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🧨 What is Environmental Social Science?
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Created by the ACCESS team with invaluable input from social scientists all around the UK.
Check out our new webpage and find...
Explainers
Reports & papers
Slide deck resource to share
Case studies
Recorded webinars
accessnetwork.uk/what-is-envi...
Created by the ACCESS team with invaluable input from social scientists all around the UK.
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From the archive: in this guest feature Prof Karen Bickerstaff, Lead on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social report Making a Net Zero Society – Follow the Social Science, highlights how social science insights are essential to securing rapid societal change for a net zero UK. acss.org.uk/a-new-look-a...
July 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
From the archive: in this guest feature Prof Karen Bickerstaff, Lead on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social report Making a Net Zero Society – Follow the Social Science, highlights how social science insights are essential to securing rapid societal change for a net zero UK. acss.org.uk/a-new-look-a...
Research Associate/Fellow Position on the JUST-Systems Project
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project.
Closing date: 31 August
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project.
Closing date: 31 August
Research Associate/Fellow (735133)
Research Associate/Fellow (735133),
The Researcher will work with community organisations, businesses, local authorities and Governments across the UK to understand how systems approaches can unlock s...
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August 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Research Associate/Fellow Position on the JUST-Systems Project
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project.
Closing date: 31 August
Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project.
Closing date: 31 August
"It appears to be mostly women on the frontlines of climate and pollution battles – is it because we and the people we care for are more vulnerable to its impacts?... Or is it simply another element of the unpaid and under-valued labour that women have to do?"
Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
Mandi Bissett: Local climate action and Doughnut Economics – a secret recipe for generating hope
Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science
accessnetwork.uk
June 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"It appears to be mostly women on the frontlines of climate and pollution battles – is it because we and the people we care for are more vulnerable to its impacts?... Or is it simply another element of the unpaid and under-valued labour that women have to do?"
Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
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"Fairness is not just a nice-to-have in climate policy and engagement – it’s a public priority", writes CAST Deputy Director @christinademski.bsky.social in our latest blog post, sharing five insights on fairness for climate policymakers and practitioners. 📣
Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
Listening to the public on fairness: 5 key insights for climate policymakers and practitioners - CAST
CAST Deputy Director, Dr Christina Demski, shares five key insights on fairness for climate policymakers and practitioners.
cast.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Fairness is not just a nice-to-have in climate policy and engagement – it’s a public priority", writes CAST Deputy Director @christinademski.bsky.social in our latest blog post, sharing five insights on fairness for climate policymakers and practitioners. 📣
Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
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New CAST Briefing: "When do policymakers accept and reject policy recommendations? Lessons from the UK #ClimateChangeCommittee" 📣
Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Key messages thread 🧵
Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Key messages thread 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New CAST Briefing: "When do policymakers accept and reject policy recommendations? Lessons from the UK #ClimateChangeCommittee" 📣
Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Key messages thread 🧵
Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Key messages thread 🧵
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As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all.
Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.
Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.
Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.
Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.
Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
www.npr.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all.
Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.
Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.
Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna.
Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time.
Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
"Where are all of the black and brown people in environmental work?"
In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
June 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Where are all of the black and brown people in environmental work?"
In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
Reposted by ACCESS Network
What are youth perspectives on pathways to desirable nature futures? 📷🌍🧪
A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The perspective of youth: envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people and nature - Sustainability Science
This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of...
link.springer.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What are youth perspectives on pathways to desirable nature futures? 📷🌍🧪
A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by ACCESS Network
How does air pollution affect mental health?
- Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out
Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How does air pollution affect mental health?
- Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🥾🥾 In the second of our 'Walking and Working in Nature' series, ACCESS Leadership College Fellow Dr Susann Power talks about beach litter, caring for our coastline, and the evolution of beach cleaning into 'Enviro-Leisure Activism'.
accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
June 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🥾🥾 In the second of our 'Walking and Working in Nature' series, ACCESS Leadership College Fellow Dr Susann Power talks about beach litter, caring for our coastline, and the evolution of beach cleaning into 'Enviro-Leisure Activism'.
accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
How to do a flexible fund...
