Clara Kubler

I am a CDCC programme PhD student at the School of Environmental Sciences, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. I am part of the Science, Society, and Sustainability (3S) Research Group and the Tyndall Centre. My research explores how politicians and the public shape each other’s climate change attitudes and behaviours, what role the media plays…

Olivia Thompson

I am an ARIES-associated PhD researcher in the Science, Society, and Sustainability (3S) Research Group, funded by the Science Faculty at the University of East Anglia. My current research as part of the UK Energy Research Centre’s Public Engagement Observatory expands upon techniques for mapping participation through digital methods in energy, climate change and net…

A PhD student’s reflections on making the most a policy secondment

Harriet Dudley, a third year PhD researcher at the University of East Anglia reflects on her recent secondment with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: “I study the conditions under which policymakers will (not) use expert climate policy advice to shape policy. I recently returned from a Research Fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of…

Sean Irving

I am a SeNSS DTP programme PhD researcher in Norwich Business School and the Science, Society & Sustainability (3S) Research Group. My research explores the role of alternative and diverse economies in transitions to low-consumption social systems, using the Norwich Sharing City project as a case study. I am particularly interested in the more radical…

Chiara Ruggieri-Mitchell

I am an ARIES-associated PhD student in the Science, Society, and Sustainability (3S) Research Group. My current research interests lie in understanding how colonial rule has shaped environmental science practices and how these might be addressed through a decolonial lens to ensure the safeguarding of the environment, whilst also dismantling the social inequalities, often steeped…

Has climate change escaped colonialism? A panel discussion with V. Damodaran, M. Mahony, and S. Schaffer

3S member Martin Mahony joins Professor Vinita Damodaran (University of Sussex) and Professor Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge) on a special panel discussion on climate change and colonialism. The panel discussion is organised by the Cambridge HPS Anthropocene (Climate Histories) reading/seminar group and will take place on Thursday 26th May at 2pm BST. The hybrid…

CfP RGS-IBG 2022: New and critical geographies of innovation

3S members Helen Pallett and Martin Mahony have put out a call for papers for the forthcoming RGS-IBG conference in Newcastle 30th August-2nd September. These sessions aim to establish and explore an incipient research agenda around new and critical geographies of innovation, bringing together diverse geographical research and practice which challenges conventional narratives of and…

Vinicius Pereira

Vinícius is a PhD student at the University of East Anglia and an early-stage researcher at the GECKO Project (Horizon 2020 MSCA-ITN). He is interested in collaborative and foresight design processes dedicated to technological democratization and autonomy. Coming from a bachelor’s in architectural design and urban planning (2016) and a master’s in Artificial Intelligence applied…

Nickhil Sharma

Nickhil is a 29-year-old Energy Engineer from Bangalore, India. He is currently a PhD student at UEA, working on an EU-funded project on Smart Home Technologies. His research areas include sustainability transitions, stakeholder management, and social sustainability. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Melton Foundation where he develops skill-based workshops for youth engagement around…

Phoebe King

I am a PhD researcher in the Centre for Social and Economic Research for the Global Environment (CSERGE) and the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) research group. As an environmental scientist, I have developed a particular interest in nature-based solutions (NBS) and their application to address societal challenges in an increasingly warming world. So far,…

Mapping controversy over carbon dioxide removal (CDR): new 3S publication

3S members Laurie Waller and Jason Chilvers have a new paper in Science, Technology and Human Values analysing controversy over proposals for the large-scale removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CDR), in collaboration with Tyndall Centre colleague Tim Rayner. The study combines a digital method (web-querying) with document analysis to map debates about two CDR approaches:…

Cat Acheson

I am a PhD researcher in the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) Research Group and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.  My research explores sustainability-focused innovations in societal systems and in social practices, and how these two approaches can be linked up effectively. Working in partnership with Norfolk County Council, my project aims to…

New book chapters on the nocturnal city

3S member Casper Laing Ebbensgaard has recently published two short chapters in the book Interior Realms. The first of these chapters, entitled ‘Collective Matter, Vertical Life’, explores the home as a site of cultural production in the vertical night. Through a vignette that follows the routines of two residents in a high-rise in central, east…

New articles on the nature and influence of global environmental assessments

3S member Martin Mahony has two new articles out on the nature and influence of global environmental assessments.

The first, co-authored with Maud Borie (KCL), Noam Obermeister and Mike Hulme (Cambridge University), compares the knowledge-making practices of the IPCC and IPBES, the global bodies responsible for assessing science around climate change and biodiversity loss respectively.

The second article, published with a number of fellow participants in a 2019 workshop at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), argues that in order to understand the effectiveness of GEAs, we need to go beyond just tracking the translation of their findings into policy.

