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Public Engagement Observatory Assembly: Towards an effective system of public engagement with energy and climate change

How do different public engagements with energy and climate change work with and against each…

The Public Engagement Observatory responds to Scottish Government’s Draft Climate Change Plan Consultation

The Public Engagement Observatory welcomes the publication of Scotland’s Draft…

The Public Engagement Observatory’s response to the UK Government’s public participation plan 

The UK Energy Research Centre’s (UKERC) Public Engagement Observatory has just published…

The Public Engagement Observatory contributes to UK Government participation plan 

The UKERC Public Engagement Observatory has played a significant role, alongside…

Call for evidence

Energy and net zero transitions depend on meaningful public engagement. How society engages with…

From Public Acceptance to Societal Responsiveness of Net Zero Infrastructures

Attempts to accelerate energy system transitions typically focus on the need to persuade civil…

Drawing on the Observatory’s approaches to inform research on public engagement with water

The work of the UKERC Public Engagement Observatory and underpinning approaches to mapping…

Our Climate Engagements: The Observatory’s new crowdsourcing capability

In exploring novel ways of accounting for diverse public engagements with energy, climate change,…

Observatory research and insights informing a brand new Sustainability and Society MSc at the UEA

Sustainability is a social challenge requiring changes to human decision-making, behaviours,…

Funded PhD opportunity – Mapping public engagement with energy and climate change

Addressing climate change and realising net zero demands long-term systemic changes and the…

New strategic partnership to improve public engagement with nature

We are delighted to share news of a new strategic partnership between the University of East…

‘Re-making and doing’ participation at the EASST-4S 2024 Conference

Moving beyond mainstream ‘residual realist’ perspectives of participation as discrete,…