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Biography
I am interested in how individuals, groups and collectives perceive the challenges of global environmental change, how they engage and respond to them. As an environmental social scientist, my research focuses on the relationships between individual perceptions and understandings of environmental issues - specifically 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. Therefore my work also encompasses governance of climate change at various societal and geographical levels, both in relation to mitigating climate change and adapting to its effects. I pursue these strands drawing from a variety of social science disciplines in an interdisciplinary manner. My current research includes societal transformations and low carbon futures (see ESRC-funded CAST centre), deep decarbonisation (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. I serves 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 and of the Tyndall Centre.
I welcome email (i.lorenzoni@uea.ac.uk) enquiries from potential PhD students. Our research opportunities allow you to search for projects and scholarships and there is further information about becoming a Postgraduate Research student at UEA here.
Key Research Interests and Expertise
Individual, social and institutional understandings of, and responses to energy issues, and climate change; participation in decision-making and engagement; sustainability; environmental policy and politics.
Publications: EPrints Digital Repository
Key Responsibilities
Chair of the Equality and Diversity Athena SWAN Committee, School of Environmental Sciences
Disability Liaison Officer, School of Environmental Sciences
Marine Knowledge Exchange Network (MKEN) - Member
Professional Activities
- Member of Editorial Board of the academic journal Wiley Interdisciplinary Review (WIREs): Climate Change 2008 to date
Areas of Expertise
Climate change: understanding, perceptions, attitudes, responses, engagement; risks; policies 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):
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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 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Feasibility of Afforestation and Biomass energy with carbon capture storage for Greenhouse Gas Removal (FAB GGR)
Vaughan, N., Bateman, I., Binner, A., Chilvers, J., Day, B., Forster, J., Friedlingstein, P., Gilbert, P., Gough, C., Harper, A., Hastings, A., Jordan, A., Lenton, T., Lorenzoni, I., Rayner, T. & Roeder, M.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/05/17 → 30/09/22
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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Economic impacts of jellyfish blooms on coastal recreation in a UK coastal town and potential management options
Kennerley, A., Wood, L. E., Luisetti, T., Ferrini, S. & Lorenzoni, I., 1 Aug 2022, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 227, 106284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The political challenges of deep decarbonisation: towards a more integrated agenda
Jordan, A., Lorenzoni, I., Tosun, J., Enguer i Saus, J., Geese, L., Kenny, J., Levario Saad, E., Moore, B. & Schaub, S. G., 18 Mar 2022, In: Climate Action. 1, 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Bringing greenhouse gas removal down to earth: Stakeholder supply chain appraisals reveal complex challenges
Clery, D. S., Vaughan, N. E., Forster, J., Lorenzoni, I., Gough, C. A. & Chilvers, J., 1 Nov 2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 71, 102369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chapter 2 The Green Economy. Changing meanings in a changing world
Benson, D., Fairbrass, J., Lorenzoni, I., O'Riordan, T. & Russel, D., Jan 2021, Emerging governance of a green economy: Cases of European Implementation. Fairbras, J. M. & Vasilakos, N. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 14-33 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Co-designing engaging and accessible data visualisations: a case study of the IPCC reports
Morelli, A., Johansen, T. G., Pidcock, R., Harold, J., Pirani, A., Gomis, M., Lorenzoni, I., Haughey, E. & Coventry, K., 26 Oct 2021, In: Climatic Change. 168, 3-4, 26 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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