Midnight Sun: Exhibition on night in the vertical city

Midnight Sun examines everyday spaces and technologies of night in the vertical city. By displaying bespoke photography, digital media, and sculptural artworks in close dialogue with research materials drawn from everyday life in the vertical city, the exhibition questions how we might reckon with the entangled hi/stories of life in the nocturnal city. The exhibition…

Public engagement with low-carbon diets

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh (CAST & University of Bath) 3S Seminar, 21th April 2021, 16:00-17:00 BST on MS Teams (please email Mandy Harmer <Amanda.Hamer@uea.ac.uk> if you would like to attend, an invite will be sent before the seminar). In this talk, I will present recent findings from public deliberation (e.g., Climate Assembly UK) and opinion surveys to…

Public engagement with algorithms in public services

3S members Helen Pallett and Jason Chilvers are among the authors of a new briefing note on public engagement with algorithms in public services in the UK. This briefing note is one of the outputs of the ‘Just Public Algorithms‘ Project which was funded by the Not Equal Network+ (EPSRC). The briefing note summarises the…

New ScienceBrief Review on the impact of advisory bodies on climate policy

3S member Harriet Dudley recently had her first lead author publication. It was a ScienceBrief review paper that reviewed the existing evidence of the impact of independent expert advisory bodies on the design and delivery of climate policy. The review paper synthesises findings from more than 20 peer−reviewed scientific articles gathered using ScienceBrief. The publication was…

3S at the regional launch of ClimateUEA

Tom Hargreaves of the 3S Research Group will be speaking at the regional launch of ClimateUEA. The event, to be held on Thursday 11th February 2021 between 5 and 6.15pm, seeks to showcase the depth and breadth of climate change research taking place across the University, to inspire new audiences and encourage collaboration across disciplines and sectors to stimulate positive climate action.

New podcast on the links between colonialism, technology and climate change

Dr Martin Mahony of the 3S Research Group is the first contributor to the Sainsbury Centre’s ‘New Perspectives’ series of podcasts, in which new light is shed upon collection items by artists, writers and researchers. In this podcast, Martin reflects on what a pair of Alaskan snow goggles can tell us about the links between colonialism, technology and climate change

New 3S paper on ‘environmentalism after the pandemic’

3S members Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda and Tim O’Riordan have recently published a perspective piece that explores possible futures for environmentalism after the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Journal for the History of Environment and Society. The article explores the possibility of a transition to ecocentric futures in a post-pandemic world based on historical ideas of environmentalism. Environmentalism…

Practice Network Mapping: developing interdisciplinary methodologies to explore low-carbon commuting

3S Members Tom Hargreaves and Jason Chilvers have published a new working paper, with colleagues. The paper explores the challenges of attempting to ‘model’ social practices, drawing on techniques from practice network analysis to map the links between both elements and practices. In doing so, the authors explore how participants ‘mapping’ their commuting practices and…

Norwich Good Economy Commission

Dr Noel Longhurst of 3S is playing a key role in the recently launched Norwich Good Economy Commission. This new collaboration between the UEA and Norwich City Council is a 2-year active investigation into the economy of Norwich combining multi-disciplinary approaches. The project is part innovation lab, part think-tank which aims to develop a shared definition of and routes to a ‘good’ economy in the city. As a steering group member Noel is helping the commission take forward three exciting areas of activity.

Light violence at the threshold of acceptability

Dr Casper Ebbensgaard (3S Research Group, UEA) 3S Seminar, 18th November, 16:00-17:00 GMT on MS Teams (please email Mandy Harmer <Amanda.Hamer@uea.ac.uk> if you would like to attend, an invite will be sent the day before the seminar). In this paper, I investigate how the legal planning system in the UK encourages forms of residential high-rise development in…

#NegativeEmissions. Can Twitter publics participate in climate policy assessments?

Dr Laurie Waller (3S Research Group, UEA) 3S Seminar, 14th October, 16:00-17:00 BST on MS Teams (please email Mandy Harmer <Amanda.Hamer@uea.ac.uk> if you would like to attend, an invite will be sent the day before the seminar). The large-scale removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CDR) is a central focus of contemporary climate policy. Assessing the “real-world”…

New 3S review on ‘negative emissions technologies’ and climate futures

3S members working on the FAB-GGR project have published a new article in the journal Wires Climate Change. Laurie Waller, Jason Chilvers and Irene Lorenzoni, along with colleagues from the Tyndall Centre reviewed the global literature on the feasibility of large-scale greenhouse gas removal (GGR), examining how social and political dimensions have been treated. The…

Harriet Dudley

I am a 1+3 PhD student in the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) and in the Science, Society & Sustainability (3S) Research Group.  My research explores UK climate change governance, specifically the role of the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in shaping the wider knowledge and governance landscapes in which specific…