Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS)
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Department Name: Geography
Abstract
It is critically important to provide social science insights to support the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. We are in a biodiversity crisis, with profound implications for humanity and nonhuman nature. Severe cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are urgently needed to restrict global temperature increases. This multi-faceted crisis, alongside disruptions such as COVID-19, demands the skills, insights and leadership of social scientists in relation to research, policy-making and action. However, environmental solutions are often framed as technological or ecological fixes, underestimating social dimensions of policy and practice interventions. Social science research is rarely agile and responsive to societal needs in very short time frames, and there is an urgent need for stronger community organisation and coordination. We need to increase the accessibility, agility and use of social science, as well as to further develop the skills necessary to contribute to interdisciplinary research, enabling the co-production of knowledge and action.
Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS) is a team of world-leading social science and interdisciplinary experts led by the Universities of Exeter and Surrey with the Universities of Bath, Leeds & Sussex and the Natural Environment Social Research Network (Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot, Natural England, Environment Agency and Forest Research). The ACCESS core team is complemented by a wider network of expertise drawn from academic and stakeholder partners across UK devolved nations and internationally: Strathclyde University, Queens University Belfast, Cardiff University, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Manchester University, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, University of Sydney and stakeholder partners including the Welsh Government, Scottish and Southern Energy, the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, National Trust, Academy for Social Sciences, Community Energy England, Winchester Science Centre and Devon and Surrey County Councils.
ACCESS is structured around three cross-cutting themes (Co-production; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Sustainability and Net Zero) that underpin four work packages:
1. Map, assess and learn from the past experiences of social scientists in climate and environment training, research, policy and practice; to develop and test new resources to impact interdisciplinary education, research and knowledge mobilisation, catalysing change in policy culture, institutions, businesses and civil society (Work Package (WP)1);
2. Empower environmental social scientists at different learning and career stages by providing training and capacity building, including masterclasses, placements, mentoring and collegiate networks to enhance leadership and knowledge exchange skills (WP2);
3. Innovate by creating new ideas and testing new approaches; scope future transformative social science and enable rapid and timely deployment of social science capacity in response to key events or emergencies (WP3);
4. Champion and coordinate environmental social scientists across the UK and internationally by providing an accessible knowledge/data hub and innovative public engagement tracker; building new networks, enabling coordination and collaboration; supporting policy and decision-making (WP4).
ACCESS' depth and breadth of expertise coupled with the range of innovative resources produced will deliver transformational leadership and coordination of environmental social science. ACCESS will become the key trusted source of environmental social science for UK governmental and non-governmental agencies, business and civil society. In so doing, ACCESS will ensure that social science insights become more visible, valued and used by non-social science academics and stakeholders, supporting the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a low carbon society.
Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS) is a team of world-leading social science and interdisciplinary experts led by the Universities of Exeter and Surrey with the Universities of Bath, Leeds & Sussex and the Natural Environment Social Research Network (Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot, Natural England, Environment Agency and Forest Research). The ACCESS core team is complemented by a wider network of expertise drawn from academic and stakeholder partners across UK devolved nations and internationally: Strathclyde University, Queens University Belfast, Cardiff University, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Manchester University, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, University of Sydney and stakeholder partners including the Welsh Government, Scottish and Southern Energy, the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, National Trust, Academy for Social Sciences, Community Energy England, Winchester Science Centre and Devon and Surrey County Councils.
ACCESS is structured around three cross-cutting themes (Co-production; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Sustainability and Net Zero) that underpin four work packages:
1. Map, assess and learn from the past experiences of social scientists in climate and environment training, research, policy and practice; to develop and test new resources to impact interdisciplinary education, research and knowledge mobilisation, catalysing change in policy culture, institutions, businesses and civil society (Work Package (WP)1);
2. Empower environmental social scientists at different learning and career stages by providing training and capacity building, including masterclasses, placements, mentoring and collegiate networks to enhance leadership and knowledge exchange skills (WP2);
3. Innovate by creating new ideas and testing new approaches; scope future transformative social science and enable rapid and timely deployment of social science capacity in response to key events or emergencies (WP3);
4. Champion and coordinate environmental social scientists across the UK and internationally by providing an accessible knowledge/data hub and innovative public engagement tracker; building new networks, enabling coordination and collaboration; supporting policy and decision-making (WP4).
ACCESS' depth and breadth of expertise coupled with the range of innovative resources produced will deliver transformational leadership and coordination of environmental social science. ACCESS will become the key trusted source of environmental social science for UK governmental and non-governmental agencies, business and civil society. In so doing, ACCESS will ensure that social science insights become more visible, valued and used by non-social science academics and stakeholders, supporting the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a low carbon society.
