A collaboration between The University of Manchester, Edinburgh University, Essex University, Lancaster University and Leeds University with Fellowships based at Cardiff University, Queens University Belfast and The University of Salford
Management Group
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Elizabeth ShoveElizabeth is co-investigator of three SPRG projects: ‘Keeping Cool’, ‘Theoretical and conceptual integration’ and ‘Engagement, interaction and influence’. She is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, and has an ESRC “Climate Change Leadership Fellowship” on Transitions in practice: Climate change and everyday life.
SPRG Researchers
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Joseph MurphyJoseph is co-investigator of the SPRG projects ‘Theoretical and Conceptual Integration’ and ‘Engagement, Interaction and Influence’. He holds a professorial Chair in Environmental Studies at Glasgow University. Joseph’s research focuses on environmental policy and politics and the challenge of sustainable development. In the past he has worked on innovation, environment and competitiveness in the chemicals industry, environmental policy for sustainable consumption, and regulation of risks associated with GM crops and foods. In addition to his work with SPRG he is currently interested in the relationship between environment and imperialism and recent work in ‘green’ postcolonial studies.
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Sarah ParrySarah is the Principal Investigator of the SPRG project ‘Engagement, Interaction and Influence’. She is Lecturer in Sociology at the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies subject-group and an Associate at the ESRC Innogen Centre (both University of Edinburgh). Her previous research has examined the construction and negotiation of knowledge and expertise in public and policy debates about stem cell research in the UK; the promises and limitations of public engagement with science; and classifications and understandings of nature.
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Fraser StewartFraser is a Research Fellow on the SPRG 'Engagement, Interaction & Influence' project. This project aims to further our understanding of the relationship between social science, politics and policy in relation to behaviour, environment and sustainable consumption. His PhD thesis examined the relationship people have with rubbish in everyday life, focusing on domestic recycling policy and practice. Based in Edinburgh, his current research interests reside in and around environmental sociology, with a particular interest in waste and consumption practices and how society can move toward a more sustainable future by exploring how macro, meso and micro processes intersect in society, impacting people in everyday situations.
