Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Environmental problems often manifest themselves in the natural environment, but their underlying causes arise from combinations of technological, economic, social, cultural and political change. The social sciences are therefore fundamental both to ensuring a comprehensive understanding of environmental change and developing more sustainable development pathways in the future.
As one of the world’s longest-established groups of environmental social scientists, we teach, research and develop solutions on the social, political and economic dimensions of environmental issues. We do so from a wide interdisciplinary range of social science disciplines including geography, sociology, science and technology studies, political science, economics and psychology.
Much of our work is undertaken in internationally recognised research centres operating at the forefront of theoretical and methodological developments in environmental decision-making (CSERGE), governance and behaviour (Tyndall), and relations between science, innovation and society (3S), which produce cutting-edge empirical insights on climate change, energy, biodiversity, natural hazards and sustainability.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Katy Appleton
- School of Environmental Sciences - Associate Professor
- Environmental Social Sciences - Member
Person: Academic, Teaching & Scholarship, Research Group Member
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Rosalind Bark
- School of Environmental Sciences - Associate Professor in Ecological Economics
- Environmental Social Sciences - Member
- Science, Society and Sustainability - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Alan Bond
- School of Environmental Sciences - Associate Professor
- Environmental Social Sciences - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Member, Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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NIHR Health Protection research Unit in Gastrointestinal infections
Hunter, P., De La Iglesia, B., Deane, K., Geere, J., Hardeman, W., Lake, I., Tyler, K., Turner, D. & Varley, A.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/04/25 → 31/03/30
Project: Research
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Is Carbon Dioxide Removal a Neo-Colonial Risk to Biodiversity in South Africa?
31/03/25 → 30/03/27
Project: Research
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JED-AIs: Justice, Energy, Demand flexibility and AI for Sustainability
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Adapting the Flexible Farrington Algorithm for daily situational awareness and alert system to support public health decision-making during the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England
Simms, I., Charlett, A., Colón-González, F. J., Blomquist, P. B., Lake, I. R., Zaidi, A., Shadwell, S., Sedgwick, J., Paranthaman, K. & Vivancos, R., 2025, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 153, e28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A dataset of emissions and removals from scenarios and pathways within long-term national climate strategies – the LTS-SP dataset
Smith, H. B., Vaughan, N. E. & Forster, J., 23 Mar 2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 485.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Nature-based Solutions framework for embedding climate change mitigation and adaptation into urban land use plans through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Gallardo, A. L. C. F. & Bond, A., Feb 2025, In: Environmental Management. 75, 2, p. 256-271 16 p., e729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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UKCP18 RCM climate projections bias-corrected using non-parametric quantile mapping: precipitation and temperature
Zha, Q. (Creator), Reyniers, N. (Creator), Addor, N. (Creator), Osborn, T. (Creator), He, H. (Creator) & Forstenhäusler, N. (Creator), Zenodo, 7 Aug 2023
Dataset
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Just Public Algorithms project database of cases
Pallett, H. (Creator), Figshare, 16 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14438777.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Just_Public_Algorithms_project_database_of_cases/14438777
Dataset
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ehk21/genetic-algorithms-for-landscape-decisions: Genetic algorithms for landscape decisions
Knight, E. (Creator), Balzter, H. (Creator), Breeze, T. D. (Creator), Brettschneider, J. (Creator), Girling, R. D. (Creator), Hagen-Zanker, A. (Creator), Image, M. (Creator), Johnson, C. G. (Creator), Lee, C. (Creator), Lovett, A. (Creator), Petrovsky, S. (Creator), Varah, A. (Creator), Whelan, M. (Creator), Yang, S. (Creator) & Gardner, E. (Creator), Zenodo, 3 Sept 2024
Dataset
Prizes
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Consultancy Project of the Year, UEA Innovation and Impact Awards
Lovett, Andrew (Recipient), Dockerty, Trudie (Recipient), Sunnenberg, Gilla (Recipient) & Day, Sophie (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Best Paper Award
Dusik, Jiří (Recipient) & Bond, Alan (Recipient), 11 May 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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NIHR Academy (External organisation)
Iain Lake (Member)
1 Apr 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Committee
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EU Horizon 2020 (External organisation)
Iain Lake (Member)
2025Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
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UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College (External organisation)
Iain Lake (Member)
2025Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
Press/Media
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Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on ‘residual’ emissions
Harry Smith, Nem Vaughan & Johanna Forster
10/05/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: UEA Press Release
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Major emitters ‘may retain or expand’ fossil fuels despite net-zero plans
Harry Smith, Nem Vaughan & Johanna Forster
9/05/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Countries are relying on forests and soil to absorb their remaining carbon – it’s a risky way to reach net zero
Harry Smith, Johanna Forster & Nem Vaughan
6/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution