We have created this expert directory to facilitate the accessibility of the work being done on fuel poverty. We hope it will be used by journalists and the media to quickly and easily find subject matter experts on all aspects of fuel poverty. This will enable the research community to add our evidence to the discussion and use it to support policy changes.
The directory is part of the Fuel Poverty Evidence project. We aim to capture the extent and diversity of this wide-ranging field of research. If you would like to be included, please complete this simple form.
Showing 44 matches. Use the filters to explore.Mo Hosein Abbasi
PhD Researcher
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool
I am an interdisciplinary energy researcher currently investigating the interconnections between social factors of heat decarbonisation, e.g. fuel poverty, thermal comfort, health impacts, public acceptability, safety, etc., with the economic and environmental factors and their role in delivering a just and sustainable transition. Prior to this I worked for almost 7 years in building energy services and the energy-environment startup ecosystem.
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m.h.abbasi@2019.ljmu.ac.uk
Yasmin Abraham
Co-founder and President
Kambo Energy Group
Canada
I am Co-Founder of Kambo Energy Group and the visionary behind Empower Me, Canada’s only energy and climate focused program designed for, and delivered by, members of underserved communities. Under my leadership, Kambo has become a leader and advocate for the inclusion of lower income families in energy and housing policies, specifically advocating for supports for families experiencing energy poverty. Kambo’s Community Power division is dedicated exclusively to reducing energy poverty and improving housing conditions in Indigenous communities.
yasmin@kambo.com
Professor Aimee Ambrose
Professor of Energy and Society
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield, UK
Pepa Ambrosio-Albala
Research Fellow
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds
I am a social scientist interested in people's perception, stakeholder engagement and behavioural changes in the area of energy poverty and acceptance of new energy technologies. My research focuses on understanding energy-vulnerable households' capacity to withstand energy poverty and the impact of energy poverty on well-being and health.
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P.Ambrosio-Albala@leeds.ac.uk
Paz Araya Jofré
PhD Candidate
Energy Poverty Network Chile / IRI THESys Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
Berlin, Germany
My expertise include perspectives on energy poverty in South America. Specifically, my research is focused on heating deprivation in cases of high inequality and cold climate, as well as the right to energy, and constitutional discussions on that topic.
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| paz.araya@hu-berlin.de
Dr Keith Baker
Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy
The Energy Poverty Research initiative
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow
I'm a researcher, campaigner, and journalist specialising in fuel poverty and energy policy, but with much broader interests and expertise including an extensive record of working with the media. In addition to the listed posts I'm a Member of the Board of Directors and Convenor of the Energy Working Group at the Scottish 'think and do' tank, Common Weal; an Associate of 100% Renewable UK; and Director of Professional Engagement at Pattiesmuir Ltd, a new company focussed on training and reskilling professionals for green jobs.
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Energy Poverty Research | Patties Muir | Common Weal Scotland
Mr William Baker
Freelance fuel poverty researcher
Bristol
I have worked in fuel poverty policy, research and advocacy for over 20 years. I have delivered fuel poverty and energy advice projects (particularly around health) and have much knowledge of the relationship between research and practice. I have undertaken advocacy and policy development work at a European, UK-wide, devolved nation and local authority level. I am also a trustee for the Fuel Poverty Research Network.
william@fuelpovertyresearch.net
Dr Hande Barlin
Assistant Professor
Gebze Technical University
Istanbul, Turkey
I am a researcher at EU Horizon funded research project on energy poverty, which has six pilots all over Europe.
hbarlin@gtu.edu.tr
Dr Roberto Barrella
Research Assistant Professor
Chair of Energy and Poverty
Comillas Pontifical University
Madrid
The main objective of my research is to advice EU citizens and stakeholders to properly assess and address energy poverty. My main professional goal is to improve the efficiency and sustainability of energy conversion systems and buildings to ensure proper environmental and socio-economic integration.