Guidance and food for thought for other flexible fund managers and administrators.
Our ACCESS ‘Flex Fund’ had a total value of £1m.
We have been learning by doing and want to share our successes, mistakes and learnings with others.
Read our latest report here
Guidance and food for thought for other flexible fund managers and administrators.
Our ACCESS ‘Flex Fund’ had a total value of £1m.
We have been learning by doing and want to share our successes, mistakes and learnings with others.
Read our latest report here
accessnetwork.uk
June 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
How to do a flexible fund...
Guidance and food for thought for other flexible fund managers and administrators.
Our ACCESS ‘Flex Fund’ had a total value of £1m.
We have been learning by doing and want to share our successes, mistakes and learnings with others.
Read our latest report here
Guidance and food for thought for other flexible fund managers and administrators.
Our ACCESS ‘Flex Fund’ had a total value of £1m.
We have been learning by doing and want to share our successes, mistakes and learnings with others.
Read our latest report here
On the 5th anniversary of the murders of Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman, ACCESS's Jaya Gajparia writes about the impact events like the sisters' murder have on women's sense of safety & access to nature – the risk of harm being even greater for women of colour.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
June 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On the 5th anniversary of the murders of Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman, ACCESS's Jaya Gajparia writes about the impact events like the sisters' murder have on women's sense of safety & access to nature – the risk of harm being even greater for women of colour.
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
⏰ Only one week left to register for ACCESS Summer School!
Deadline: Friday 13 June
Join a small group of environmental social scientists:
👋 Build relationships across sectors
🤝 Develop and practice skills for collaboration
🤔 Scope collaborative research ideas
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
Deadline: Friday 13 June
Join a small group of environmental social scientists:
👋 Build relationships across sectors
🤝 Develop and practice skills for collaboration
🤔 Scope collaborative research ideas
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
June 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
⏰ Only one week left to register for ACCESS Summer School!
Deadline: Friday 13 June
Join a small group of environmental social scientists:
👋 Build relationships across sectors
🤝 Develop and practice skills for collaboration
🤔 Scope collaborative research ideas
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
Deadline: Friday 13 June
Join a small group of environmental social scientists:
👋 Build relationships across sectors
🤝 Develop and practice skills for collaboration
🤔 Scope collaborative research ideas
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
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WEBINAR 💻 - Are Net Zero and economic growth compatible?🗓️
Tuesday 17 June | 14:00-15:00
Will decarbonising the economy deliver jobs, and support growth?
Speakers:
Louise Hellem, CBI
Antonios Katris, CEP
Register free here 👇
www.biee.org/meeting/are-...
Tuesday 17 June | 14:00-15:00
Will decarbonising the economy deliver jobs, and support growth?
Speakers:
Louise Hellem, CBI
Antonios Katris, CEP
Register free here 👇
www.biee.org/meeting/are-...
Are Net Zero and economic growth compatible? - BIEE
In this webinar we will explore the links between the Net Zero transition and economic growth and review the evidence on whether decarbonising the economy can deliver jobs, and support growth by prese...
www.biee.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
WEBINAR 💻 - Are Net Zero and economic growth compatible?🗓️
Tuesday 17 June | 14:00-15:00
Will decarbonising the economy deliver jobs, and support growth?
Speakers:
Louise Hellem, CBI
Antonios Katris, CEP
Register free here 👇
www.biee.org/meeting/are-...
Tuesday 17 June | 14:00-15:00
Will decarbonising the economy deliver jobs, and support growth?
Speakers:
Louise Hellem, CBI
Antonios Katris, CEP
Register free here 👇
www.biee.org/meeting/are-...
Reposted by ACCESS Network
Our free, inaugural online event 'Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology' is open to @bpsofficial.bsky.social members & the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology. 02 July 2025 10:00am - 2:30pm www.bps.org.uk/event/connec...
Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology | BPS
This event by the Environmental Psychology section will appeal to both BPS members and the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology.
www.bps.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Our free, inaugural online event 'Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology' is open to @bpsofficial.bsky.social members & the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology. 02 July 2025 10:00am - 2:30pm www.bps.org.uk/event/connec...
What does walking mean to you? 🥾 🥾
New blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows – Jaya Gajparia, Susann Power, Mandi Bissett, Helen Roberts & Jennifer Rudd – all about walking and working in nature.
🌿 Click to read Jennifer's intro to the series and a taster of what's to come...
New blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows – Jaya Gajparia, Susann Power, Mandi Bissett, Helen Roberts & Jennifer Rudd – all about walking and working in nature.
🌿 Click to read Jennifer's intro to the series and a taster of what's to come...
What does walking mean to you? A new blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows
Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science
accessnetwork.uk
June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What does walking mean to you? 🥾 🥾
New blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows – Jaya Gajparia, Susann Power, Mandi Bissett, Helen Roberts & Jennifer Rudd – all about walking and working in nature.
🌿 Click to read Jennifer's intro to the series and a taster of what's to come...
New blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows – Jaya Gajparia, Susann Power, Mandi Bissett, Helen Roberts & Jennifer Rudd – all about walking and working in nature.
🌿 Click to read Jennifer's intro to the series and a taster of what's to come...
"Calling our annual get-together a retreat seems a misnomer … in truth, it is always intense. But I wouldn’t have it any other way..."
Read Richard Bridge 's reflections from this year's ACCESS Leadership College
accessnetwork.uk/reflections-...
Read Richard Bridge 's reflections from this year's ACCESS Leadership College
accessnetwork.uk/reflections-...
May 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Calling our annual get-together a retreat seems a misnomer … in truth, it is always intense. But I wouldn’t have it any other way..."
Read Richard Bridge 's reflections from this year's ACCESS Leadership College
accessnetwork.uk/reflections-...
Read Richard Bridge 's reflections from this year's ACCESS Leadership College
accessnetwork.uk/reflections-...
Foster collaborative research with other environmental social scientists at the ACCESS Summer School 2025.
"Building solidarity among environmental social scientists of both junior and senior career stages was very helpful." (ACCESS Summer School 2024 participant)
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
"Building solidarity among environmental social scientists of both junior and senior career stages was very helpful." (ACCESS Summer School 2024 participant)
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
May 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Foster collaborative research with other environmental social scientists at the ACCESS Summer School 2025.
"Building solidarity among environmental social scientists of both junior and senior career stages was very helpful." (ACCESS Summer School 2024 participant)
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
"Building solidarity among environmental social scientists of both junior and senior career stages was very helpful." (ACCESS Summer School 2024 participant)
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
Build relationships & scope collaborative research ideas with a small group of environmental social scientists at this year's ACCESS Summer School.
22-24 Sep, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Themes:🌿 nature & biodiversity ♻️ circular economies & 🏙️ liveable cities
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
22-24 Sep, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Themes:🌿 nature & biodiversity ♻️ circular economies & 🏙️ liveable cities
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
May 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Build relationships & scope collaborative research ideas with a small group of environmental social scientists at this year's ACCESS Summer School.
22-24 Sep, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Themes:🌿 nature & biodiversity ♻️ circular economies & 🏙️ liveable cities
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
22-24 Sep, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Themes:🌿 nature & biodiversity ♻️ circular economies & 🏙️ liveable cities
accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
Respond and share 👇
@sjroth.bsky.social of @ukcleanair.bsky.social
is conducting a survey on the role of social sciences in clean air policy and research.
Survey takes under 10 minutes, and participants will be entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher.
lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@sjroth.bsky.social of @ukcleanair.bsky.social
is conducting a survey on the role of social sciences in clean air policy and research.
