Travel represents a major component of the carbon impact of universities through travel associated with research, student recruitment, international student travel and field courses. Many universities have declared environment and climate emergencies and have values-statements that reference ecological care. Yet shifting practices, systems and policies is challenging, as flying has become so entwined with research […]
This webinar focused on presenting the Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities (ESS NEMO) – a group of resources including systems maps that show groups, organisations and individuals that could be engaged for research, development and innovation, designed specifically with environmental social scientists from a broad range of sectors in mind. Speakers […]
The workshop is led by Dr Pete Barbrook-Johnson (University of Oxford) and Dr Alexandra Penn (University of Surrey / Defra) This one day workshop is hosted by ACCESS, with facilitators from CECAN Ltd, and aims to: showcase practical uses of systems mapping across a range of situations, stakeholders and challenges provide hands-on experience of constructing a systems map collaboratively enable informed decision-making on how […]
Dr Ruth Lamont from Natural England will be giving an overview of a collaborative* Flex Fund project to support better understanding of the social sciences, and encourage improved use within environmental organisations. Join this talk to hear more about the scoping behind this work, how you can access the resources developed, and wider reflections on the growing use of […]
Patrick shares a new Place-based, Just Transition framework that arose from four UK social science research projects funded as part of the IDRIC consortium. The framework is a tool for policy and industry to embed often overlooked social dimensions of industrial decarbonisation – particularly the lived experiences, knowledges and perspectives of communities hosting infrastructure projects […]
Lorraine from the University of Bath, outlined how behavioural science can inform efforts to engage the public with climate change, and how policy choices can drive social action to achieve net zero. The event was chaired by ACCESS Co-Director Professor Birgitta Gatersleben of the University of Surrey. The webinar is one of several events which […]
2022 Assembly The first ACCESS Assembly took place on 15 and 16 June 2022 and focused on how we might deliver some of the project’s aims. Key speakers from the ACCESS Leadership team and stakeholders from government departments talked about Interdisciplinarity and the social sciences – working across boundaries, Knowledge co-production with policy makers and Social […]