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rbarrella@comillas.edu
Dr Sirid Bonderup
Researcher
Department of the Built Environment
University of Aalborg
Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor Stefan Bouzarovski
Professor of Human Geography
People and Energy Collaborative, Manchester Urban Institute
University of Manchester
Manchester
I have extensive experience (30 years) in providing expert advice on issues of energy poverty and justice, energy efficiency, and transitions to low-carbon futures across UK, Europe and the Global South, as part of more than 60 projects funded by international organizations, national governments, charitable bodies and the private sector. I have specialist expertise in energy inequality measurement and identification, socio-demographics, as well as energy policy development and evaluation. This has been presented in over 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications and seven books on the subject.
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stefan.bouzarovski@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Paul Bridgen
Associate Professor of Social Policy
School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences
University of Southampton
I have a detailed knowledge of fuel poverty and policy in the UK over the last 30 years. I am particularly interested in the geographic distribution of fuel poverty, on which I have just completed a paper (with Cait Robinson). This found current policy using Energy Company Obligations (ECO) is not well targeted on areas in greatest need.
Paul.Bridgen@soton.ac.uk
Dr Milena Buchs
Professor
University of Leeds
Leeds
My work focuses on justice implications of climate and energy policy, including on impacts on fuel and transport poverty. I am particularly interested in policies that support needs satisfaction for all in the energy and transport sectors while targeting high energy use.
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m.m.buchs@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Butler
Associate Professor
University of Exeter
Exeter
My research uses in-depth interviews to understand people’s experiences of deep fuel and transport poverty in the UK with focus on people living in cities, spanning the South and North of the UK. I also work on issues of low carbon energy transition and access in South Africa. I focus on how energy use affects wellbeing in multiple connected ways, including abilities to access/use digital services and transport as well as heat/cooling and light.
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c.butler@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Danielle Butler
Senior Research and Policy Officer
National Energy Action
Manchester
I am a Senior Research and Policy Officer at leading fuel poverty charity National Energy Action and Trustee and Founder of the Fuel Poverty Research Network. My work has largely focused on the lived experience of fuel poverty among ‘at risk’ groups, such as renters, older and younger householders, and those in rural and remote settings. I also research the design and development of energy-related advice and programmes support and how this functions as an essential element of wider efforts to tackle fuel poverty. I have worked extensively with a wide range of research funders, partners and other key stakeholders including governments, the health sector, statutory, and third sector organisations, both in the UK and beyond.
danielle.butler@nea.org.uk
Dr Umberto Cao
Researcher
Aix-Marseille University
Marseille, France
I am particularly concerned with the impact of energy policies and energy poverty on the most fragile groups of the population, and my work favours an intersectional approach. In addition, I am interested in the experiences and views of indigenous groups from different regions (mainly Latin America) on environmental and energy issues.
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umberto.cao1@gmail.com
Dr Jenni Cauvain
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham
I have experience in low carbon transitions and retrofit from a local government perspective, based on my work in academic research (university), policy development (think tank), practitioner (in local government and social housing), and cross-sectoral collaborations in all three fields.
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jenni.cauvain@ntu.ac.uk
Matt Copeland
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
National Energy Action
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Dr Andrea Gatto
Assistant Professor
Kean University
Wenzhou
I conduct research on energy economics, policy and regulation issues connected with sustainable development. I acquired experience in renewable, sustainable and cleaner energy transition; energy vulnerability, resilience and poverty; resource governance; energy-food-water nexus; composite indicators; and microfinance projects connected with these subjects. Besides research and teaching, I am president of the CED - Center for Economic Development & Social Change and I serve as editor and reviewer for several of journals in the field.
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WKU | agatto@kean.edu
Irene González-Pijuan
PhD candidate
Sheffield Hallam University
Barcelona
My PhD looks at the impacts of energy poverty on children, and specifically how do children experience energy poverty. I have also worked on energy poverty and gender aspects and I am very interested on vulnerable people facing low carbon transitions, so just/fair transitions.
irenegonzalezpijuan@gmail.com
Dr João Pedro Gouveia
Senior Researcher and Invited Professor
CENSE, NOVA School of Science and Technology
NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT-NOVA)
Portugal
I am a principal investigator of multiple national and international research and consultancy projects and high-level policy support studies on buildings' energy efficiency, energy poverty, sustainable cities, and climate change adaptation and mitigation. I am part of the Coordination team of EPAH - EU Energy Poverty Advisory Hub for DG Energy, European Commission, where we have been conducting research on national and local indicators, mapping energy poverty actions worldwide, and supporting EU local authorities for energy poverty mitigation.
