Dr Imogen Rattle

Academic catch-22: I need ethical approval to get a data sharing agreement, but I need a data sharing agreement to get ethical approval. Send help.

#RGSIBG25 has begun in Birmingham

Yesterday we had a trip to Tyseley Energy Park and today we have 7 Energy Geography sponsored sessions

Follow ‪@energygeography.bsky.social to learn more

Today, we are thrilled to kick off our Annual International Conference, held in-person at @unibirmingham.bsky.social and online! 🌍

Watch the Conference’s Chair, Professor Patricia Noxolo, share what shaped this year’s theme, Creative geographies. #RGSIBG25

@rgsibg.bsky.social conference 2025 is here! We've had a lovely outing to discuss all things energy geography at the Tyseley energy park in Brum. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our group's sponsored sessions this week @imogenrattle.bsky.social

On #YorkshireDay, I’m very pleased to share our new article published in Geoforum, led by @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social
with colleagues from the @edrc-uk.bsky.social Place theme:

(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand: Implications for research and policy

doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

#EnergySky

And also - what's happening with the revised Industrial Decarbonisation strategy - notable here by its absence

#EnergySky

Delighted to share our latest piece for UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), where we take stock of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and its implications for industrial decarbonisation.

📖 Read the full blog here: lnkd.in/et9zPFKP

#EnergySky

Submitting a paper for review: 10% uploading files, 90% fighting with the submission portal while questioning your life choices

#AcademicSky

New paper from researchers @tyndallcentre.bsky.social on social licence and industrial decarbonisation

The distinction between social licence in principle and in practice is a useful way to think about how trust legitimacy and credibility evolve from policy to implementation
doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

ABSTRACT What does it mean to build an authentic politics of hope in a climate crisis? Researchers have explored this question by examining the emergence of different forms of climate hope. This includes urgent, slow, and radical hope, each of which expresses different promises for the future. In this paper, I make the case for attending to ‘fluid hope’ to foreground how different forms of climate hope can be co-constitutive and are subject to being re-configured. I do so by drawing on a case study, that of the Copeland People’s Panel, a citizens’ jury in northern England, where people’s experiences of hope changed in and after the Panel. I conclude by explaining what possibilities the concept of fluid hope affords for empirical study and normative debate about hope in a climate emergency.

New article from @pancholewis.bsky.social!

Fluid hope in a climate emergency: Lessons from an English citizens’ jury.

Is it possible to have hope for the future in a climate emergency?

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

That odd mix of disappointment and relief when you find out you didn’t get into the London Marathon.

The UKERC Annual Assembly has kicked off!

UKERC Director Robert Gross opens the day, introducing the new Themes of UKERC's work for the next phase, and an overview of the political context of the last year.

Spotted at the AJ Bell Great #Birmingham Run:

The rats don’t run this city - you do.

Cheerleading with a side of social commentary🐀🏃‍♂️

🌍 One-Day Online Conference: Just Energy Transitions ⚡

Are you a PGR or ECR exploring the social, political, and environmental dimensions of just energy transitions?

Join us for a one-day online conference on 10 July.

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Energy Network Policy for a Just Net Zero Transition Can your research expertise help shape how energy networks will evolve to meet net zero targets in a way that fair to all? Do you want to be at the heart of energy networks research in the UK? Would y...

Come and work with us! The focus will be on action that needs to be taken across places to deliver net-zero ready energy networks in the face of technical, economic and social uncertainty, including how best to support the most vulnerable members of society.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

And in other news… my bin has been emptied. The #Birmingham equivalent of winning the lottery.

📢 📢 Just released: the IDRIC Frontier Report on Policy and Governance for Industrial Decarbonisation – bringing together insights from seven research projects tackling key challenges on the path to net zero.

idric.org/wp-content/u...

#NetZero #IndustrialDecarbonisation #ClimatePolicy #Governance

That feeling when you spend weeks on funding application, redrafting, tweaking every sentence - only to be met with a blank auto-response. Not even a token “thank you for your submission” 😂

Academia really knows how to keep us humble.

#AcademicSky

📢 PGRs in energy research - this one's for you!🏆 Enter our PGR Paper Prize for a chance to win £75! We will work with the winners to promote their work. Categories - conceptual, impact & methods. 🗓 Deadline: 5PM GMT 30 May
More info 👉 www.energygeographies.org/pgr-paper-co... @rgsibg.bsky.social

Government must address high electricity prices to deliver low-carbon industry and spark growth - Aldersgate Group New Aldersgate Group report explains how the UK government can deliver industrial decarbonisation and maximise growth opportunities.

💡 New Aldersgate Group report

🏭 Today we launch a new paper setting out the policy gaps that must be addressed by the UK government to drive industrial decarbonisation while driving growth.

Read the new publication and its recommendations here ⬇️

www.aldersgategroup.org.uk/publications...

Announcing our new Activism Award 🏆 Celebrating individuals & organisations driving energy justice in the UK – through research, teaching, activism, or community action. 🌍⚡ Nominate now! Deadline 5pm GMT, Friday, 30 May 2025👇 www.energygeographies.org/activisim-aw...

Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Industrial Decarbonisation Would you like to contribute to two of the UK’s foremost academic centres undertaking whole systems research for a sustainable energy future? Do you want to further your career by applying your quanti...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

If you're a quantitative modeller looking for a role with policy impact, this could be for you! A 2.5-year position funded through EDRC & UKERC working with Peter Taylor (and possibly me). Deadline: 20 April

#IndustrialDecarbonisation
#Hiring
#PostDoc
#EnergySky

Four articles I've co-authored used to train Meta, including ironically, one on the environmental unsustainability of digital communication, one on how digital communication shapes environmental protests and one on negative transitions...

YouTube video by Energy Geographies Research Group EnGRG A Spotlight on... Marie Claire Brisbois

Last week, we caught up with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social for #IWD! 🚨 We talked motivation, her impactful work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social, and the two must-read papers topping her list right now.📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8R...

@ukerc.bsky.social

📢 New open-access article in @GeoOpenAccess: Clusters in Context: Towards a Typology of Industrial Decarbonisation Initiatives by Peter Taylor and me

Read it here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#IndustrialDecarbonisation #Research #OpenAccess

Energy X Digital: Dr Ola Michalec | EnGRG Developing digital twins in the energy industry – lessons for innovators, policy makers and infrastructure operators

Great webinar coming up from @olamichalec.bsky.social as part of the RGS Energy Geographies X Digital series. “Developing digital twins in the energy industry – lessons for innovators, policymakers and infrastructure operators”: tomorrow Wednesday 5th March 2-3 (GMT). Register via: shorturl.at/2IMYk

@energygeography.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social

📢 New article! How can we decarbonise industry fairly? This perspective introduces a Place-based, Just Transition framework to help industries and governments work with communities for a just and sustainable transition

Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

#JustTransition #IndustrialDecarbonisation