Grants
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Professor Tony Mcenery | 31 March 2013
Corpus linguistics uses computers to permit the analysis of millions, or even billions, of words of data to look for patterns of usage that are not necessarily observable otherwise. It was pioneered largely in the uk. It has revolutionised linguistic ...
Professor Tim Jackson | Earth Resources | 01 February 2013
Passage aims to explore the relationship between sustainability and prosperity in the context of the ‘green economy’. The award will support professor jackson over three years in two principal tasks. The first of these is to synthesise th ...
Dr James Woodcock | Transport Ops & Management | 01 February 2013
This study will create a model to improve understanding about how a step-change in cycle commuting in the uk could be achieved. Cycling could bring a number of benefits, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while simultaneously improving popu ...
Dr Simon Parker | Human Geography | 01 January 2013
The rethinking centres and peripheries (recap) research seminar series aims to develop new thinking and to generate innovate research surrounding the uneven geographic development of britain’s cities and regions in the wake of the 2008 fin ...
Dr Rebecca Coleman | Sociology | 14 December 2012
The question of the future has been of interest for many years, but its significance intensifies in an ‘age of austerity’ in the uk, europe and some other parts of the developed western world. The conviction that the future will necessari ...
Dr Christopher Deeming | Social Policy | 01 October 2012
Researchers have long been interested in promoting the social and economic arrangements for human welfare. As our societies become more complex, the challenges we face appear more profound forcing us to rethink our ideas about how we live our lives, ...
Dr Alex Nicholls | Social Policy | 01 October 2012
Social enterprise (se) broadly defined as market based approaches to tackling social problems has receive much policy, practitioner and academic attention in recent years. However the evidence base upon which policy support relies is at best shaky. T ...
Dr Alison Heppenstall | Human Geography | 01 October 2012
Grit (‘geospatial restructuring of industrial trade’) is an esrc-funded project in the school of geography at the university of leeds. An energy revolution must take place if the worst effects of climate change are to be avoided. Even wit ...
Dr Matthew Woollard | 01 October 2012
The uk data service will provide a "one-stop-shop" for suppliers and users of social science data. Users will come to the ukds website to search for and browse data collections created by a wide range of data suppliers, including government data, dat ...
Dr Rachel Aldred | Sociology | 01 October 2012
This seminar series brings together researchers from different disciplines and practitioners to discuss innovative ways of responding to pressing policy problems. Twenty-first century societies face three interlinked and seemingly intractable energy ...
Outputs
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Hilary Geoghegan | 08 May 2013 | Human Geography | Presentation/lecture
Invited departmental seminar introducing my research to human and physical geographers, offering feedback on initial fieldwork on a tree health survey for the public.
Hilary Geoghegan | 08 May 2013 | Human Geography | Presentation/lecture
Invited presentation of my social science research on citizen science and a uk tree health monitoring survey. Event was part of a tree health and plant biosecurity initiative meeting in york.
Nicholas Pidgeon | 23 April 2013 | Psychology | Impact Report
Impact report to esrc 12 months after end of grant
Timothy Coles | 17 April 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Dissemination / Communication
Presentation of a paper to an international academic think tank on sustainable tourism
Timothy Coles | 22 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Dissemination / Communication
Paper presentation at a meeting of its commission on tourism, leisure and global change in stellenbosch in 2010
Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner | 22 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Organised event
Attended by 37 participants from the tourism sector, this seminar combined a series of presentations about climate change and its relationship to tourism businesses with more practical advice about the commercial benefits of taking a more climate-con ...
Timothy Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Technical report
A report of the findings of the empirical work and evidence base underpinning the award.
Timothy Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article
Examines the nature of government policy to encourage the use of renewables towards its carbon reduction targets and assesses the likelihood of the tourism sector contributing to these aspirations. Provides recommendations for future policy-making. A ...
Timothy Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Technical report
Guidance note to tourism businesses on the possibilities and benefits of changing their behaviours and practices to mitigate their effects on climate change.
Timothy Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article
Examines the effects of network membership on the propensity of tourism businesses to mitigate their effects on climate change. Abstract: networks are a well-established feature in contemporary tourism governance and management. The aim of this artic ...
Case Studies
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Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Policy recommendations from the sussex energy group have shaped the uk government's position for climate change negotiations, as well as informing the chilean and indian governments on technology transfer policies.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
An environment law online resource is receiving more than 1,100 visitors per month, with most interest in issues around noise, waste and planning
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
The research group on lifestyles, values and the environment has quantified how consumer purchasing decisions drive carbon emissions - helping to develop a business standard on carbon footprinting.
Features
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Feature | 04 March 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
As we enter climate week, poll results have revealed that public concern about environmental issues and climate change has sunk to a 20-year low since the beginning of the global financial crisis.
Feature | 26 February 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Regulations controlling air pollution from ships might be ineffective, suggests esrc-funded research. A minority of berthing ships in the uk and sweden are burning high-sulphur fuel in restricted control areas.
Feature | 19 April 2012 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
People remain negative about hydrocarbons and controversial 'fracking' extraction, and do not see shale gas or other forms of unconventional fossil fuel as the solution to either energy security or climate change.
Feature | 14 March 2012 | General public, Press/media
A study of climate change as a social issue shows how the debate affects the views and attitudes of individuals and groups, and highlights how climate change is perceived differently across countries.
Feature | 13 April 2011 | General public, Press/media, Schools
On the eve of the peak district national park anniversary, climate change is looming as a major challenge. But local pupils are keeping an eye on the health of the moorlands - as part of the festival of social science.
Feature | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Partnerships, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Uk retailers, climate strategies and the role of partnership.
Press Releases
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Press Release | 21 March 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Data from findings from understanding society, the world’s largest household panel survey, show that people with degrees are 25 per cent more likely, on average, than people with no education qualifications to adopt pro-environmental behaviours, at l ...
Press Release | 31 January 2011 | Academic, International, Partnerships, Policymakers, Press/media
The largest joint initiative between european funding agencies in social sciences, the open research area scheme, announces its successful grants. The scheme is a new way of funding for the esrc, agence nationale de la recherche, deutsche forschungsg ...
Press Release | 11 October 2010 | General public, Press/media
Seven new energy and communities research projects will examine how we use energy, our understanding of energy use, and effective community energy management.
Press Release | 10 September 2010 | General public, Press/media
The renewable energy sector needs to use a wider range of business models in order to ensure a fairer distribution of power plants across the uk, according to research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc).
Press Release | 17 March 2010 | Academic, General public, Press/media
Those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the uk may be those who have contributed least to the problem, according to climate change experts.
Press Release | 12 March 2010 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
The winner of the 2010 economic and social research council (esrc) knowledge transfer partnership prize for the best application of social or management science has saved the bradford and airedale teaching primary care trust (pct) an estimated £350,0 ...
Press Release | 03 March 2010 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Now in its eighth year, the economic and social research council's (esrc) festival of social science is aiming to provoke debate and discussion about climate change and the environment from young people across the uk.
Press Release | 23 November 2009 | General public, Press/media
70 per cent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 per cent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called understanding society, funded by the economi ...
Press Release | 14 April 2009 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
A new joint economic and social research council and technology strategy board publication highlights the need to focus on improving the energy efficiency of millions of buildings in britain that will still be standing in 2050.
Press Release | 06 March 2009 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Students from secondary schools in and around the peak district national park will take part in an investigation to better understand the role the park plays in climate change.
