Angela Mae Minas

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Angela Minas is a social scientist in the field of agriculture and low carbon energy based at The University of Manchester. She applies her interdisciplinary expertise to study social innovation and uses participatory methods and social network research to identify co-development strategies for climate action and low carbon solutions.

Her current project involves work with the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations to explore the role of grassroots movements in low carbon transitions and city-level governance for climate action. Angela also has extensive field-based experience in the Global South – conducting farmer-focused research on agricultural waste-to-energy in the Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar, as well as environment and development work in Indonesia and Tanzania.

Areas of expertise
  • Social Sciences – Communication, Social networks, Social innovation
  • Environmental Sciences – Sustainability, Bioenergy, Climate change
  •  Agriculture – Rural development, Extension, Rice research

 

Other research interests
  • Socio-political dimensions of climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Environmental policy

 

Methodological knowledge
  • Qualitative methods
  • Social network research