Energy Ethics - The Political Scientists
This video introduces the relationship between hands on science and the ethical science practices behind the scenes featuring Dr. Natalie Ralph.
Natalie Ralph
About Me
Natalie works at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science (ACES) as an Associate Research Fellow. This work is based at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Natalie mainly focuses on the international and national implications of ethics, political, policy and social impacts surrounding renewable energy technologies and their supply chains.
Online Symposium Part 1
Dr. Natalie Ralph provides a in depth explanation about her field of work
Online Symposium Part 2
Published Work
Years of Research
2019
This paper seeks to identify potential energy security risks and opportunities of new renewable energy (RE) export projects such as transnational solar generated electricity. An energy security framework/index is sought, to facilitate analysis; and which shows promise for application to other electricity/RE export projects.
March 14, 2018
Ethical procurement of laboratory supplies is a neglected, but vital issue for the ethical development of new alternative energy technologies. This is important from the earliest development stages in alter- native energy research due to potential impacts from the commercialization of products into global mass production. The authors constructed a framework for examining risk-based, supply chain due diligence in higher education laboratory research.
December 30, 2017
Lithium is central at least in the short term, for transitions to renewable energy. Substantial deposits reside in South America's 'lithium triangle' in Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Bolivia has promoted lithium industrialization through vertically integrated mineral development under resource nationalism and public-private partnerships with foreign corporations. Central to the Bolivian vision is a desire to harness the most environmentally appropriate technologies for national development and to move away from exploitative extractive models so prevalent in developing countries.