Fuel Poverty Research Database Overview
A study in July 2005 between NEA, and the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the University of Oxford published findings from a scoping study, which examined current provision for optimising the focus and influence of fuel poverty research.
Key findings from this study revealed widespread support for sharing of information, improved dissemination of research findings and for a process that could avoid duplication of research activity. It also identified the need for a mechanism to incorporate research findings into policy and decision-making processes.
NEA is aiming to fill that gap and has designed a Fuel Poverty Research Database. The key objectives of this database are:
- Bring together research relevant to fuel poverty and related areas
- Increase the audience for this research
- Enable a periodic synthesis of current findings and research issues for Government and fuel poverty agencies, to help inform policy and practice in the field
- Help develop the network of researchers in the area of fuel poverty
If you are engaged in a research project/publication and would like to make a submission please follow this link: Submit Publication
To change the details of a project/publication you have previously submitted (such as the project's status), please send an e-mail to David Lynch , giving the project name and details of the change. Update Report
To view the projects/publications submitted to the Fuel Poverty Research Database click here
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE: SOCIETY AND ENERGY USE - CALL FOR PAPERS
The Lower Carbon Futures research team at the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University and the UK Energy Research Centre's Meeting Place have made the call as part of an international, interdisciplinary conference taking place on 20-21 September 2011. The conference will focus on the relationship between society and energy use, particularly in the context of the major transition to a low carbon energy system.
Contributions are being sought from different disciplines and perspectives: for example, politics, sociology, development studies, international relations, psycology, geography, future studies, technology studies, energy studies, economics and history.
Papers are being encouraged which explore future trends in energy practices, emphasise the human dimension and which:
1) Challenge the conventional wisdom and suggest alternative ways to approach complexity (e.g. non-market mechanisms; social and governance change).
2) Identify novel methods and approaches for studying pathways to low carbon futures (e.g. research methods such as social modelling, agent-based modelling, and social back casting).
Details can be found at: https://www.regonline.co.uk/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=942758
FUNDING STREAMS FOR RESEARCH
To find out about funding streams for fuel poverty related research activities please click here