Tagged: Guiding Principles

“I am not an EDI person!” I exclaimed in a call with a potential invitee who I believe will not only enrich conversations at the ACCESS Assembly 2025 but is someone I would love to meet and get to know. She laughs, and soon responds, “I know what you mean”. Hello, I am Jaya. I […]

  One of the key aims of ACCESS is to bring diverse individuals and organisations together to support connections and spark new conversations in environmental social science. Our Annual Assembly plays a key role in this relationship building. Every June, we bring together some 80-plus environmental social scientists from across academia, the public sector and […]

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 […]

Steve: Stewart, can you tell us why people are so concerned about air travel?  Stewart:  From a climate perspective, the way we travel has a significant impact. For example, the well-known travel website seat61 estimates that travelling by train rather than flying can reduce the carbon impact of travel by 80-90%.   The figures can be […]

  The ACCESS Guiding Principles team (Stewart Barr, Kate Burningham, Sarah Golding, Steve Guilbert and Sarah Hartley) compiled and published our Guiding Principles in March 2023. We’ve recently developed our own ACCESS Travel Guidance document as an extension to these. In this blog, we outline the context for developing this guidance. Our Guiding Principles focus […]

Clare Twigger-Ross, who works as a consultant social researcher at Eunomia, highlighted two challenges for social scientists in consultancy roles: “When working in research as a consultant, we aim to work collaboratively with our clients as far as possible. However, a key area of knowledge that can be underestimated is that of the institutional, governance […]

The review written by Sarah Golding, Kate Burningham​​​​​​​, Birgitta Gatersleben, Kirstie Hatcher, Trevor Hood and Peter Lefort,  also includes demographic information about who applied and feedback from the delegates who attended.  

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Early in the planning for the Assembly, we decided we wanted to welcome in-person and online visitors. It was important for us to: Invite people from various disciplines and champion the benefits of collaboration and co-production. Be inclusive and offer equally enriching experiences and networking opportunities to those in the room and those sitting at […]

In the meeting, the Guiding Principles and their development were outlined, highlighting the intersecting issues of how social scientists can undertake their research in an environmentally sustainable, inclusive and co-productive way. Recognising the work already ongoing through many learned societies, the session enabled members to share their experiences of working to improve their own practices […]