Who we are
Alan Brent
With a process engineering background and after more than two decades in Africa and Europe building a sustainability-oriented research career focussing on energy, Alan moved to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2017 to start the Sustainable Energy Systems group in the Te Wāhanga Ahunui Pūkaha—Wellington Faculty of Engineering.
Through his journey he has come to realise and appreciate the complexity of the transition to a better society – in the face of global and local challenges – and the need for systems thinking and transdisciplinary approaches when investigating innovations.
He subsequently enjoys working with researchers and practitioners across all disciplines, and with stakeholders at different levels – to add value to society through innovations such as SMOULDER.
