ACCESS
ACCESS - Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science
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About the ACCESS Network

What is the ACCESS Network?

ACCESS aims to make social science expertise more accessible. We have created a publicly available, searchable database (The ACCESS Network) of social scientists and experts working in the fields of climate and environment.

The ACCESS Network includes academics in universities as well as those working in the public sector, charities and businesses. Most of the experts have a social science background and use a mix of different methods and approaches to help better understand people and society’s roles in addressing climate and environmental challenges.

We are very keen for this database to support collaborative work – particularly between universities and policy-making government departments, public organisations, charities, businesses and the media.

The ACCESS experts’ database is a veritable goldmine and has been very useful in my work as an academic. As an expert in wider international environmental law, I am passionate about engaging with global environmental issues by commemorating events such as the annual UNFCCC Conference of Party (CoP) Meetings on climate change,  and the annual World Water Day and Zero Waste Day. This commemoration is usually done through webinars, online workshops or symposia hosted by the University of Bradford.

Within the past two years, the ACCESS database has been instrumental in helping me locate experts in the fields of climate change, climate education, food systems and food waste, the circular economy and water management, to feature at these events. These experts discuss the impact of their ongoing research, showcase their expertise and co-produce new knowledge and perspectives on these subject areas, including increased visibility of their profiles and research when these events are published on my institution’s social media platforms.

I am grateful for the database and hope that ACCESS colleagues will utilise it as often as possible!

Dr Irekpitan Okukpon (Assistant Professor, University of Bradford)

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