Research
Research themes
Our research focuses on the major challenges facing energy studies today. Here are some of the research areas where we are particularly strong.
- Energy and Society
Energy and Society covers a range of questions about the relationship between energy systems and the people who use them. It touches on topics like:
- Energy demand and behaviour; The social relations of energy; Energy access, Energy justice, Energy efficiency, and energy security; Retrofitting buildings; Fuel and transport poverty; Energy geographies
Related projects
- Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS)
- CINTRAN
- Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
- Centre for Research Into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS)
- Fuel and Transport Poverty in the UK’s Energy Transition (FAIR)
- Green New Deal for Housing
- Toward Just, Ethical and Sustainable Arctic Economies, Environments and Societies (JUST NORTH)
- LAND use based MitigAtion for Resilient Climate pathways (LANDMARC)
- Responsive Organising for Low Emission Societies (ROLES)
- Solar-Biomass Reversible Energy System for Covering a Large Share of Energy Needs in Buildings (SolBio-Rev)
- Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero
Much of our research geared towards understanding just and sustainable transitions to net zero. That includes research looking at:
- The energy transition; Transitions that extend beyond energy ( like climate adaptation); The Co-benefits of the energy transition; Wellbeing and ecological economics
Related projects
- Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS)
- CINTRAN
- Centre for Research Into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS)
- Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
- Governing sustainable energy-mobility transitions: multi-level policy mixes, transformative capacities and low-carbon innovations (EMPOCI)
- The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)
- Toward Just, Ethical and Sustainable Arctic Economies, Environments and Societies (JUST NORTH)
- LAND use based MitigAtion for Resilient Climate pathways (LANDMARC)
- Solar-Biomass Reversible Energy System for Covering a Large Share of Energy Needs in Buildings (SolBio-Rev)
- Energy Innovation and Digitalisation
This theme covers research related to innovative new energy technologies, with a particular focus on digitalisation.
Related projects
- Centre for Research Into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS)
- Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
- Responsive Organising for Low Emission Societies (ROLES)
Solar-Biomass Reversible Energy System for Covering a Large Share of Energy Needs in Buildings (SolBio-Rev)
- Energy Governance and Policy
Another of our strengths, energy governance and policy includes includes research focussing on issues like
- The politics of energy and energy institutions; The devolution of energy governance; Local energy; Community wealth building; Energy efficiency, and energy security; Electricity markets; Political economy of energy
Related projects
- Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS)
- CINTRAN
- Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
- Governing sustainable energy-mobility transitions: multi-level policy mixes, transformative capacities and low-carbon innovations (EMPOCI)
- Green New Deal for Housing
- The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)
- Energy systems and supply technology
The group is also well-known for our expertise on questions about energy systems and energy supply technologies. We are particularly strong on
- Renewable energy; Nuclear energy; Energy infrastructure; Microgrids; ‘Whole systems’ perspectives; Critical perspectives on fossil fuels
Related Projects
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Governing sustainable energy-mobility transitions: multi-level policy mixes, transformative capacities and low-carbon innovations (EMPOCI)
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The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)
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Responsive Organising for Low Emission Societies (ROLES)
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Solar-Biomass Reversible Energy System for Covering a Large Share of Energy Needs in Buildings (SolBio-Rev)