Organisations
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Cambridge (Collaboration)
- NATURAL ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford (Collaboration)
- University of Strathclyde (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Government of Wales (Collaboration)
- Cairngorms National Park Authority (Collaboration)
- University of the West of England (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- Middlesex University (Collaboration)
- London South Bank University (Collaboration)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- The Wildlife Trusts (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- Plymouth City Council (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- Forest Research (Collaboration)
- NatureScot (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- National Trust (Project Partner)
- CARDIFF UNIVERSITY (Project Partner)
- Winchester Science Centre (Project Partner)
- University of Sydney (Project Partner)
- Chartered Institution for Water (Project Partner)
- Community Energy England (Project Partner)
- SSE Energy Solutions (Project Partner)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Devon County Council (Project Partner)
- NatureScot (Project Partner)
- Tyndall Centre, Climate Change Research (Project Partner)
- Natural England (Project Partner)
- Queen's University Belfast (Project Partner)
- University of Manchester (Project Partner)
- Natural Resources (Wales) Limited (Project Partner)
- Surrey County Council (Project Partner)
- WELSH GOVERNMENT (Project Partner)
- Academy for Social Sciences (Project Partner)
Publications
B, Gatersleben
(2024)
What is ESS (Environmental Social Science)?
Devine-Wright P
(2023)
Reflections on the ACCESS Flexible Fund
Devine-Wright P
(2024)
Place-based reflexivity for just energy social science
in Nature Energy
Devine-Wright P
(2022)
Placing people at the heart of climate action
in PLOS Climate
Devine-Wright P
(2023)
ACCESS Flex Fund Round One Evaluation Report
Devine-Wright P
(2023)
ACCESS Annual Assembly 2023: Event Guide and Evaluation Report
| Description | We provide quarterly reports and an annual report to ESRC which highlights engagement and impact. Our agile response work for DEFRA and the Welsh Government gave both organisations useful evidence to support social scientists working in land management (DEFRA) and accessibility (WG). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Description | Rapid Evidence Summary of Defra's 25-Year Environment Plan |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Building Capacity, Agility and Capability in responding to calls for evidence in climate change, sustainability, biodiversity, and net zero. Many thanks for your application for funding for the above project |
| Amount | £9,924 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Title | ACCESS GUIDING PRINCIPLES |
| Description | GUIDE TO INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS WELL AS KNOWLEDGE CO-PRODUCTION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not yet applicable - only just released |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/guiding-principles/ |
| Title | Flex Fund R1 evaluation report |
| Description | The purpose of this report is to evaluate the ACCESS Flex Fund Round 1. Data are analysed concerning the characteristics of submitted applications, the personal characteristics of the applicants, and their perceptions of the submission process. This data was collected using the application form and post-submission surveys. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This report has bene shared by ESRC across other ESRC and UKRI funded centres and projects that are preparing for the launch of their own Flex Funds. |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ACCESS-Flex-Fund-Round-1-Evaluation-Report-_Fina... |
| Title | ACCESS Data Exchange |
| Description | The ACCESS Data Exchange is a signposting application that provides a search tool for a collection of UK environmental social science-related datasets which have been produced by a range of different organisations. This includes datasets from official government statistics to climate-focused opinion surveys. The aim of this tool is to aid environmental social scientists in accessing and using datasets to support research and decision-making in solving climate and environmental problems. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None to date but will be following up. |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/dataexchange/ |
| Title | ACCESS Expert Database |
| Description | We are developing a publicly available, searchable database of social scientists and experts working in the fields of climate and environment. It includes academics in universities as well as those working in the public sector, charities and businesses. Most of the experts have a social science background and use a mix of different methods and approaches to help us better understand people and society's roles in addressing climate and environmental challenges. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The project team used this. We have signposted this resource to others using our Rapid Request service and during the call for our Flex Fund 2 awards. |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/expert-database/ |
| Title | ESS Nemo List |
| Description | Searchable spreadsheet of full list of organisations and groups referred to in the ACCESS ESS Nemo Systems Maps for users to refer to and expand if required. To be used in conjunction with the Systems Maps. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Searchable list for users to access and map their own environmental social science landscape in conjunction with government and other groups who are actors in the policy landscape. |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/essnemo/ |
| Title | Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities (ESS NEMO) |
| Description | Our Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities (ESS NEMO) presents systems maps that show groups, organisations and individuals that could be engaged for research, development and innovation within the UK. The maps have been created using the Participatory System Mapper (PRSM) software developed at the University of Surrey. Information was collected from official sources, including gov.uk, and co-produced by ESS researchers. The information is correct as of 10 July 2024. The maps are designed to support effective knowledge creation and exchange in research, development and innovation. They aim to promote greater collaboration across sectors and disciplines, help overcome barriers in driving impact and foster greater science-policy engagement. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | ESS NEMO was co-produced by 32 environmental social scientists and researchers. Many thanks to those named as co-authors, those who wished to remain anonymous, and additional thanks to: Professor Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham), Dr Jo Hamilton (University of Exeter), Dr Ruth Lamont (Natural England), and Helen Roberts (Met Office). There are two case studies of the maps useage on the ACCESS website. With special thanks to Professor Nigel Gilbert at the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Surrey responsible for PRSM and help in creating these maps. To cite this resource: Warren, G. W., Marshall, H., Seymour, V., Brockett, B. F. T., Christie, I., Exadaktylos, T., Gilbert, N., Hadfield, A., Hartley., S., Jones, C. R., Kass, G., Marselle, M. R., Padda, G., Walshe, R. A., & Gatersleben., B. (2024). Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities (ESS NEMO). Guildford, Surrey: ACCESS. |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/essnemo/ |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | London South Bank University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | Middlesex University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | Plymouth City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | The Wildlife Trusts |
