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Biography
I am interested in how people understand and respond to environmental change. As a social environmental scientist, my research focuses on the relationships between individual perceptions and understandings of environmental issues – especially climate change - and behaviours. An important component to my work is understanding how and why such responses are enabled or hindered, with a focus on societal and political processes shaping climate futures. My work also encompasses governance of climate change at various societal and geographical levels, both in relation to mitigation and adaptation. I pursue these strands drawing from a variety of social science disciplines through interdisciplinary approaches.
My current research includes societal transformations and low carbon futures (see ESRC-funded CAST centre), the challenges of significant climate mitigation (see ERC-funded 'DeepDCarb' - Deep Decarbonisation: the Democratic Challenge of Navigating Governance Traps’ project), communication and accessibility of climate data in visual form (including work in collaboration with the IPCC), coastal adaptation and resilience (see ARISE project). I serve on the editorial board of the academic journal Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Climate Change. I am also member of the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) Research Group at UEA and of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Resarch. I am UEA lead for the marine systems and society theme in in CCSUS (an interdisciplinary hub for research and engagement between CEFAS and UEA).
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students. UEA's research opportunities pages provide details on projects and scholarships. Further information about becoming a Postgraduate Research student at UEA can be found here.
Key Research Interests
Individual, social and institutional understandings of, and responses to, energy and climate change; participation in decision-making and engagement; sustainability; environmental policy and politics.
Publications: EPrints Digital Repository
Key Responsibilities
Deputy lead of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, School of Environmental Sciences
Disability Liaison Officer, School of Environmental Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Climate change; coastal change; understandings and responses; engagement; participation; policy and politics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Centre for Climate Change Transformations (C3T)
Jordan, A., Lorenzoni, I., Tregaskis, O. & Sullivan-Thomsett, C.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/07/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
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Deep Decarbonisation: The Democratic Challenge of Navigating Governance Traps
1/03/21 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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Centre for Climate Change Transformations (C3T)
Jordan, A., Lorenzoni, I., Tregaskis, O. & Wilson, C.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/05/19 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Challenging Radical Uncertainty in Science, Society and the Environment (CRUISSE)
Benson, D., Lorenzoni, I. & Kirsop-Taylor, N.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/06/18 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys
Kenny, J., Geese, L., Jordan, A. & Lorenzoni, I., 20 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Politics. 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Challenges to anticipatory coastal adaptation for transformative nature-based solutions
Cotton, I., Forster, J., Lorenzoni, I. & Tolhurst, T. J., Sept 2024, In: Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 88, 102893.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How not to transform: Learning from the backlash against low-carbon heating policy in Germany
Sullivan-Thomsett, C., Jordan, A., Lorenzoni, I. & Geese, L., Apr 2024, 11 p. (CAST Briefing)Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Innovation in coastal governance: management and expectations of the UK’s first sandscaping scheme
Lorenzoni, I., Day, S. A., Mahony, M., Tolhurst, T. J. & Bark, R. H., Sept 2024, In: Regional Environmental Change. 24, 3, 101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring climate mitigation policy content in text-as-data: navigating the conceptual challenges
Geese, L., Sullivan-Thomsett, C., J. Jordan, A., Kenny, J. & Lorenzoni, I., Aug 2024, In: Political Research Exchange. 6, 1, 2387120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Publication editorial role
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change (Journal)
Irene Lorenzoni (Editorial board member)
2008 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role