Peter Styring is Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry and Associate fellow in the Understanding of Politics at The University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer. He is also a former Head of Department of Chemistry at Sheffield. Peter’s research considers a holistic approach to the circular economy, drawing on catalysis, synthesis, reactor and process design as well as life cycle analysis (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) together with policy development and social justice. This covers waste management, carbon dioxide utilisation and air quality improvement. Peter is involved in a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups in Westminster and was a recipient of a Royal Society MP Pairing Scheme award in 2015, pairing with the FCO. Peter contributed to the Mission Innovation ‘Accelerating Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization Technologies’ workshop as panel chair in 2017, which included the publication of the policy report in 2018. Peter is a co-investigator on the UKRI-Interdisciplinary Centre for the Circular Chemicals Economy and will be working on policy development and social justice as part of the centre’s activities. Peter is also Director of the UK Centre for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation and the CO2Chem Network and is CEO of CO2Chem Media & Publishing Limited.