ACCESS Network
ACCESS is a funded programme of work providing leadership on the social science contribution to tackling and solving a range of climate and environmental problems.
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkFrom the archive: in this guest feature Prof Karen Bickerstaff, Lead on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social report Making a Net Zero Society – Follow the Social Science, highlights how social science insights are essential to securing rapid societal change for a net zero UK. acss.org.uk/a-new-look-a...
- Research Associate/Fellow Position on the JUST-Systems Project Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities (SISC) welcomes applications to join the UKRI funded Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems) project. Closing date: 31 August
- "It appears to be mostly women on the frontlines of climate and pollution battles – is it because we and the people we care for are more vulnerable to its impacts?... Or is it simply another element of the unpaid and under-valued labour that women have to do?" Blog by @mandibissett.bsky.social
- Reposted by ACCESS Network"Fairness is not just a nice-to-have in climate policy and engagement – it’s a public priority", writes CAST Deputy Director @christinademski.bsky.social in our latest blog post, sharing five insights on fairness for climate policymakers and practitioners. 📣 Read more: cast.ac.uk/blog/listeni...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkNew CAST Briefing: "When do policymakers accept and reject policy recommendations? Lessons from the UK #ClimateChangeCommittee" 📣 Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Key messages thread 🧵
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkAs climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all. Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna. Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️
- "Where are all of the black and brown people in environmental work?" In this blogpost, Jaya Gajparia writes about listening, learning and acting on feedback to improve racial and ethnic representation at the ACCESS Annual Assembly. accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkWhat are youth perspectives on pathways to desirable nature futures? 📷🌍🧪 A new paper explores the ideas of 22 young people with diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the @ipbes.net Youth Workshop in 2022. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkHow does air pollution affect mental health? - Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- 🥾🥾 In the second of our 'Walking and Working in Nature' series, ACCESS Leadership College Fellow Dr Susann Power talks about beach litter, caring for our coastline, and the evolution of beach cleaning into 'Enviro-Leisure Activism'. accessnetwork.uk/susann-power...
- How to do a flexible fund... Guidance and food for thought for other flexible fund managers and administrators. Our ACCESS ‘Flex Fund’ had a total value of £1m. We have been learning by doing and want to share our successes, mistakes and learnings with others. Read our latest report here
- On the 5th anniversary of the murders of Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman, ACCESS's Jaya Gajparia writes about the impact events like the sisters' murder have on women's sense of safety & access to nature – the risk of harm being even greater for women of colour. accessnetwork.uk/jaya-gajpari...
- ⏰ Only one week left to register for ACCESS Summer School! Deadline: Friday 13 June Join a small group of environmental social scientists: 👋 Build relationships across sectors 🤝 Develop and practice skills for collaboration 🤔 Scope collaborative research ideas accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkWEBINAR 💻 - Are Net Zero and economic growth compatible?🗓️ Tuesday 17 June | 14:00-15:00 Will decarbonising the economy deliver jobs, and support growth? Speakers: Louise Hellem, CBI Antonios Katris, CEP Register free here 👇 www.biee.org/meeting/are-...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkOur free, inaugural online event 'Connecting People, Place & Practice in Environmental Psychology' is open to @bpsofficial.bsky.social members & the wider community interested in the intersection between people, places, and psychology. 02 July 2025 10:00am - 2:30pm www.bps.org.uk/event/connec...
- What does walking mean to you? 🥾 🥾 New blog series by ACCESS Leadership College Fellows – Jaya Gajparia, Susann Power, Mandi Bissett, Helen Roberts & Jennifer Rudd – all about walking and working in nature. 🌿 Click to read Jennifer's intro to the series and a taster of what's to come...
- "Calling our annual get-together a retreat seems a misnomer … in truth, it is always intense. But I wouldn’t have it any other way..." Read Richard Bridge 's reflections from this year's ACCESS Leadership College accessnetwork.uk/reflections-...
- Foster collaborative research with other environmental social scientists at the ACCESS Summer School 2025. "Building solidarity among environmental social scientists of both junior and senior career stages was very helpful." (ACCESS Summer School 2024 participant) accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
- Build relationships & scope collaborative research ideas with a small group of environmental social scientists at this year's ACCESS Summer School. 22-24 Sep, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Themes:🌿 nature & biodiversity ♻️ circular economies & 🏙️ liveable cities accessnetwork.uk/summerschool...
- Respond and share 👇 @sjroth.bsky.social of @ukcleanair.bsky.social is conducting a survey on the role of social sciences in clean air policy and research. Survey takes under 10 minutes, and participants will be entered into a draw to win a £100 voucher. lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- PhD opportunity – Carbon Dioxide Removal & Net Zero Pathways at @tyndallcentre.bsky.social 🔹 Evolving role of CDR under different futures 🔹 Fairness & equity in timing & distribution 🔹 How near-term infrastructure choices shape long-term options 🔹 Use of IAMs to inform real-world policy decisions
- "Communities should be at the heart of decisions about new energy infrastructure," say ACCESS Director Patrick Devine-Wright and Rebecca Windemer of @regeninsight.bsky.social Read their joint response to the House of Commons Committee on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
- @jncc-ceo.bsky.social speaks to ACCESS about the social sciences, telling stories that will change people’s hearts as well as their minds, and how hope, purpose and responsibility feed into her own inspirational model of environmental leadership. youtu.be/RP7L5Pl1rqg
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkClimate researchers: 🟢 Get your work seen 🟢 Start new conversations 🟢 Shape what happens next Submit a poster to the Tyndall Centre's 25th anniversary conference this September. We're open to all disciplines and formats. Apply now: tyndall.ac.uk/news/call-fo... #ClimateResearch #CallForPosters
- 📣 Fellowship opportunities at @ukri.org www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkHave you registered for our webinar💻on the applications of AI in the public sector yet? There’s only 2 days to go until this webinar where speakers from Ofsted & the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero talk about their use of AI in analysis & more.
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkJoin Caroline Hickman & Elouise Mayall in an interactive workshop on supporting young people’s mental health regarding climate anxiety. Learn practical strategies and hear from youth on navigating climate-related stress. Register via Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1279623080...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkCAST Deputy Director @christinademski.bsky.social responds to the @thecccuk.bsky.social's adaptation report 👇 UK climate adaptation plans are inadequate and need urgent improvement, and we need a vision and clear objectives for a well-adapted UK. Read the report: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
- PLEASE SHARE 📢 Fully Funded PhD Studentship – "Watts for Dinner" (School of Psychology, Swansea University) – Deadline 9 May This project explores how we can protect affordable, healthy cooking while helping homes and restaurants adapt to a shifting energy landscape.
- What does the UK public think about climate change, #netzero targets and climate action? Read the ACCESS Net Zero Citizens’ Survey to discover how people really feel about the transition to a net zero society a and how opinion differs across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales👇
- 👉 Five ways to improve #netzero action – ACCESS research highlights lessons from the past: 1. Galvanise people 2. Focus on Fairness 3. Make the policy process relatable 4. Listen to other people 5. Accept some opposition Read the ACCESS article in The Conversation:
- Congratulations to ACCESS Director Professor Patrick Devine-Wright for election to @acadsocsciences.bsky.social! 👏 Wonderful recognition of the work he and ACCESS are doing to increase the visibility, use and impact of social science to tackle our most urgent environmental problems.
- Call for evidence 📣 Building support for the energy transition Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Deadline: 8 April 2025
- Please share 👉 Paid part-time internship (Jun-Sep 25) for Black and Mixed-heritage geography students at UK universities. Interns will get mentoring from a Black academic, participate in workshops, assist with conferences, and engage in network-building opportunities. www.fiwiroad.co.uk/take-part
- @cast-centre.bsky.social and Climate Barometer panel discussion of the latest public opinion insights on climate-friendly diets Thursday 20th March 11:30 - 12:30 pm. 📆 Sign up for your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/appetite-f...
- How to design an event that encourages relationship building (rather than awkward networking)? It takes great food, social spaces, time outdoors and... 🍛🗣️☀️ Read all the lessons from the ACCESS Annual Assembly 2024 Evaluation Report 👇 doi.org/10.15126/901...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkFrom the archive: in this guest feature ✍️ Prof Karen Bickerstaff, Lead on the @accessnetwork.bsky.social report Making a Net Zero Society – Follow the Social Science, highlights how social science perspectives are essential to securing rapid societal change for a net zero UK. ➡️ buff.ly/XCADrwy
- Exeter Climate Conference (2-4 July 2025) CALL FOR POSTERS ABSTRACTS 📣 * Communicating climate change * Carbon cycle & climate pathways * Climate extremes, impacts & adaptation * Energy transitions * Geoengineering & intervention Closing date 25 March exeterclimateforum.com/poster-abstr...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkExcited to say I've taken part in my first ever podcast 😆 Thank you @legionofllama.bsky.social from for the invite to talk about my recent paper published in @exchangesjournal.bsky.social and for making me feel so at ease during our chat! open.spotify.com/episode/5Cba...
- Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisis👇 “We’re stuck in a carbon accountancy model which is basically about doing everything exactly the same as we currently do, just a little bit less bad. That’s not really going to cut it.”
- @uniofmanchester.bsky.social is hiring a Lecturer in Nature Recovery, Restoration and Rewilding (Teaching and Research) Deadline for applications is 30/04/2025 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkJoin CAST & @climatebarometer.bsky.social for a free webinar exploring the latest public opinion insights on diets and the factors shaping people's sustainable food choices. 💻 When: March 20, 11:30 - 12:30 pm 📆 Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/appetite-f...
- Reposted by ACCESS Network📢 Considering a career in the think tank sector? @resfoundation.bsky.social is hosting a webinar demystifying how to apply and what roles exist, particularly aimed at under represented groups, featuring Green Alliance's Iruka Egenti & @sophieoconnell.bsky.social. Sign up & learn more 👇
- How do you run a successful mentoring programme? Take a look at our new mentoring webpage & report where we share reflections about the process of designing & running our 1-1 mentoring scheme. Included are templates for documents such as guidelines & invitation emails accessnetwork.uk/mentoring/
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkGlobal data on public willingness to address climate shows much higher levels than you'd think if you look at what governments are doing on public's behalf www.nature.com/articles/s41... That said, I still think a lot of people are "functional climate change deniers" given their everyday actions
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkThe IAPS Board is interested to learn about the wider people-environment community - both members and non-members of the association. Can you help us by completing this 10-minute survey? surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... You do not need to be a member of IAPS. Thank you!
- Reposted by ACCESS Network2 doctoral positions in anthropology available @carsoncenter.bsky.social in the ERC-funded project “Changing Environments, Changing Childhoods: A Cross-Environmental Ethnography of Moral Socialization in Three Small-Scale Societies” www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkThe road for Belém has begun! What is on the agenda for COP30? What does this mean for the Amazon and other climate-vulnerable areas? What is state of climate negotiations now from the perspective of Brazil and U.S.-based academics? This and more will be discussed on our upcoming panel this Friday👇
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkMy written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on Governing the Marine Environment was published today. I focus on the human right to participate in environmental decision-making. committees.parliament.uk/work/8759/go... @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @accessnetwork.bsky.social
- We are looking forward to welcoming our new Communications Officer, Suzy Darke in March. We are a little quieter on Bluesky until Suzy starts but you can check out our regular fortnightly newsletters - essential reading for all Environmental Social Scientists! accessnetwork.uk/newsletter-a...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkBuild it and they will come...by car.
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkYouth lifestyles and wellbeing in climate-resilient urban development: insights from our CYCLES #YoungLives7Cities study → cusp.ac.uk/themes/s1/cy... cc @bmhayward.bsky.social @proftimjackson.bsky.social @accessnetwork.bsky.social
- On Wed 12 Feb ACCESS Knowledge Exchange Fellow @sarahegolding.bsky.social will be sharing her reflections as a 'more-than-human' health psychologist with examples 💊 #Antimicrobial #prescribing in animals 🍃 #Nature engagement & #wellbeing 🌳 #Biodiversity #conservation rb.gy/xbnh1f
- Also, take a look at some of our @accessnetwork.bsky.social blogs on travel accessnetwork.uk/from-access-... from Professor Stewart Barr @exeter.ac.uk and Dr Sarah Golding at the University of Surrey accessnetwork.uk/to-fly-or-no...
