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Sarah O'Brien is a Research Associate in the ESRC-funded MIMESIS Action Project at the University of Manchester. Her research investigates the tacit and explicit assumptions that drive human hopes and fears regarding the future of nuclear sites across England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and France. Sarah's work focuses particularly on La Hague, France, where she ethnographically explores the local landscapes, livelihoods, and temporalities associated with a nuclear fuel reprocessing site. Her PhD thesis, titled "Truth, Action, Transition: Energy Frontline Lancashire, UK", was completed at the University of St Andrews, where she received a full scholarship from the European Research Council as part of the research group "The Ethics of Oil: Finance, Moralities, and the Environmental Politics of the Global Oil Economy." Her doctoral project involved thirteen months of ethnographic research in a community resisting the development of the shale gas industry associated with hydraulic fracturing. Through her work, she aims to connect her doctoral research insights with current investigations under the MIMESIS project, reflecting on the ethical dimensions that shape energy realities and considering the landscapes in which these ethical frameworks operate.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.