| Department | Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Flex Fund 1 |
| Organisation | University of the West of England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Round 1 Flex Fund Projects Patrick Elf, Middlesex University, Regenerative post-growth fashion - Challenging the unsustainability of the UK fashion and textile sector from the perspective of key suppliers in Bangladesh and India Jaya Gajparia, London South Bank University, Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonising the conservation and environmental sectors using a social science framework Sarah Higginson and Uttara Narayan, University of Oxford, REPAIR: Research on Energy through Participatory Insights from Community Representatives Ruth Lamont, Natural England, Developing across-organisation social science resources for non-social scientists within environmental agencies Elizabeth Lawson, Newcastle University, "Taps Aff!" Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland Davide Pettinato, University of Cambridge, Green(ing) British Muslims: Towards an interdisciplinary, intersectoral, co-produced framework Rosamund Portus, University of West England Bristol, Buzzing about Bees: Exploring Active Storytelling for transforming Children's Environmental Agency Catherine Price, University of Nottingham, Including the More-Than-Human World in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Developing a conceptual framework Bethan Stagg, formerly University of Exeter, Can a novel knowledge co-production approach advance community organisations' ability to harness the social sciences in urban bio-diversity renewal? |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ACCESS Flex Fund aims to provide funding to test and develop new ways of thinking, new approaches and new networks that will advance the impact of the social sciences to address the transition to a sustainable and biodiverse environment and a net zero society. For more info visit https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund |
| Impact | Reports Webinars Posters Podcast series Illustrations Videos Presentations at events |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | ACCESS Practice and Policy Working Group |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ACCESS team has facilitated policy engagement and co-production by setting up this Policy and Practice Working Group (PPWG). The group consists of representatives from public sector organisations spanning government departments (e.g., Defra, BEIS), Cabinet Office, GO-Science, Nature Agencies across the UK and devolved administrations. The PPWG face to face meetings are hosted by Defra in London. Each meeting has provided opportunity to build networks across government, to discuss the ACCESS work programme (e.g., Rapid Response) and elicit policy priorities across 2023 and specific topic suggestions for Task Forces. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ACCES partners from the Nature Agencies, the Environment Agency and Forest Research have been key to developing mechanisms to identifying some shared significant challenges in the next one to four years, and identify where ACCESS could provide valuable input. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Flex Fund 2 |
| Organisation | Cairngorms National Park Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | After a rigorous review, we selected three Flex Fund 2 projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today's climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion. Projects share a total fund of £750,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Find more details here https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund/#Flex-Fund-Round-2 |
| Impact | Outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flex Fund 2 |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Cambridge Graphene Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | After a rigorous review, we selected three Flex Fund 2 projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today's climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion. Projects share a total fund of £750,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Find more details here https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund/#Flex-Fund-Round-2 |
| Impact | Outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flex Fund 2 |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | After a rigorous review, we selected three Flex Fund 2 projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today's climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion. Projects share a total fund of £750,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Find more details here https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund/#Flex-Fund-Round-2 |
| Impact | Outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flex Fund 2 |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | After a rigorous review, we selected three Flex Fund 2 projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today's climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion. Projects share a total fund of £750,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Find more details here https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund/#Flex-Fund-Round-2 |
| Impact | Outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Flex Fund 2 |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | After a rigorous review, we selected three Flex Fund 2 projects that all met our key aims around innovation, making the social sciences more visible and having an impact on today's climate and environment crisis, and which take forward our guiding principles of co-production, environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion. Projects share a total fund of £750,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Find more details here https://accessnetwork.uk/flex-fund/#Flex-Fund-Round-2 |
| Impact | Outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Nature Recovery Task Force |
| Organisation | Forest Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Michael Winter OBE, University of Exeter (Chair) Professor Matt Lobley, University of Exeter Dr Carol Morris, University of Nottingham Caryl Williams, Welsh Government Professor Gary Cass, University of Surrey Dr Clive Mitchell, Nature Scot Dr Beth Brockett, Forest Research Taryn McHenry, DAERA (NI) Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter Professor Birgitta Gatersleben, University of Surrey Isabelle Cardinal, Natural England Dr Rebecca Lovell, University of Exeter They are looking at how can social sciences be more effectively deployed to reconfigure land use and land management in order to deliver nature recovery for more sustainable futures. The group will start by selecting a number of case studies of relevant policy developments. These will then be reviewed to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have each selected a case study that looks at nature recovery policy developments. They will then review the policy developments to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. In some cases, they will also be advising on the review, its findings and recommendations. |
