The Public Engagement Observatory’s response to the UK Government’s climate and nature public participation plan

The UK Energy Research Centre’s (UKERC) Public Engagement Observatory, based in the 3S Research Group, has just published its response to the long-awaited public participation plan of the UK Government, ‘Energising Britain: Your voice in our Clean Energy Superpower Mission’. The full response features in UKERC’s flagship Annual Review of Energy Policy.   Prof Jason Chilvers, Director of the Observatory and Chair of the 3S Research Group, said:  “The government’s public participation plan marks a…

3S research to feature in volcano drama

Research by 3S member Martin Mahony has helped inform a new piece of theatre, which will be staged in Birmingham and London next month. Part of the Archives Assemble! project, Missives tells the story of an earthquake crisis in 1930s Montserrat. Using verbatim archival extracts and new material by playwright Chadd Cumberbatch and A-Dziko Simba Gegele, the piece explores the complex, human and sometimes very…

3S researcher helps build new volcanic crisis archive

3S researcher Martin Mahony has helped build the new Montserrat Volcanic Crisis Archive, which goes live this week.  The Archives Assemble! project team has worked closely with the Montserrat National Trust to build a new and accessible digital archive of materials which will tell the story of the 1990s eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano and its impacts on the people of…

Our Climate Engagements: The Observatory’s new crowdsourcing capability

In exploring novel ways of accounting for diverse public engagements with energy, climate change, and net zero on an ongoing basis, the UKERC Public Engagement Observatory, based in the 3S Research Group, Our Climate Engagements: The Observatory’s new crowdsourcing capabilityis currently piloting novel crowdsourcing approaches where stakeholders and citizens are directly involved in mapping public…