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PPERC Launches Edited Collection, “Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises”
The People, Place and Energy Research Centre has launched an Edited Collection, co-edited by Manon Burbidge, Katherine Sugar and Stefan Bouzarovski, entitled “Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections”, following PPERC’s launch event on 18th June 2026. The edited…
Keep readingLaunch of the People, Place and Energy Research Centre
Academics, policymakers, community groups and many others came together for the launch of a new interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Manchester. The People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) brings together University of Manchester researchers who focus on…
Keep readingPolicy Brief: Energy-related hardships faced by new refugees in England
Read this new policy brief by PPERC Research Assistant, Manon Burbidge, stemming from her PhD research project, supervised by Stefan Bouzarovski, Karen Lucas and Saskia Warren. The brief presents policy-relevant findings regarding energy-related hardships and fuel poverty faced by refugees living…
Keep readingPolicy Brief: Exploring Retrofit Realities in Social Housing
Read this new policy brief, stemming from collaborative research by Hannah Charles, Stefan Bouzarovski, Rob Bellamy, and Alexandra Gormally-Sutton, in partnership with One Manchester. Focusing on a case study housing estate, Hannah Charles’ PhD project (leading to the brief) examined…
Keep readingCall for Participants! Fire safety and energy poverty: Tackling a hidden injustice
A participant information sheet for Aisling O’Rourke’s CASE studentship project. Click this link to open in a separate tab.
Keep readingReflections from the POWER UP Consortium meeting in Modena, Italy
Ami Crowther and Manon Burbidge from the University of Manchester travelled to Modena, Italy in October 2023 to attend the POWER UP Consortium meeting and the Energy Cities Annual Conference, this year on the theme of “Grafting Cities”. POWER UP…
Keep readingSaska Petrova to present public lecture based on ENPOR project findings
Next month, on the 24th of October, Saska Petrova will deliver a high-level public keynote at the University of Humboldt, building on her experience from the ENPOR project, co-delivered with colleagues Manon Burbidge and Stefan Bouzarovski at the University of…
Keep readingTowards a just energy transition
A position statement for the Western Balkans This statement is the outcome of a series of discussions and exchanges among researchers, practitioners and advocates working on energy transformation and social justice in the Western Balkans (comprising six Southeastern European states -…
Keep readingSocial justice and the energy transformation process in North Macedonia
A blogpost by LENS researcher Ivana Vuchkova. The energy transformation means a different thing to different countries. While in some it represents an opportunity for decarbonization of the economy alongside employment growth and improved well-being of citizens, in the developing…
Keep readingStefan Bouzarovski discusses ENPOR project at EU Red Cross Annual Meeting keynote
Earlier this month, on the 9th of December, Stefan Bouzarovski delivered an online Keynote presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Union Red Cross. The keynote focused on the need to include different socio-economic groups and forms of vulnerability…
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