Ms Victoria Louise Kasprowicz

My PhD explores the gender-energy nexus, observing and studying energy practices as a proxy for understanding gender relations within newly electrified homes. This work aims to include research with customers accessing electricity through solar home systems in Guatemala and Colombia.

Prior to joining the University of Sussex, from 2013-2016 I helped to create and run a social enterprise called Kingo that provides a prepay solar energy service to low-income, non-electrified communities in Guatemala and Colombia. I was one of the original three directors when the company was founded and was responsible for Kingo’s internal and external communications, contributing to its overall business strategy and helping to set up and manage its first regional office in the North of Guatemala.

During my time in Guatemala I also completed an MSc in Development Management with the Open University and worked with the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission to support the needs of human rights defenders for my final thesis.