Accelerating Social Transitions Research Projects
In the global north we are constantly mobile and constantly purchase goods. As households, we heat our homes and cook and make choices about what to buy. In our communities, we exchange ideas and signal our self-identities to ourselves and others with our consumer choices. ‘Transition’ describes a system-wide process unfolding through entwined social and technological change at multiple scales. By focusing on ‘social transitions’, we analyse our ways of life and our relationships with technologies and infrastructures. Read more…
Financing Community Energy Project
Overview This project aims to provide the first systematic quantitative and qualitative analysis of the role of finance in the evolution of the UK community energy sector. It also seeks
Intelligent Community Energy
Photo: INTERREG VA France (Channel) England A partnership between UEA and eight research and business support organisations in France and the UK, led by Bretagne Developpement Innovation (BDI). This is
Operationalising REDD+: actors, interests and ideas
This project includes both analysis of the international REDD+ negotiations and field work on local REDD+ projects. It addresses the changing positions and strategies of international environmental NGOs on REDD+;
Power outages in post-war Lebanon
This is pilot study exploring the socio-material practices for maintaining electrical services in homes in Lebanon. Power outages are endemic in Lebanon and in the last decades, the unreliability of
RAMSES: Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for Cities
RAMSES (Reconciling Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development for Cities) is a €5m FP7 research programme that aims to develop methods, tools and case studies to design strategies, quantify costs and
REFIT: Smart home technologies
Smart Homes are becoming a reality with information and communication technologies increasingly present in our homes. Smart Home technology can provide a range of services including safety, security, comfort, healthcare and energy management, and
Science of climate communication
There is a wealth of scientific evidence for climate change – enough to fill five IPCC reports – but there is much less focus on how to communicate climate change
SILCI: Social Influence and disruptive Low Carbon Innovations
“Low carbon footprint” by Chris (a.k.a. MoiVous) via Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Overview Disruptive innovations offer something new and different to users, rather than incrementally improving upon
Smart metering: perceptions, practices and processes
ADDRESS (Active Distribution network with full integration of Demand and distributed energy RESourceS), funded through the 7th Framework Programme, aims to deliver a comprehensive commercial and technical framework for the