Survey takes under 10 minutes, and participants will be entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher.
lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
May 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Respond and share 👇
@sjroth.bsky.social of @ukcleanair.bsky.social
is conducting a survey on the role of social sciences in clean air policy and research.
Survey takes under 10 minutes, and participants will be entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher.
lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@sjroth.bsky.social of @ukcleanair.bsky.social
is conducting a survey on the role of social sciences in clean air policy and research.
Survey takes under 10 minutes, and participants will be entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher.
lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
PhD opportunity – Carbon Dioxide Removal & Net Zero Pathways at @tyndallcentre.bsky.social
🔹 Evolving role of CDR under different futures
🔹 Fairness & equity in timing & distribution
🔹 How near-term infrastructure choices shape long-term options
🔹 Use of IAMs to inform real-world policy decisions
🔹 Evolving role of CDR under different futures
🔹 Fairness & equity in timing & distribution
🔹 How near-term infrastructure choices shape long-term options
🔹 Use of IAMs to inform real-world policy decisions
Carbon removal in pathways to Net Zero at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Carbon removal in pathways to Net Zero at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PhD opportunity – Carbon Dioxide Removal & Net Zero Pathways at @tyndallcentre.bsky.social
🔹 Evolving role of CDR under different futures
🔹 Fairness & equity in timing & distribution
🔹 How near-term infrastructure choices shape long-term options
🔹 Use of IAMs to inform real-world policy decisions
🔹 Evolving role of CDR under different futures
🔹 Fairness & equity in timing & distribution
🔹 How near-term infrastructure choices shape long-term options
🔹 Use of IAMs to inform real-world policy decisions
"Communities should be at the heart of decisions about new energy infrastructure," say ACCESS Director Patrick Devine-Wright and Rebecca Windemer of @regeninsight.bsky.social
Read their joint response to the House of Commons Committee on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
Read their joint response to the House of Commons Committee on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
Planning and Infrastructure Bill (25th April 2025)
publications.parliament.uk
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Communities should be at the heart of decisions about new energy infrastructure," say ACCESS Director Patrick Devine-Wright and Rebecca Windemer of @regeninsight.bsky.social
Read their joint response to the House of Commons Committee on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
Read their joint response to the House of Commons Committee on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
@jncc-ceo.bsky.social speaks to ACCESS about the social sciences, telling stories that will change people’s hearts as well as their minds, and how hope, purpose and responsibility feed into her own inspirational model of environmental leadership.
youtu.be/RP7L5Pl1rqg
youtu.be/RP7L5Pl1rqg
Dr Gemma Harper OBE, Chief Exec of the JNCC, talks to ACCESS at the Leadership College Retreat 2025
YouTube video by ACCESS Network
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@jncc-ceo.bsky.social speaks to ACCESS about the social sciences, telling stories that will change people’s hearts as well as their minds, and how hope, purpose and responsibility feed into her own inspirational model of environmental leadership.
youtu.be/RP7L5Pl1rqg
youtu.be/RP7L5Pl1rqg
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Climate researchers: 🟢 Get your work seen 🟢 Start new conversations 🟢 Shape what happens next
Submit a poster to the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary conference this September. We're open to all disciplines and formats.
Apply now: tyndall.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #ClimateResearch #CallForPosters
Submit a poster to the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary conference this September. We're open to all disciplines and formats.
Apply now: tyndall.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #ClimateResearch #CallForPosters
Our Critical Decade for Climate Action: Call for Posters - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Present your research poster at the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary event, our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference, at UEA in September.
tyndall.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Climate researchers: 🟢 Get your work seen 🟢 Start new conversations 🟢 Shape what happens next
Submit a poster to the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary conference this September. We're open to all disciplines and formats.
Apply now: tyndall.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #ClimateResearch #CallForPosters
Submit a poster to the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary conference this September. We're open to all disciplines and formats.
Apply now: tyndall.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #ClimateResearch #CallForPosters