| Impact | Outputs and outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Nature Recovery Task Force |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Michael Winter OBE, University of Exeter (Chair) Professor Matt Lobley, University of Exeter Dr Carol Morris, University of Nottingham Caryl Williams, Welsh Government Professor Gary Cass, University of Surrey Dr Clive Mitchell, Nature Scot Dr Beth Brockett, Forest Research Taryn McHenry, DAERA (NI) Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter Professor Birgitta Gatersleben, University of Surrey Isabelle Cardinal, Natural England Dr Rebecca Lovell, University of Exeter They are looking at how can social sciences be more effectively deployed to reconfigure land use and land management in order to deliver nature recovery for more sustainable futures. The group will start by selecting a number of case studies of relevant policy developments. These will then be reviewed to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have each selected a case study that looks at nature recovery policy developments. They will then review the policy developments to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. In some cases, they will also be advising on the review, its findings and recommendations. |
| Impact | Outputs and outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Nature Recovery Task Force |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Professor Michael Winter OBE, University of Exeter (Chair) Professor Matt Lobley, University of Exeter Dr Carol Morris, University of Nottingham Caryl Williams, Welsh Government Professor Gary Cass, University of Surrey Dr Clive Mitchell, Nature Scot Dr Beth Brockett, Forest Research Taryn McHenry, DAERA (NI) Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter Professor Birgitta Gatersleben, University of Surrey Isabelle Cardinal, Natural England Dr Rebecca Lovell, University of Exeter They are looking at how can social sciences be more effectively deployed to reconfigure land use and land management in order to deliver nature recovery for more sustainable futures. The group will start by selecting a number of case studies of relevant policy developments. These will then be reviewed to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have each selected a case study that looks at nature recovery policy developments. They will then review the policy developments to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. In some cases, they will also be advising on the review, its findings and recommendations. |
| Impact | Outputs and outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Nature Recovery Task Force |
| Organisation | NatureScot |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Michael Winter OBE, University of Exeter (Chair) Professor Matt Lobley, University of Exeter Dr Carol Morris, University of Nottingham Caryl Williams, Welsh Government Professor Gary Cass, University of Surrey Dr Clive Mitchell, Nature Scot Dr Beth Brockett, Forest Research Taryn McHenry, DAERA (NI) Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter Professor Birgitta Gatersleben, University of Surrey Isabelle Cardinal, Natural England Dr Rebecca Lovell, University of Exeter They are looking at how can social sciences be more effectively deployed to reconfigure land use and land management in order to deliver nature recovery for more sustainable futures. The group will start by selecting a number of case studies of relevant policy developments. These will then be reviewed to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have each selected a case study that looks at nature recovery policy developments. They will then review the policy developments to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. In some cases, they will also be advising on the review, its findings and recommendations. |
| Impact | Outputs and outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Nature Recovery Task Force |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Michael Winter OBE, University of Exeter (Chair) Professor Matt Lobley, University of Exeter Dr Carol Morris, University of Nottingham Caryl Williams, Welsh Government Professor Gary Cass, University of Surrey Dr Clive Mitchell, Nature Scot Dr Beth Brockett, Forest Research Taryn McHenry, DAERA (NI) Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter Professor Birgitta Gatersleben, University of Surrey Isabelle Cardinal, Natural England Dr Rebecca Lovell, University of Exeter They are looking at how can social sciences be more effectively deployed to reconfigure land use and land management in order to deliver nature recovery for more sustainable futures. The group will start by selecting a number of case studies of relevant policy developments. These will then be reviewed to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have each selected a case study that looks at nature recovery policy developments. They will then review the policy developments to establish the extent to which they were informed by social science and whether gaps and unrealized opportunities for more social science inputs can be identified. In some cases, they will also be advising on the review, its findings and recommendations. |
| Impact | Outputs and outcomes to come in 2026 |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Net Zero Task Force |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ACCESS Task Force brought together an interdisciplinary group of environmental social scientists to highlight how UK social science expertise can be more effectively deployed to support a rapid societal transition to net zero. The group was led by a ACCESS Co-Director Karen Bickerstaff and included Patrick Devine-Wright (ACCESS Director) and other ACCESS Co-Is. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Environment Agency gave technical support in the writing and communication of the report. They have also introduced us to potential stakeholders to present the findings and recommendations of the report. |
| Impact | Making a Net Zero Society: Follow the Social Science summary and full report (see publications) and numerous events for civil servants and local authority Net Zero leads. This was multi-disciplinary Task Force. Disciplines included were: Geography, Anthropology, Geography, Environmental Psychology and Psychology, Politics, and Medicine. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | "ECR Journeys: Working across disciplinary and sectoral boundaries." - Solo-authored blog about non-traditional career journeys in interdisciplinary working |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SG authored blog sharing her experience of being an ECR in an interdisciplinary setting - invited author for this ECR-focused series of blogs for a conservation audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://appliedecologistsblog.com/2023/09/06/ecr-journeys-working-across-disciplinary-and-sectoral-b... |
| Description | "ECR journeys: The ACCESS fellows - navigating new terrain" - Blog for the Applied Psychologist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog written by ACCESS knowledge exchange fellows about the value of interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange roles - written based on shared personal and professional experiences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://appliedecologistsblog.com/2023/08/25/ecr-journey-the-access-fellows-navigating-new-terrain/ |
