Professors Richard Cochrane and Jane Wills

Professor Wills is the Dirctor of the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the Exeter University Penryn Campus and is Professor of Geography at the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES).

Her research interests focus on questions of geo-political-economy, the living wage, community organising and localism, and she has recently been exploring public engagement in sustainability policy and practice.

Professor Cochrane led the conference which preceded this one in 2019 which addressed the issue of Neighbourhood Planning and Climate Change. He is an experienced engineer of renewable energy technologies with both broad business and academic experience. His work in the energy sector has encompassed research and development of a range of energy generation technologies and building energy consultancy. Work has ranged from early inception of novel ideas through to full scale international production. He is an Associate Professor of Renewable Energy at the University of Exeter, which includes teaching about energy systems and research work on wind and tidal turbine design, heat pumps and hydrogen for transport applications.