We are proud to announce, that graduate of the MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Richard Racz, was recently awarded a grant by the Open Society Foundations’ Roma Initiatives Office. The purpose of the grant is to support the implementation of his fellowship project in the framework of RIO’s 2014 call for fellowships.
During the one year fellowship, Richard will do research on small (community) scale decentralized energy systems (both in developed and developing countries). He aims at identifying and analysing good practices and technologies which can be easily adopted by poor Roma communities in Central and Eastern Europe. This might help them to have better access to energy for heating, cooking and lighting.
The second aim of the fellowship is to provide guidance to the civil sector regarding environmental injustice and good practices.
Richard will be mentored throughout his fellowship by Tamara Steger, Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University.
Here, you can find out more about the OSF' Roma Initiatives Fellowship.