| Description | 'Enhancing the visibility and impact of the social sciences in solving environmental problems: lessons from the ACCESS project' - a talk by Prof Patrick Devine Wright at Princeton Bradford seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Enhancing the visibility and impact of the social sciences in solving environmental problems: lessons from the ACCESS project. PDW gave a talk at the public lecture event (remote) Princeton Bradford seminar. Organised by Princeton's Centre for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE). I |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cpree.princeton.edu/events/2023/enhancing-visibility-and-impact-social-sciences-solving-envi... |
| Description | 'Sustainability and the migrant experience in the covid-19 crisis.' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 'Sustainability and the migrant experience in the covid-19 crisis.' MISTY partners, Neil Adger, Emily Boyd, Ed Carr, Sonja Fransen, Dominique Jolivet, Anita Fabos, Maria Franco Gavonel and Caroline Zickgraf co-authored this commentary piece in response to a call for contributions from the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) programme on the COVID-19 crisis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://t2sresearch.org/output/sustainability-and-the-migrant-experience-in-the-covid-19-crisis/ |
| Description | 2nd Conference SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy, Portugal (online) - Prof Patrick Devine-Wright keynote speech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Devine-Wright was invited by Susana Batel, Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, to be a keynote speaker at the conference in Portugal (online event). The keynote speech was titled 'Inclusive Territories for a Green and Digital Transition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://bru.iscte-iul.pt/2nd-conference-sociodigital-lab-for-public-policy/ |
| Description | ACCESS Annual Assembly 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The 2023 event promoted connectivity between participants across boundaries of career stage, discipline and sector, to showcase state of the art environmental social science research insights, and to improve understanding of the ACCESS work programme, while minimising environmental impacts, and acting on our Guiding Principles. The event ran over two days, beginning and ending at lunchtime with one evening dinner, to enable same-day access via public transport; emphasis upon face-to-face attendance for relationship building, yet enabling remote participation for inclusion; a mix of different types of sessions, including breakout groups to encourage discussions amongst participants; sufficient breaks between sessions to encourage networking; sustainable food provision (meat-free, locally sourced where possible); and provision of an Inclusion Fund to enable wider participation. Speakers included Mari Martiskainen from the University of Sussex, Beth Brocket from Forest Research, & Carol Morris from University of Nottingham, Rosie Halls from the national Trust, Clive Mitchell from nature Scott and Nigel Guilbert from the University of Surrey. The 2023 Assembly was attended by 82 individuals, with approximately 70 people attending each day and approximately 75% attending in person. The event was mainly attended by female participants, of White ethnicity, who were mostly based in Southern England. There was a good mix of age, career stage and discipline, and a predominance of people from universities and the public sector, with comparatively few individuals from third and private sectors. More than half of participants had caring responsibilities, and about 15% indicated some form of disability or impairment. There was a quantifiable increase in participants' understanding, trust and reciprocity from before to after the event, as well as in bonding and bridging social capital before and afterwards. Overall, the average number of connections held between participants nearly doubled during the 2023 Assembly. This demonstrates the positive impact of the event to enable network building amongst disparate participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/134452?show=full |
| Description | ACCESS Assembly 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Together in-person and online we explored the ways we can have impactful knowledge exchange across different sectors. We discussed how we might then influence policy. Over the two days we delved into inclusivity, accessibility and the more-than-human in climate and environment experiences. One of the highlights of the two days was the Flex Fund showcase where all nine project leads talked about their work from fashion to water scarcity, energy poverty to urban bio-diversity renewal. Collaboration was certainly one of the key mantras of the conference, articulated brilliantly by the Keynote speakers. Linda Bauld (Behaviour Research UK) Building Capability for Behavioural Research across topics and disciplines Angela Cassidy and Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw (University of Exeter) RENEW Collaboration in Practice: working across disciplines & beyond academia Heather Price (University of Stirling) and Gary Fuller (Imperial College London) Championing air pollution research. Clean Air Network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/access-assembly-2024/ |
| Description | ACCESS Leadership College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ACCESS Leadership College is a cohort of 20 emerging leaders working in Environmental Social Science. It is a diverse group of people from academia, business, charities and the public sector all coming together for 4 annual residential retreats. The College provides opportunities for the group to network and learn from each other and from experts across ACCESS and beyond |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024,2025 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/training-and-events/#Leadership-College |
| Description | ACCESS Summer School '24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | ACCESS provided training and networking for circa 20 post-graduate students (ECRs) whom consider themselves to be working in the realm of environmental social science. Over two days the ECRs took part in training and reflective activities with academics and non-academic practitioners at Dartington Hall, Devon. The participants were both international and national. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/training-and-events/#Summer-Schools |
| Description | ACCESS Webinar - Why Do We Need Environmental Social Sciences? Prof Gatersleben |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Birgitta Gatersleben delivered the first webinar for the ACCESS project - this is the first in a series of webinars to provide wider reach for the ACCESS project by delivering free webinars on environmental social science focused topics. The recording will be hosted on the website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/webinars/ |
| Description | ACCESS Winter School January 23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | PhD and Early Career Post Graduate Researchers attended a 3 day residential school aimed for Environmental Social Scientists to discuss communicating their research to specific audiences. After successfully applying to attend the PhD and ECR's also created valuable links with each other (all from differing institutions) and Speakers, whom stayed the duration of the event. These links have continued on social media and they are also now part of the wider ACCESS network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/access-winter-school-2023/ |
