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Two researchers from the University of Nottingham have been granted a funding boost to help analyse how thinking about a ‘more-than-human’ world can help us negotiate conflicts between environmental challenges and human priorities, to ensure sustaina
Professor Patrick Devine-Wright’s expertise spans human geography and environmental psychology with a primary interest in the social acceptance of energy infrastructures, community engagement and place attachment. He is Director of the ESRC-funded ACCESS (Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science) leadership team for Environmental Social Science, and leads several research projects funded by UK academic funding organisations. He is a highly cited social science researcher (Web of Science, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022), an IPCC Lead Author in Working Group 3, and Chair of the...
The research team, led by the University of Exeter, warned against relying solely on breakthroughs in climate science and technology
The research team, led by the University of Exeter, warn against relying solely on breakthroughs in climate science and technology.Instead, they say social science can help engage people and societies, and ensure a green transition that is both effec
According to scientists, handling the climate crisis can only be made possible by “placing people at the heart of climate action.”