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Implementing change

Technology is important, but it become meaningless unless it's used.

Social scientists work to understand systems and behaviours – why and how things work in societies. They therefore play a vital role in solving the many complex barriers that prevent potential solutions from being implemented. The research below includes studies ranging from why people choose certain behaviours over others, to how we can finance the transition in a just and equitable way. 

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Professor Simon Mosey, Director of the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Nottingham, demonstrates the importance of supporting entrepreneurship within disadvantaged communities to address environmental challenges. 

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  1. Video: Unwrapping food supply chains
    Description
    In this short video series, Dr Anne Touboulic and Dr Lucy McCarthy unwrap their knowledge of food supply chains to explore some of the factors that go into food supply chains and some of the changes that can help to create a more sustainable system for the future.
  2. Blog: Building more effective tools for environmental education
    Description
    Educational resources that target children's sense of agency are key in supporting behavioural change. To combat climate change we need to understand how to design and implement these into the curriculum most effectively, argues Jonathan Halls.
  3. Short article: Enterprise, communities and climate change: the mobilisation of ideas
    Description
    Entrepreneurship can be just as much about responding to pressing challenges as it is about creating wealth. At the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, current research shows how responsible entrepreneurship can change behaviours to reduce carbon usage within those communities most affected by climate change.
  4. Short article: Blue-greening cities for climate change adaptation
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    The risk of flooding is becoming ever more serious, both in the UK and across the globe, and the challenge of protecting our homes and cities is becoming increasingly important. Emily's research explores how cities, neighbourhoods and communities might increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change (particularly flooding) and what role blue-green infrastructure can play in mitigating flood risk while providing wider benefits to the environment and society.
  5. Short article: Assessing the effects of a changing climate on women and girls
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    As reported by UN Women, women and girls face an abundance of amplified social and economic threats compounded by the impacts of climate change.
  6. SHORT ARTICLE: Securing a fairer global economy
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    The climate crisis, the most complex and critical challenge of our time, must be tackled on many fronts. It requires coordinated, strategic and evidence-based action, yet working in harmony towards a shared goal is not always easy.
  7. BLOG: (Re)thinking a different future: sociological perspectives of climate change
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    It is time to employ some radical thinking on the future of our food systems.
  8. Research paper: Public perceptions of demand side management and a smarter energy future
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    This research paper examines public perceptions and acceptability of a range of current DSM possibilities in a representative sample of the British population. It explores concerns over climate change, affordability, and acceptance of new technology to understand barriers to adopton of new technologies.
  9. SHORT: Government's role in promoting wood burning stove emissions
    Description
    Based on an analysis of over 18,000 government records of heating and cooking appliances exempt from smoke control rules, and interviews with air pollution officers from local councils across the UK, the research shows how the Deregulation Act 2015 opened the door to a market of stoves exempt from urban air pollution controls (see graph).
  10. BLOG: A university determined to make a difference
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    Vice-Chancellor Professor Shearer West reflects on COP27 and says to tackle the greatest challenge of our time we must accelerate the delivery of sustainable technologies and solutions.
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