SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, ORGANISATION AND DISARMAMENT
cordially invites you to a seminar on
'Some trends in the Global Nuclear World'
In this seminar, Dr Peter Carter, former Head of Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the United Kingdom's Department of Energy and Climate Change, will explore the outlook for many of the world's key nuclear issues. These will include the pattern of increasing interest in nuclear energy – for what reasons, in which countries, and to what extent – and in non-proliferation, on matters such as nuclear safeguards implementation and nuclear cooperation. There will also be opportunity for a wide-ranging discussion.
SPEAKER: DR PETER CARTER
Peter Carter has been an independent adviser on nuclear issues since November 2013, and is the former Head of Nuclear Non-Proliferation in the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). In that latter capacity he served as the alternate to the UK Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board, and led a small team covering, inter alia, nuclear safeguards policy, nuclear export control issues, bilateral nuclear cooperation Agreements, and civil nuclear issues associated with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Dr Carter's very early career was in defence-related research. Since then he has held a number of posts spanning the UK Ministry of Defence, Department of Trade and Industry, and Cabinet Office, largely on policy work in science and technology and related international issues, including serving as the UK representative on the OECD's Committee on Science and Technology Policy. He has also worked as a National Expert in the External Relations Directorate of the European Commission in Brussels on non-proliferation (the KEDO nuclear project concerning DPRK), returning in 2001 to become Deputy Director of the UK's Foresight (futures) programme.
He holds a doctorate in plasma physics and an MBA from London University.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
11.00 a.m.
Room 203, School of International Studies (Old Building)