Prof Lucie Middlemiss
@luciemidd.bsky.social
Environmental social scientist from University of Leeds sustainable consumption, community, energy poverty, social relations of retrofit, just transitions, inclusion
This week we launched the West Yorkshire hub of @justcentre.bsky.social with 30+ regional partners to explore how to put social justice at the heart of climate change conversation and action. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, we are excited for what lies ahead!
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
@prof-carolynsnell.bsky.social and @luciemidd.bsky.social argue that while #NetZero policies are vital for tackling #ClimateChange, they must be shaped around everyday realities and social inequalities to ensure they enhance rather than diminish people’s lives: buff.ly/nFn4lI0
A just climate future for Jim and beyond - Transforming Society
Carolyn Snell and Lucie Middlemiss, authors of 'Just Climate Futures', argue that while Net Zero policies are vital for tackling climate change, they must be shaped around everyday realities and…
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Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed
Anna Meier@annameier.bsky.social · last yr.Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.
Well done to @luciemidd.bsky.social and @profmarkdavis.bsky.social, who were awarded Best Paper by Energy Research & Social Science! 👏 Their paper investigates how social relations impact public decision-making and action around energy use. Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Sustainability research team wins Best Paper Award
Professors Lucie Middlemiss and Mark Davis have been honoured with the Best Paper Award by Energy Research & Social Science for their groundbreaking research.
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Our paper “Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide” has won a prize: the Energy Research & Social Science Best Paper Award! You can read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide
In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approach…
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🚨Join us for the International Launch of the JUST Centre, with keynote remarks from Prof. Julian Agyeman and a discussion with Centre Director Prof. Sherilyn MacGregor, Co-Investigators Prof. Lucie Middlemiss, Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski and Prof. Rebecca Willis. Register here: tinyurl.com/5bxfdb2z
Interested in #health #equity and #buildings join Doug's new 'HESTIA' network!
Douglas Booker@douglasbooker.bsky.social · last yr.This Clean Air Day, I am delighted to announce a new EPSRC funded network, HESTIA. In HESTIA we are co-developing a health-equity-centred approach to home design & retrofit, integrating existing + emerging building technologies to ⬆️ human & environmental health co-benefits, + ⬇️ health inequalities
Very pleased to be a co-author on this new paper by @linzhang55.bsky.social which summarises the policy context in #China in relation to #EnergyPoverty. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Analysing policy responses to energy poverty in China: A perspective on socio-spatial vulnerability lens
Millions of Chinese households suffer from varying degrees of energy poverty, threatening their access to sufficient energy services. China lacks a na…
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The case for using "global majority" by institutions should be rejected unless + until it can be shown - most people understand what it means (most don't) - most people it is about would like it used (most don't) I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways
Back-to-back life on Leeds streets caught on camera. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back-to-back life on streets of Leeds caught on camera
Photographer Ricky Adam says the red brick terraces of Leeds are
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UPDATED: As of Tuesday night, California universities are reporting at least 92 revoked student visas. — 50 at UC campuses. New: UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine and a jump at UC Berkeley to 19 total — 36 at CSU campuses, including San Diego State — 6 at Stanford www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations
More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.
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The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial. There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it. Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.
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Interested in residential air quality and environmental justice? Check out this new paper from @douglasbooker.bsky.social and others in the HEICAMM network exploring ten key research questions in this area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications
Humans spend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to poor indoor air quality has detrimental – and often inequitably distributed –…
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Having a bit of a reminisce today. Five years ago an email arrived that changed my life - a request to produce a paper on what we knew about the environmental transmission of covid-19 for the UK SAGE committee. 1/
This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
Come to our exciting event "Accelerating Social Change in Response to the Climate and Ecological Crisis", 6th June, London, register here: forms.office.com/e/4A078QseKL For more infos here: bit.ly/41O8EIe
New paper led by Stephen Hall: Mission Led government or Radical Incrementalism for electricity and Net Zero? We argue for a relational approach to Net Zero, whether rooted in radical incrementalism or in mission-led government. journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...
Mission Led government or Radical Incrementalism for electricity and Net Zero?
Should we govern the energy transition through bold ‘Mission Led’ government or pragmatic ‘Radical Incrementalism’ A Mission Led approach has an emboldened state setting clear goals for transformatio...
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And the essay I wrote about climate, trees, and David's violin is here (and in my forthcoming anthology No Straight Road Takes You There with Haymarket Books). I'm on the board of OCI, by the way. Since 2017. www.theguardian.com/music/2022/j...
‘A truce with the trees’: Rebecca Solnit on the wonders of a 300-year old violin
Made with all-renewable materials, this violin from 1721 reflects a time of magnificent culture – a global gathering from before the climate crisis
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Done, I'm an ally thinking about my son's needs, be an ally whoever you are. More carrot, less stick please.
Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · last yr.If you want to write to your Labour MP about disability benefit cuts but have limited spoons, here’s a template from @sensecharity.bsky.social you can use: t.co/E8QB6EDi9o Public backlash *does* work at times so let’s keep the pressure up. You too, non-disabled allies!
If you want to write to your Labour MP about disability benefit cuts but have limited spoons, here’s a template from @sensecharity.bsky.social you can use: t.co/E8QB6EDi9o Public backlash *does* work at times so let’s keep the pressure up. You too, non-disabled allies!
https://action.sense.org.uk/page/167765/action/1?ea.tracking.id=twt-org
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What can we do about this? Please share ideas. I realise it is only one of a number of things but it is an important one...
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.
Nationwide protests are planned this weekend after Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student activist, was arrested by immigration authorities, fueling tensions between the Trump administration and student movements over immigration policy.
Nationwide protests planned after arrest of former Columbia University activist by immigration authorities
Mahmoud Khalil was taken into custody by immigration authorities last weekend, prompting outrage.
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Before Mahmoud Khalil's detention last week, ICE came for a Columbia PhD student. She had nothing to do with the Gaza protests, but was arrested last spring during a roundup while trying to walk home. Charges were dismissed. The State Department still revoked her visa.
How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her
Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.
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PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
' #RealistEvaluation: Principles and Practice' Meet the authors: Ana Manzano & Emma Williams. On the 7th May at the Social Research Methods centre of the University of Leeds. Further details and tickets available here: socialresearchmethods.leeds.ac.uk/events/meet-...
time.com/7260543/medi... From my good friend and ally, the brilliant Danilyn Rutherford.
The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements
If Republicans pass a plan with these restrictions, disabled people would not necessarily be exempt
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