Gavin's work communicating research into sustainable transpoirtation solutions has been recognised as excellent practice, by inclusion as a case study into Research Councils UK's publication "Impact: People and Skills".

Research Councils UK are responsible for most of the publicly funded research in the UK, investing £3 billion into UK research; including funding for 19,000 doctoral researchers, 14,000 research staff and 2,000 research fellows.

Impacts: People & Skills profiles a number of researchers from different disciplines who have had an impact on the economy and society in a number of different ways.

Edited by Morris A. Pierce, energy manager and Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. The "Encyclopedia of Energy" has just been published by Salem Press, with an article from Gavin on "Batteries as an Energy Source"

Britain in 2013 is the annual magazine of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and showcases the research funded by the ESRC through the contributions of leading academics, directors of research investments, and expert journalists and writers.

Gavin has been selected as one of 11 researchers from the UK as part of 100 global participants to become Our Common Future Fellows by the Volkswagen Foundation.

"Global challenges should be approached by bridging different cultures, nations, disciplines and, above all, generations. Thus, the Volkswagen Foundation invites about 100 early career
researchers from all parts of the world to Germany to participate
in the conference "Our Common Future".

In the course of the year 2010, these young researchers are offered the opportunity of an intensive intellectual exchange.
The diversity of their perspectives, experiences, and questions will enrich and further the dialogue between generations and disciplines about the current and future challenges facing our increasingly globalized world."

Edited by Susannah Hornig Priest, Professor of Communication at the University of Washington; SAGE Publications "Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology Communication" aims to be a definitive reference for for Science Communicators.

Within it's 1144 pages, there are three articles by Gavin on the subjects of communicating "Holography", "Solar Power" and "Sustainable Architecture".

Volume I

Architecture, Sustainable pp.56-58

Holography pp. 367-369

Volume II

Solar Power pp.

SAGE Publications Ltd. Thousand Oaks, CA have just announced publication of their "Encyclopaedia of Nanoscience & Society" edited by David H. Guston, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University, contained within its 1024 pages, on pages 192-197 is an article by Gavin on "Energy"

http://knowledge.sagepub.com/view/nanoscience/n104.xml

Harper, G. (2010). Energy. In D. Guston (Ed.), Encyclopedia of nanoscience and society. (pp. 192-197). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412972093.n104

At the 2009 Royal Academy of Engineering Awards ceremony, in the presence of HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, at the Imperial War Museum on the 9th June; Gavin was presented with the Independent Bosch Technology Horizons Award by Mr Robert Meier, Managing Director, Robert Bosch Ltd.

Gavin has worked with the Rocky Mountain Institute as research support for their Factor Ten Engineering Case Study into Interface Inc. and their radical approach to sustainable plant engineering.

"Gavin helped write a case study for RMI's Factor Ten Engineering Initiative. His modeling and research capabilities proved valuable over the three month period. He helped sort and model data, think through the technical details of our client, and communicate the outcomes in a clear manner. Gavin's communications skills, both verbal and illustrative, and his understanding for technical details are extremely strong. These dynamic skills coupled with his prompt (and voluntary) attendance to meetings would make him a valuable contributor to any company. Passion, enthusiasm, persistence are all great adjectives to describe Gavin. It is my honor to recommend him for his contributions to 10xE."

- Davis Lindsay, RMI

In 2008 the British Council launched the European element of its global climate programme; Challenge Europe. The Challenge Europe project is a three year project that aspires to make a definite and lasting impact on the climate change debate, and is ambitious in its aim to accelerate change to a low carbon future.

In each of the participating countries the British Council will select 15 people from all walks of life to become ‘Climate Advocates’. In exchange for the chance to participate in the project, Climate Advocates are asked to commit approximately 150 hours of their time. Over the period of one year each country team will work collaboratively to identify the key areas where they think they can make a real difference and to develop three concrete ideas to reduce carbon use through changes in policy, business or human behaviour.

The groups will then pitch their ideas to broader publics, specifically reaching out to decision-makers and organisations, campaigning for implementation and support in an effort to make the ideas become reality.

Throughout the programme, the British Council are actively partnering with a number of organisations across Europe spanning all sectors; including the corporate, non-governmental, environmental and academic worlds. Through these partnerships, we will support the Climate Advocates in their quest, offering them access to some of the best minds in Europe through established networks of expert groups and individuals: climate change experts, policy makers, business people, entrepreneurs, environmental groups, and centres of excellence.   

The philosophy of the campaign is simple: to create momentum through collaboration, innovation, energy, drive, passion, understanding and knowledge-sharing.

Speaking from the Royal Institution, on Albemarle Street, Gavin spoke to BBC London radio at 8.10AM, about fuel cell technology, hydrogen and the lecture that he would be giving as part of the Royal Institution's Famiy Fun Day. Catch that clip again below

According to an article published in Sesame Magazine, just out:

Gavin has been invited by Companies for Zero Waste to join the "Circular All-Star Team" to talk about Recycling Lithium Ion Batteries, and the work of the Faraday Institution's ReLiB project.

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• New Plastic Recycling Technologies
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• Scott Donachie, CEO, Companies for Zero Waste
• Deborah Dull, Principal Manufacturing, Product Management, GE Digital
• Jeff Wooster, Global Sustainability Director, DOW
• Carrie Mae George , VP Head of Sustainability & Impact, Everledger
• Nancy Gillis, CEO, Green Electronics Council
• Margaret (Fairhurst) Durenberger , Vice Chair, SME Board Twin Cities subsection
• Mona E. Dajani , Partner/Global Head of Energy & Infra Finance Group. Pillsbury Law
• Gavin Harper, Faraday Institution Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
• Ajay Kachar , President and CEO, Co-Founder, Li-Cycle
• Carl Smith, President, Call2Recycle
• Daniel Robin, Senior Managing Partner, In3Group
• Paul Martin, Program Manager, Zeton
• Stan Chen, CEO, RecycleGo