| Description | ACCESS and Innovate UK meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to focus on connections between our first Task Force on Net Zero and Social Transformation and the Net Zero Living programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Annual Assembly 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 78 people attended the event, which brought together academic social scientists and public sector representatives from across the UK. Discussions were held around 4 themes: interdisciplinary research; data exchange; knowledge co-production between academics and policy makers on environmental problems; horizon scanning. Evaluation of the event focused on two themes: equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as social capital. In terms of EDI, the event was successful in bridging diverse sectors and roles, but comparatively lacking in early career researchers. In terms of social capital, the event was successful in building trust, reciprocity and shared understanding amongst those attending. Notably, the impact of the event on social capital was lower for those attending remotely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | British Academy Exeter Workshop - Where We Live Next - How can policy help to SHAPE sustainable places? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | British Academy Exeter Workshop - Where We Live Next - How can policy help to SHAPE sustainable places? This was a British Academy event in Exeter city centre looking at what a future sustainable Exeter might look like. The workshop included academics, an ACCESS Leadership college fellow as well as local NGOs, government officers and businesses. The aim of the afternoon was to think about why place matters for environmental policy; and what policy could do to catalyse a more sustainable future for places. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/where-we-live-next-how-can-policy-help-to-shape-social-sciences-humanities-... |
| Description | British Environmental Psychological Society Conference, Surrey University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | British Environmental Psychological Society Conference, Surrey University - Sarah Golding, Kate Burningham and Birgitta Gatersleben facilitated roundtable discussion (opportunities and challenges for embedding EDI into environmental social science) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | British Environmental Psychological Society Conference, Surrey University - Key note speech "Interdisciplinary reflections on the concept of place in environmental psychology" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | British Environmental Psychological Society Conference, Surrey University - Prf Birgitta Gatersleben gave the keynote speech on Keynote speech on "Interdisciplinary reflections on the concept of place in environmental psychology" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | British Psychological Society Cross-Network Climate Emergency and Psychology Engagement Event: Establishing the priorities for Psychology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In association with the Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Network have put together this engagement and agenda-setting event. The event included short 'primer' talks on the mental health impact of climate change; global perspectives and inequalities; coping with climate change disasters and emergencies; barriers and facilitators to climate engagement; political engagement and power dynamics; and collective action and social change. Following discussion and engagement sessions related to each topic, involving researchers and experts inside and outside of psychology, the ultimate aim of the event was to produce a series of co-produced priorities for psychology in helping tackle the climate emergency. The final identified priorities will be collated and transformed into an event report for dissemination. Online workshop session. Prof Patrick Devine-Wright was a speaker and Dr Sarah Golding shared a link to the ACCESS Guiding Principles and the ACCESS website, and encouraged people to sign up for the newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bps.org.uk/event/bps-cross-network-climate-emergency-and-psychology-engagement-event-est... |
| Description | Civil Service Climate & Environment Network - Climate Misinformation and Disinformation online seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This online seminar brings together researchers from ACCESS and CD3S (Centre for Climate Communications and Data Science) at the University of Exeter. Presenting work from two major projects and discuss their implications for net zero policy and communication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.civilserviceenvironmentnetwork.org/ |
| Description | Communicate 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ACCESS had several network members attend including: Sarah Bell (Leadership College) talking about Nature & Disability and Jaya Gajparia (Leadership College & Flex Fund awardee) and Megha Kashyap (Flex Fund awardee) sharing their findings and facilitating a workshop Dismantling the Legacy: Decolonizing Conservation and Environmental Sectors in UK using a social justice framework. Birgitta Gatersleben and Jenny Hatchard provided a Environmental Social Science view of the news headlines on two different days. Sarah Payne (wider ACCESS network) sharing findings of work done in psychological restoration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bnhc.org.uk/join-us-for-our-20th-anniversary-communicate-conference |
| Description | Communicate Conference 2023: Together for Nature - talk given by Prof Patrick Devine Wright - Taking the idea of 'place' seriously in tackling environmental problems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Communicate is the UK's leading annual conference for environmental communicators running since 2004, bringing together a diverse group of delegates each year to develop their skills, share best practice and debate latest issues in science communication, nature conservation and engaging people with the natural world. Invite by Savita Willmott, Chief Executive, The Natural History Consortium, in partnership with ESRC, to give a talk on 'Taking the idea of 'place' seriously in tackling environmental problems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://sustainabilityevents.co.uk/calendar/communicate-conference-2023-together-for-nature/#:~:text... |
| Description | Communicating Climate Change event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Communicating Climate Change - Event being run with the BBC on climate comms and the media. Co-hosted by ACCESS, CAST (via LW), JOMEC & Media Cyrmru. Hybrid event being held in Cardiff. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Dr Sarah Golding Webinar for The Open University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Golding was invited speaker at Jan-2024 webinar "Why is psychology crucial in tackling the climate and ecological crisis?", hosted by The Open University's Culture and Social Psychology Research Group. Approximately 20 online delegates. Other speakers = Stacey Heath (Open University) & Lois Player (University of Bath) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Dr Sarah Golding in Conversation (a Webinar) for The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar for Dr Sarah Golding to 'be in conversation' with a member of the UKBSM to discuss One Health ideology and to promote environmental social science. Two noted outcomes; and invitation for Sarah to present a guest lecture on the topic on One Health to MSc Counselling Psychology Students (outside normal peer group), and to develop One Health and interdisciplinary working with a contact from Forest Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://uksbm.org.uk/networks/climate-change-sig/ |
