Media Enquiries
We welcome opportunities to engage with the media to communicate our urgent work on the zero-carbon energy transition, whether that be through print, TV, radio or social media platforms. Our leadership team of energy specialists from across the technical, social science and policy spheres have experience in writing for and being interviewed by journalists for opinion and news editorials.
Journalists
For input from the ZERO Institute, please contact us directly at zero@eng.ox.ac.uk.
For broader University of Oxford input, use the ‘Find an Expert’ webpages to source staff with specific expertise:
Contact the University’s Public Affairs team and News Office here.
Recent examples of our press coverage
German TV broadcaster DW News (May 2024): interview with Radhika Khosla on the heatwave in Asia (50,000 views)
The Independent (April 2024): ‘Government leaves ‘serious unanswered questions’ on heatwave resilience plans’
The Conversation (Dec 2023): ‘COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here’s how to make it happen’
The Conversation UK (July 2023): ‘How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning’
BBC Ideas (July 2023): a five-minute video, made in partnership with University of Oxford ‘Solving the aircon conundrum’
Latest news

The MEGA Green Tech Series
The ZERO Institute is glad to support the Make Earth Green Again (MEGA) talk series, every Thursday at 5.30pm until mid-March 2025, an ... Read more

Casual Research Assistance on Circular Battery Economies
The Oxford Martin Programme on Circular Battery Economies is looking for a short-term Research Assistant for a maximum of 12 weeks in ... Read more
The ZERO Institute’s ECR Network – Seed Fund pilot
11 February 2025 The ZERO Institute’s ECR Network is launching a small-scale seed fund pilot, to support early-career researchers ... Read more

Mini TESA pilot paves the way for multidisciplinary collaboration
28 November 2024 The Energy Systems Accelerator pilot, known as Mini TESA, has brought together academic and industry researchers ... Read more
Announcing Oxford – Glasgow ECR Energy Transition Networks Collaboration
The ZERO Institute's ECR Network are delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration with the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network of the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy. Read more

ZERO Institute Director at House of Lords
On 4th February 2025, ZERO Institute Director, Prof Paul Shearing, presented to The All Party Parliamentary Engineering Group to ... Read more

Call for abstracts – Worcester College Energy Day 2025
The ZERO Institute is glad to co-host the Worcester College Energy Day 2025, on 28 February. Registrations and abstracts are welcome until 17 February. Read more
Hiring alert – Administrator, SoGE workstream of the ZERO Institute
The School of Geography and Environment is hiring an administrative role supporting the policy and energy use theme of the ZERO Institute. Applications close on 21 February 2025. Read more

Oxford Energy Network launches Energy Seminar Series – Hilary Term 2025
The Oxford Energy Network, with the ZERO Institute, has launched a new Energy Seminars series, with a diversity of speakers and themes. Read more

ZERO Institute shortlisted for CIBSE Awards 2025 in Learning and Development
The teaching and internship programme on zero-carbon energy buildings, led by Jesús Lizana of the ZERO Institute, has been shortlisted for the prestigious CIBSE Building Performance Award 2025. Read more

Dr Radhika Khosla calls for greater urgency on heat resilience and sustainable cooling
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has branded the UK Government’s response to its inquiry into heat resilience and sustainable cooling a “missed opportunity” in a press release published this week. Read more

Paul Shearing talks with ZEISS about his experiences with AI enabled X-ray microscop
Paul Shearing talks with ZEISS about his experiences with AI enabled X-ray microscopy and how they help him and his team in the mission towards zero-carbon, renewable energy solutions. Read more
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