- As academics increasingly grapple with the carbon impact of our work - interesting reflections here, on the 'wows' and 'downs' of overland travel @accessnetwork.bsky.social www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkAs academics increasingly grapple with the carbon impact of our work - interesting reflections here, on the 'wows' and 'downs' of overland travel @accessnetwork.bsky.social www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
- Tomorrow 2 - 5 pm. Find out how to have more productive engagements in #science, #health & #sustainability. Join the Science, Health & Sustainability research group in Sociology, Uni of Surrey. There is a great line up of speakers, inc. ACCESS Co-Director Professor Kate Burningham. rb.gy/9yini7
- 📅 Thursday 23 January at 5 pm Climate Distress and Young People workshop from the Climate Psychology Alliance Find out more here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-di...
- 📣 Seeking a Senior Research Associate. Get involved with GasNetNew a 3-year research project and design, conduct and report upon the findings of a survey to assess informed public attitudes & acceptance of the different technology options. Apply by 19 Jan mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
- In case you missed it. We've produced some resources to help explain what #EnvironmentalSocialScience is accessnetwork.uk/what-is-envi... Tell us what you think!
- 👉New Years Resolutions...New Opportunities Applications are open to join the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC). Apply before 7pm on Sunday 12 January apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8465
- Wishing everyone on BlueSky a Happy New Year! 🎉 If you are thinking about putting together a new funding bid in 2025 then take a look at the ACCESS Guiding Principles to help guide you. 👍 They've been used in several successful funding bids. accessnetwork.uk/guiding-prin...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkNew year, new job? If you're looking for a #postdoc role, this one closes in Jan-2025 👇 @accessnetwork.bsky.social @eprg-surrey.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
- 🚨 #EnvironmentalSocialScientists can offer great insight into the challenges we face. Apply here. Closing date 7pm on 12 January 2025 apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8465
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkHistory, Media, Environmental Studies: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in The Discussions Around Climate Change in Wales, From The 1950s to 2016 Swansea University - History, Media, Environmental Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLC343/h...
- 🚨 Hiring 4 permanent post-doc #EnvironmentalSocialScientists at The James Hutton Institute's Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences Dept. ⏰ Closing date is 7 January hutton.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
- Job Opportunity This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in the world of #climate and #environmental #policymaking. We are looking for an exceptional #communicator to join our team as a Communications Officer. Closing date Wed 1 Jan 25 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKZ082/c...
- Durham University is looking for 2 Assistant Professors in Human Geography who have expertise in the 🍃 geographies of nature 🍃 climate change 🍃 just and sustainable futures The closing date is Sunday 12 January 2025 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
- Interested in joining the ACCESS network? A warm welcome to anyone interested in championing Environmental Social Science or wanting to incorporate more social science (people) in their environmental and climate work. www.accessnetwork.uk go.bsky.app/NjwSdU8at://did:plc:7qvsb7n2w2ccrwuhaahg63r6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3ld4rpqqteh2z
- A great post-doc opening @exeter.ac.uk They are looking for a research fellow/associate with quantitative analysis skills and an interest in nutrition to join an interdisciplinary and international team of researchers. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLB282/r...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkThis lunchtime in the great city of #Liverpool - our workshop on knowledge exchange across disciplines and sectors will be running at #BES2024 I’ll be co-facilitating alongside @melissamarselle.bsky.social and @valentineseymour.bsky.social on behalf of @accessnetwork.bsky.social
- Do you work in the field of Environmental Psychology (EP) or in a related field that focuses on people-environment interactions? Can you fill out a 10-minute survey from The Environmental Psychology Research Group, University of Surrey and SLU Alnarp? surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- 1. What people's perceptions are of EP research and teaching? 2. Who works in this area? 3. What topics do they study and what methods do they use? The ultimate aim of the project is to develop a conceptualisation and mapping of the field.
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- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkI did a little Q&A for Coastal Catch Ups about being a marine social scientist. You can read it here: www.coastalcatchups.com/post/what-do...
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkAre 'tipping points' in climate change discussions helping or hindering action? A group of scientists point out that the metaphor may confuse the public and impede meaningful efforts. This article explores why clarity matters in climate communication.
- Reposted by ACCESS NetworkNew #OpenAccess dialogue in Geo: 'What's in store for UK climate policy in the next five years? Reflections from environmental leaders past, present and future' by @laurieparsons.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geo #geosky
- @opportunitygreen.bsky.social is looking for a Senior Manager. Someone with EU and Irish policy expertise to work with policymakers in Ireland to increase climate ambition during the period of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. www.opportunitygreen.org/seniormanage...