| Description | Expert roundtable on public engagement on grid infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invite to participate in an expert roundtable on the topic of public engagement on grid infrastructure in-person on the 12th of December between 10:00-11:00 in Whitehall. This roundtable was chaired by the Government Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Dame Angela McLean and was attended by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Climate) Kerry McCarthy MP. The discussion brought together a relatively small group of experts, who used their expertise to explore the evidence around public engagement on grid infrastructure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Go-Science - Science and Society webinar - Is societal conflict over net zero inevitable and what can we do about it? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The 'Science and Society' webinar series is organised by the Government Office for Science's social and behavioural sciences team to showcase interesting research in areas relevant to x-gov policy teams. This 1 hour session (presentation & Q&A) reached an audience of civil servants with a general interest in social science topics as well as specialist policy audiences from x-gov teams working on Net Zero related policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-societal-conflict-over-net-zero-inevitable-and-what-can-we-do-abou... |
| Description | ICEP Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ACCESS hosted an interactive panel session involving lively debate between panellists and audience members exploring where and how environmental social science has (and has not) had impact on policy and practice. Session chaired by ACCESS co-director, Birgitta Gatersleben - panellists included ACCESS Knowledge Exchange Fellow (Golding), ACCESS CO-Is (Jones, Marselle, Whitmarsh) and others in the wider ACCESS network (Steg). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://icep2023.au.dk/ |
| Description | Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC)/ACCESS Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC)/ACCESS Workshop - IRC met the ACCESS Leadership Team to discuss running funding calls, engaging with policy makers, outputs for different audiences, co-creation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Innovative Methods & Data Workshop, Manchester University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Innovative Methods & Data Workshop, Manchester University. Organised in collaboration by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC), Policy@Manchester and The University of Surrey |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talks at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands given by Patrick Devine-Wright |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited by the Urban and Regional Studies Institute and the Environmental Psychology Research Group, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Prof Patrick Devine Wright gave 2 presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Meeting with Academy of Social Sciences to discuss ACCESS Guiding Principles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 1st March 2023 - A meeting with Academy of Social Sciences to discuss the ACCESS Guiding Principles (ACSS = Rita Gardner & Sarah Jones / ACCESS = Stewart Barr, Steve Guilbert, Sarah Golding) to help guide and shape the documents production. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/guiding-principles/ |
| Description | Meeting with UKERC to gather insights and best practice about EDI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 28th June 2022 - ACCESS members met with UKERC to gather insights and best practice about EDI (UKERC = Amber Sawyer / ACCESS = Kate Burningham & Sarah Golding) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NERC Integrating Finance and Biodiversity Programme and NERC/ESRC Economics of Biodiversity Programme Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Circa 100 delegates attended a presentation by KE Fellows (George Warren and Sarah Golding) on best practices for interdisciplinary working, knowledge exchange and impact. Both were invited guest speakers. Ran a satellite workshop to develop participant capacity on knowledge exchange. Panel discussion which Sarah participated in. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | NESRN (Natural Environment Social Research Network) presentation regarding Systems Map of ESS Policy Actor Landscape |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to foster co-production of a system map of the policy relevant environmental social science organisations in the UK. Facillitated by Dr George Warren (KE Fellow) WP1 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Chief Executives Forum Symposium: Harnessing Behavioural Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CEF joins with DAERA for a half-day symposium on the effective use of behavioural science to achieve climate change targets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ceforum.org/events/727 |
| Description | Panel guest at the 2023 Festival of Social Science "Green Means Go? Tackling Surrey's Climate Emergency Through Deliberative Democracy" University of Surrey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Birgitta Gatersleben invited to be a panel guest at an event featuring a showcase panel and public Q&A with cross-disciplinary experts in politics, climate and sustainability by the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) The Green Means Go? event is a combination of panel and participation, focusing on Surrey's Climate Change Challenge. It brought together leading University researchers, including those working within the extensive ESRC ACCESS project on sustainability, and the newly-formed Surrey Climate Commission, alongside local government representatives. The goal was to look at the role of deliberative democracy which brings together different stakeholders in pursuit of the same objective - tackling Surrey's climate challenges. The event is an ideal opportunity to (a) showcase current work on climate governance undertaken between the Institute for Sustainability (IfS) and the Surrey Climate Commission and; (b) operate as a public forum to support the work of the ESRC ACCESS project, in bringing civil society representatives together with local government stakeholders and the university; (c) illustrate public policy work on sustainability being undertaken by key groups in the university (e.g. the Department of Politics, Psychology, Law); and (d) get direct feedback from civil society groups based in Surrey and Guildford, including representatives from the Surrey Climate Commission. Who's leading the event? Amelia Hadfield, Head of Department of Politics, Founder and Former Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey Surrey Climate Commission Surrey County Council University of Surrey: ESRC ACCESS, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, and the Institute for Sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/green-means-go/ |
