi1de1.pdf;jsessionid=93674BA2FB2B8F09519CB939C638729E?sequence=1