⚠️ Historic first! ⚠️ European Parliament's hearing into fossil fuel industry responsibility for the #costofliving crisis was an EU first. It made a clear case why we need tobacco-style rules for the oil & gas lobby so we stop putting their profits before people. #PeopleOverPolluters

📢 Postdoc Job Alert! Come and work with me Manchester Geography Christine Merk and Ilona Mettiäinen and more Co-CREATE to explore public perceptions of climate geoengineering research governance! All enquiries welcome – just give me a shout! jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Sharing our PhD paper prizes! Methods, Concepts & Impact. Closes 31/05. Harriet Bulkeley Gavin Bridge Stefan Bouzarovski Ankit Kumar Prof Mari Martiskainen Patrick Devine-Wright Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) UKERC Durham Energy Institute SPRU CRESR SHU Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ACCESS Network Behavioural Research UK energygeographies.org/post/announcin…

Fantastic new review of evidence on #ActiveTravel - which highlights the need for more research on #Disabled people's experience. The findings aren't surprising: Make safe space & enable people to access the cycles & public transport they need, & active travel rates go up!

we’re very close to ‘not made with AI’ becoming a sought after and premium product similar to food labeled organic.

Excited to see Stefan Bouzarovski join the ICA Europe webinar on tackling energy poverty in the context of the Energy Efficiency Directive, as part of #EUSEW24, where he will share his Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) experience and insights on place-based policy delivery: tinyurl.com/4t8h8hur

"capitalism breeds innovation" the innovation:

This is a valuable piece of research in many ways, but with all due respect, can we please stop using the term ‘hard to reach’ when talking about energy injustices and retrofit. It is stigmatising and patronising. The drivers of #energypoverty are systemic/political/institutional

These 10 countries are phasing out coal the fastest in the world: 1. Greece 51%→10% (2014-2022) 2. United Kingdom 39%→2% (2012-2020) 3. Denmark 49%→20% (2009-2017) 4. Spain 34%→9% (2002-2010) 5. Portugal 29%→5% (2012-2020) 6. Israel 55%→32% (2006-2014) 7. Romania 39%→17%

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📢 Job opportunity: Governing Housing Retrofit - The Role of Social Intermediaries, University of Manchester! Deadline to apply Monday 16th September 2024. 👉Find out more and apply: edrc.ac.uk/join-us/ Manchester University #Researchjob #jobvacancy #research #energy

📢📢📢Applications currently open for an inter-discplinary, 3.5 year, fully-funded studentship on social intermediation and housing #retrofit in the UK, based in Manchester Geography. Supervisors include @paultobin (Politics), Faye Wade (Sociology) and me. More info at:

Are you interested in undertaking a PhD in environmental Politics/Geography/Sociology? This *funded* interdisciplinary PhD, co-supervised by Stefan Bouzarovski, Faye Wade & me could be for you. Deadline 16th Sept - get in touch with questions! findaphd.com/phds/project/g…

🌍Sustainable, safe & secure through demand reduction: read our blog on EDRC's role at the eceee Summer Study 2024. Key topics: underheating & wellbeing, gender in energy policy, energy reduction, car use, and an inclusive energy transition✨ 👉tinyurl.com/ywv7ee54

We need more papers like this! Thank you Maria Rusca for articulating such an important argument so nicely. 🤩

📣Job alert! Two 4.8-year post-doctoral research associate posts at UoM News, within the ERC/UKRI Consolidator GENERATE project (manchester.ac.uk/about/news/ukr…). More info at: - Post 1 (qualitative focus): jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… - Post 2 (quantitative focus): jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Looking forward to talking about 'Energy advice as social infrastructure' as part of a set of sessions on the wider topic of knowledge & social infrastructure Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) #RGSIBG24. The presentation will include some of the latest results of our Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) research.

What is a 'hard method'?