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Energy Poverty Advisory Hub | jplg@fct.unl.pt
Prof. Ralph Horne
Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor and Professor of Geography
Post-Carbon Research Centre
RMIT University
Melbourne
I am doing multi-site research over time in England and Australia, and across Europe. While this work is not comparative per se, it provides insights into place based actions towards net zero and the inequalities and exclusionary effects of such policies and practices.
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ralph.horne@rmit.edu.au
Mr Mohammed Jaber
PhD Candidate
University of Miskolc
Miskolc, Hungary
I am a PhD candidate researching energy poverty in Jordan and its impact on people's daily lives. My research uses various methods to understand the challenges and opportunities for addressing energy poverty in the country.
jaber.mo86@gmail.com
Dr Kirsten Jenkins
Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
I am an internationally recognised expert on issues of energy justice, just transitions, and fuel poverty, alongside broader specialisms in energy policy, energy transitions, and sustainable energy provision and use. I am the academic member of the Scottish Government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel, a new advisory Public Body advising on tackling both fuel poverty and extreme fuel poverty in Scotland.
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Kirsten.Jenkins@ed.ac.uk
Dr Simon Lannon
Senior Research Fellow
Welsh School of Architecture
Cardiff University
Cardiff
I have developed techniques to investigate the retrofit of homes to improve the energy efficiency and internal conditions. This research has considered energy use at the different scales of the built environment from individual buildings, neighbourhoods and to regions. These techniques have been used to map fuel poverty and model decarbonisation pathways for the Welsh housing stock and to provide evidence for Welsh Government housing policy.
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lannon@cardiff.ac.uk
Professor Mari Martiskainen
Professor of Energy and Society
Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS)
University of Sussex
Brighton
I am a social scientist with a specific interest in how people are affected by fuel poverty and transport poverty. My research has focused on the lived experiences of people, particularly how being in fuel poverty and/or transport poverty affects people's every day life. I have also researched community action on fuel poverty, spatial aspects and the impact of different policies.
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m.martiskainen@sussex.ac.uk
Antonella Mazzone
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
University of Oxford, University of Bristol
Oxford
I work with Indigenous and marginalised groups to try to understand lived experiences of extreme heat, and I am working towards a people-centred definition of cooling poverty. In these times of increasing and prolonged heatwaves, it is crucial we diversify our knowledge, and share local-based strategies to cope with extreme heat. Journalism can help democratise this information.
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Professor Lucie Middlemiss
Professor of Environment and Society
University of Leeds
Leeds
I am interested in how people experience fuel poverty in daily life, as well as how policy and the energy market shape these experiences. I also research the transition to Net Zero, and how it is likely to impact on those that are already vulnerable (including those already in fuel poverty).
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Dr Trivess Moore
Associate Professor
School of Property, Construction and Project Management
RMIT University
Melbourne
I undertake research in Australia on sustainable housing with a focus on scaling up retrofit including implications on, and for, vulnerable households (including those in, or near, fuel poverty). I am also a Trustee for the Fuel Poverty Research Network (FPRN).
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trivess.moore@rmit.edu.au
Dr Caroline Mullen
Associate Professor
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds
I research inclusion and inequalities in transport and mobility, investigating factors affecting people's ability to make the journeys they need. I focus on availability and affordability of transport services, and conditions required for safe cycling and walking and fairness in transitions to low carbon mobility.
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c.a.mulen@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Rokia Raslan
Associate Professor
University College London
London, UK
My research focuses on the development of evidence-based built environment decarbonisation policy that is inclusive (considers all sectors of the building stock) & resilient (to future climate change). I am an expert in identifying equitable solutions for Hard to Decarbonise Homes, where the reduction of carbon emissions involves costs that are higher, barriers that are more difficult to overcome, or solutions that are more complex to implement
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r.raslan@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Caitlin Robinson
Academic Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer in Geography
University of Bristol
Bristol
My research uses spatial approaches to understand the geography of different types of inequality - in particular energy poverty.
