Research rigour, transparency, and reproducibility in energy research
End-use energy demand is a crucial research field that should deliver the most robust, transparent, and reproducible research – Gesche Huebner explores why our reproducibility isn’t as far advanced as other disciplines.
Why supporting tourism doesn’t mean supporting airport expansion
Sally Cairns and Jillian Anable reflect on a Westminster Media Forum policy conference on UK tourism, and the introduction to the next Commission on Travel Demand inquiry.
Rearranging elephants on the Titanic – Jillian Anable’s keynote presentation from UTSG Annual Conference
CREDS Transport & Mobility Theme Lead, Jillian Anable, gave the plenary keynote closing presentation at last week’s 51st Annual Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference.
The changing use of energy efficient technologies – reflections from ECEEE Summer Study
When CREDS Centre Manager, Clare Downing, last worked in energy efficiency the focus was on energy efficient technologies. She attended the ECEEE Summer Study in June to find out how things have changed.
How fair is flexibility?
Researcher Michael Fell draws on his recent paper to consider the fairness implications of the move towards an energy system which increasingly values the ability to be flexible.
The fixity of flexibility
There is widespread agreement on the importance of flexibility in the energy sector, but what does it mean? Peter Forman and Elizabeth Shove explore three common interpretations.
CREDS at ECEEE Summer Study
Our latest blog, by CREDS Co-director Tina Fawcett, looks back at the involvement of CREDS at this year’s ECEEE Summer Study.
Interview with Greg Marsden
University of Leeds Senior Research Fellow, Ian Philips, interviews Greg Marsden about his work in Transport & Mobility.
Net-zero carbon and transport
CREDS Co-investigator, Greg Marsden, discusses how the Committee on Climate Change’s net zero report impacts the transport sector.
Don’t throw money for heat decarbonisation out of the window
Guest author, Jan Rosenow from the Regulatory Assistance Project, discusses how a combination of low-carbon heating technologies and energy efficiency improvements is the obvious answer to decarbonise heating,
Climate strikes: the challenge to research
An estimated 2,000 school pupils and their supporters joined in a growing world-wide movement by holding a ‘climate strike’ in the centre of Oxford on Friday 15 February, and there were similar events in other cities across the UK.
Thinking about stakeholder engagement: how to make it different and how to make it work
Jacopo Torriti and Sue Flanders talk about why engaging with stakeholders in a meaningful way matters and why careful planning and thinking through the needs of our stakeholders was essential to the success of our event.
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