| Description | Presentation: 'Communicating about climate change and the environment through images and video' - Prof Saffron O'Neil at NESRN meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: 'Communicating about climate change and the environment through images and video'. Talk given by Saffron O'Neil at the NESRN meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task Expert Workshop (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 5 December 2023, the task hosted a workshop with about 20 experts from industry, NGOs, policy and academia. The workshop allowed Task members to harvest feedback from practitioners and researchers on how to improve the guidelines. The workshop showed that there is a great interest in a guide that can serve not only project developers but also provide guidance to policy-makers and citizens. Prof Devine-Wright and Dr Bickerstaff were invited by Meghan Keenan, Net Zero Green Choices Research, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to join an expert workshop to discuss a first version of their best practice guidelines and collect feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://userstcp.org/public-engagement-for-energy-infrastructure/peei-feedback-guidelines/#:~:text=T... |
| Description | Social Science Expert Round Table |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Net Zero social science expert round table, hosted by the British Academy and attended by the Chief Scientific Advisors of two central government departments: DESNZ and MHCLG. Short verbal briefings by expert social scientists around the table, and discussion of policy challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Training Course: Systems Mapping for Environmental Domains (with CECAN Ltd) 12th Nov 24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ACCESS commissioned CECAN Ltd to design and deliver a one day training workshop (held face to face) held on campus for early career environmental social scientists who are working in consulting/industry, government or NGOs. This upskilled the participants in systems mapping for their specific issue/problem within their working domain. It also acted as a route to networking for those who are often left out of opportunities available for those who remain in academia beyond MSc/Masters level. Further requests to run the course have been received. The workshop was hosted by Prof Kate Burningham and Prof Birgitta Gatersleben and attended by Dr Sarah Golding (all from the ACCESS team) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://accessnetwork.uk/systems-mapping-for-environmental-domains/ |
| Description | UKRI Environmental Sustainability Network presentation - ACCESS Guiding Principles presentation and workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ACCESS PI gave a keynote on the Guiding Principles and challenges of applications to travel policies; ACCESS Fellows led workshop to support UKRI ES Network to progress their work programme and Council action plans in line with the new Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice (cf. Wellcome website). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Webinar: 'Growing the social sciences within environmental organisations' , Dr Ruth Lamont, Natural England (19th Sept 24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ruth Lamont discussed the toolkit created due to ACCESS funding (Flex Fund). Dr Lamont used the session to explain and promote the toolkit which is for Environmental Social Scientists working in policy. During the Q&A we discovered that the toolkit is being used in a government department (Defra) and championed by colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt8mI7ajcz0 |
| Description | Webinar: 'How can we de-carbonise travel in the workplace from values to action', Prof Stewart Barr (14 Nov 24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof Barr used the webinar to promote further ACCESS thinking regarding putting the ACCESS Guiding Principles (EDI, Sustainability and Co-production) into practice. This practical webinar gave real world examples of trying to deliver the Guiding Principles within academic structures - successes and failures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiFenFnV-LQ |
| Description | Webinar: 'How to use the Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities (ESS NEMO) to improve research impact, collaboration & understanding', Dr George Warren (17 Oct 24). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Warren used the webinar to demonstrate the uses of the ACCESS ' Environmental Social Science kNowledge Exchange Map of Opportunities' (ESS NEMO) to improve research impact, collaboration & understanding. The audience was predominantly made up of early career environmental social scientists working in government. Many of the participants had fed into the research for the maps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2lTHkTgSc |
| Description | Webinar: How can we decarbonise society in ways that are place-sensitive and fair? Prof Patrick Devine-Wright (9th May 24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Devine-Wright attracted an international audience with participants from several target groups (Academics outside the ACCESS network, government departments, NGO's). We provided a 30 minutes Q&A which sparked new discussion. The video is posted on the ACCESS website under Training for legacy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDTZp7NCsU |
| Description | Webinar: Prof Loraine Whitmarsh and Pete Dyson: Putting Behaviour Change Evidence Into Practice webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar: Prof Loraine Whitmarsh (ACCESS CI) and Pete Dyson: Putting Behaviour Change Evidence Into Practice webinar - held in collaboration with University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEZrwbshPk |
| Description | Webinar: The Role of Behavioural Change and Communication in Tackling Climate Change - Royal Meteorological Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Royal Meteorological Society Webinar: The Role of Behavioural Change and Communication in Tackling Climate Change. Invitation for ACCESS Task Lead Prof Saffron O'Neil and CI Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh to give a talk. The Role of Behavioural Change and Communication in Tackling Climate Change. This was a free 2-hour webinar focused on behavioural change and communication and the crucial role they play in tackling climate change. Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology and Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, explained the importance of behavioural change in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, explore the barriers that exist for changing behaviours and how we can overcome these. Saffron O'Neill, Professor in Climate & Society at the University of Exeter, then covered the complexities and challenges of communicating climate change effectively, some barriers that hinder understanding/action, how we can effectively communicate climate change and the role of digital communication. Helen Roberts, Socio-Meteorologist at the Met Office chaired the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rmets.org/event/role-behavioural-change-and-communication-tackling-climate-change |
| Description | Working Meeting to Discuss EDI: 7th July 2022 -with colleagues from CREDS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 7th July 2022 - Met with colleagues from CREDS (CREDS = Sarah Higginson & Clare Downing / ACCESS = Kate Burningham & Sarah Golding) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | X-Government NZ Societal Change analysis meeting - DESNEZ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | X-Government NZ Societal Change analysis meeting - Invite from Emma Claydon Head of Net Zero Societal Change Research at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Meeting to share work on in the Net Zero social/behavioural research space and identify any opportunities to collaborate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |