Grants
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Professor Tadj Oreszczyn | 10 May 2013
The centre for energy epidemiology (cee) will:
undertake primary data collection
advise on data collection
provide secure and ethical curation of a wealth of administrative, commercial and research data
link, develop and use innovative research meth ...
Edward Ferrari | Social Policy | 08 April 2013
How children travel to school is a major public policy concern, reflecting socioeconomic differences among the population. Policies enhancing school choice may contradict public health efforts to promote walking and cycling. Equally, the built form, ...
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 ...
Professor John Preston | Education | 31 December 2012
The 'national infrastructure' is seldom out of the news. Although the infrastructure is not always easy to define it includes things such as utilities (water, energy, gas), transportation systems and communications. we often hear about real or ...
Dr Frauke Urban | Area & Development Studies | 15 October 2012
As china’s rapid economic growth has created a series of pressures, such as depletion of scarce domestic resources, the country is engaging more closely with low and middle income countries in asia and africa. Access to overseas natural resourc ...
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 ...
Professor Marcus Power | Area & Development Studies | 01 September 2012
This interdisciplinary research project seeks to examine how, why and to what extent the rising powers (specifically china, india and brazil) are enabling the transition to low carbon energy systems in southern africa. The project will explore the ra ...
Professor Andrew Chesher | Social Stats., Comp. & Methods | 01 July 2012
The centre's mission is to advance knowledge in economic and social science through the development and application of tools for understanding human behaviour using microdata records of environment, circumstances, actions, decisions and outcomes. To ...
Outputs
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David Toke | 08 May 2013 | Environmental Planning | Journal article
Journal article.
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 ...
Tim Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Technical report
Report authored by major partner and collaborator in conjunction with the research team, towards the delivery of business-engagement seminars on the benefits of climate change mitigation for tourism enterprises.
Timothy Coles | 21 March 2013 | Management & Business Studies | Book chapter
Examines the relationship between the financial crisis, the change of government in the uk and the implementation of policy on climate change mitigation.
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 | 07 March 2013 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Professor david newberry argues that public investment in the right areas will fuel uk economic growth - with the short-term impact of giving work to domestic private companies who will create jobs.
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 | 31 January 2013 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Investing in human capital, improving the national infrastructure, improving finance provision for private investment and innovation, and the creation of an independent national growth council are key recommendations in the final report from the lse ...
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 | 30 March 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
The queuing and bulk-buying of petrol is not 'panic buying' but logical, given people's reasonable beliefs about others' behaviour and mistrust of the authorities, argues dr john drury, researching crowd psychology in emergencies.
Feature | 06 March 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Postgraduate
Can britian find a policy that encourages manufacturing and increases exports?
Feature | 04 October 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Energy displays and smart meters are useful tools to manage energy use, but no 'magic bullet' against reduced fuel bills, suggests the rcuk-funded study domestic energy feedback.
Feature | 26 January 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Dr robert falkner examines the policy options for preventing an oil crisis.
Feature | 26 January 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Martin lodge and mike power: what can the deepwater horizon oil spill teach about managing damage to reputation?
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 | 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 | 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 | 25 February 2009 | Policymakers, Press/media
A group of leading uk scientists and social scientists led by the esrc genomics forum, based at the university of edinburgh, calls for joined-up thinking on the emerging politics of plants.