Caitlinhrobinson92@gmail.com
Dr Robinson Elaine
Research Associate
Loughborough University
Ashby de la Zouch
I am a Research Associate with the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University. My role involves developing and undertaking quantitative analysis of large data sets, in order to identify patterns and trends related to low income and fuel poverty.
e.robinson@lboro.ac.uk
Dr Sea Rotmann
SEA - Sustainable Energy Advice Ltd
Pūponga
I lead the HTR Energy Users Task by the Users TCP by IEA. We are undertaking field research pilots focusing on the most marginalised and stigmatised energy users, those who live in "hidden" hardship. Our main focus is how to build and utilise trusted relationships with community and frontline providers, and how to "decolonise" our scientific approach when dealing with such vulnerable whānau.
drsearotmann@gmail.com
Matthew Scott
Policy and Practice Officer
Chartered Institute of Housing
Newcastle upon Tyne
I am a policy and practice officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), the UK professional body for people who work or have an interest in housing. At CIH I lead our policy work on fuel poverty, energy efficiency, and decarbonisation.
matthew.scott@cih.org
Dr Graeme Sherriff
Reader
School of Health and Society
University of Salford
Salford
I conduct research on soclal justice considerations in the low carbon transition. In particular, I have explored householder experiences of energy efficient retrofit, researched intersections with health and wellbeing, and conducted fieldwork on the application of social prescribing approaches to fuel poverty. I am chair of the Fuel Poverty Research Network.
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Publications | g.sherriff@salford.ac.uk
Dr Fiona Shirani
Research Associate
Cardiff University
Cardiff
I specialise in research that uses in-depth approaches over time to explore people's views and experiences of energy system transition, with a particular focus on the implications for those living in energy vulnerable households. My research has encompassed different energy technologies and new developments such as low carbon housing.
fionashirani@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr Neil Simcock
Senior Lecturer
Liverpool John Moores University
My current research focuses on power and inequality. I aim to uncover the institutional and structural arrangements that render some people vulnerable to energy poverty, such as the design of energy/housing markets and the stigmatisation of marginalised groups in society.
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Dr Carolyn Snell
Reader in Social Policy
School for Business and Society
University of York
York
I am an expert in the relationship between climate policy, fuel poverty, and policy. I strongly believe that we can address climate change goals (e.g. net zero) in a fair and just way that lifts the most vulnerable out of fuel poverty.
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carolyn.snell@york.ac.uk
Dr Harriet Thomson
Associate Professor in Global Social Policy
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
I am an applied interdisciplinary researcher, and I like collaborating with diverse groups of people to develop holistic solutions to real life energy issues. My research interests include the role of public policy and policymaking processes in shaping energy, structural inequalities in the distribution of affordable and clean forms of energy, health and wellbeing outcomes, and indicators for measuring the complex realities of energy poverty.
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h.thomson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sergio Tirade-Herrero
Ramón y Cajal' Research Fellow
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
Madrid, Spain
I am a socio-environmental scientist conducting interdisciplinary research on household energy from an energy poverty and justice perspective. My work looks into the inequality impacts of low-carbon transitions, the links between access to housing and energy and the regional dimensions of energy poverty in the Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe. I have more than ten years of advisory experience on climate and energy policy and the measurement of energy poverty through indicators. A current focus of my research is on household energy debt, supply disconnections, informal connections, and energy access issues.
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sergio.tirado@uam.es
Dr Nicola Willand
Senior Lecturer
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
I am an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of housing, social, health and building sciences related to the topic of energy justice. My research focuses on how housing outcomes are shaped by the interrelations of dwelling quality, householder practices and the structural, geographical and social contexts.
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nicola.willand@rmit.edu.au
Mr Tom Woolley
Researcher and Environmental Consultant
Rachel Bevan Architects and Ecological Design Association
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Expertise in the impact of retrofit disasters, mould, and damp on health.
tom.woolley@btconnect.com
Lin Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
University of Bristol
Bristol
As a Chinese fuel poverty expert I offer a unique perspective on the challenges faced by vulnerable communities and provide practical solutions for reducing energy inequalities. My work combines extensive expertise with a passion for making complex issues accessible to a broader audience.
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lin.zhang@bristol.ac.uk