Social scientist researching combinations of public engagement, policy making, environmental change, participatory democracy, planning at @LancasterUni

Joined July 2018
My new book Beyond Neighbourhood Planning is out from @policypress: policy.bristoluniversitypres… “The best thing I’ve ever read about urban planning. Razor-sharp and cutting through jargon and convention" Quintin Bradley, Leeds Beckett University Essential reading on localism!
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Doing science with citizens at Lancaster university - on climate and many other things!
To kick off the new year, we'd like to celebrate all our citizen scientists working with Lancaster researchers to make the world a better and more interesting place! 👥🔬 @BryW85 | @Adatomy | @SharonRuston | @Andy_Yuille | @BenSurridge lancaster.ac.uk/news/spotlig…
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New research-based report on priorities for public engagement on climate policy. Would have been useful and important 2 weeks ago, doubly so now!
💡NEW REPORT: We summarise our recent research on how the public currently feel about climate change – what action they want and what they find frustrating – and offer three priorities for policy makers that will help achieve better climate action. 1/5 climatecitizens.org.uk/new-r…
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More reasons why the new @QUENCHNetwork paper is important...
- Half the world's population live in #urban areas with limited access to #nature. - Access to nature benefits #HumanHealth, but this is about more than green features. - Future #UrbanEnvironments must account for environmental functioning too: buff.ly/3AwIuPd
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This is what climate collapse looks like in Europe.
Scenes of piled-up vehicles in Valencia, Spain today after yesterday’s devastating flooding.
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Long, worthwhile thread on new report on where we are and where we need to be in carbon emissions. LT;DR: the gap is large and virtually unchanged from last year. NDCs are not adding up to a pathway in line with 1.5 or 2C
Another year, another climate gap. 🌍🔥🌡️ It's the 15th time I joined the lead author team of the @UNEP #Emissionsgap report. How high are global emissions? What have countries pledged? And is this all aligned with the Paris Agreement? Let’s dig in with a 🧵/1
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We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae0…
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What would community-powered development look like? Our grid sets out the limits of the existing planning system that gives communities a narrow window for influence. And what the features of a better system could be - one that fully involves communities in decision-making.
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We're all please to have published this #openaccess concept paper in Health & Place sciencedirect.com/science/ar…. Congratulations to lead author @Andy_Yuille and all the team.
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🚨 Exciting news! We're hosting a panel exploring how we can build human-nature connections to foster more integrated, impactful, and collaborative action to tackle the climate & biodiversity crisis.🌍✨ Showcasing #SocialScience contributions. Register👉 bit.ly/4dQ5TJd
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Please take 10-mins to complete our nature connection research survey: qmunature.github.io/Survey Please also repost. Thanks! 🍃
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Mañana comienza la Cumbre de la Biodiversidad, la #COP16. Momento ideal para mirar "the big picture" y dejar de ver la crisis climática únicamente como un problema de exceso de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero.
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🌳 New paper alert! 🌳 🌻 Was so fun to be part of @QUENCHNetwork+talk big ideas+ project design with academics+practitioners from across disciplines. Learnt so much through this process+would love to do something similar again 🦋 Read about those ideas 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at University of Sussex, England
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How can we plan, design and manage urban environments for the benefit of human health and nature? Our new paper brings together experts from different disciplines and real-world practitioners to explore key challenges and priorities doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplac… NOW WITH CORRECT LINK
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"This consultation presents planning as a technical delivery mechanism for self-evidently desirable outcomes. But profound political choices are made and implemented through planning.... Who gets a say in these choices is crucial." As is HOW they get a say #deliberativedemocracy
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£1.75 in London: unlimited bus journeys (for an hour from when you touch in) The rest of England? £2 price cap (for one journey) is due to end in December 2024. After that, fares will go up! Please sign and share this important petition megaphone.org.uk/petitions/m…
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So the North is now officially just north of the river...
A Parliament which began with promises of “levelling up” ends with money promised to the North being redirected back to London. Britain needs major change. #HeadNorth
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Excited for the launch of the @EDRC_UK today!
Look forward to introducing @EDRC_UK today with @ProfSaraWalker @contourgeek @JTorriti @j_r_barrett @DrGregMarsden & Karen Turner. We are delighted have a keynote talk from @BNatzler @theCCCuk #energydemand #energypolicy
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Interested in the diverse role of urban soils in carbon, water, food, biodiversity, & cultural outcomes in research or practice? Submit your abstracts for #EGU2024 Session: Advancing urban soil understanding and management for multifunctionality🌱🏙️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
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Whose neighbourhood? What even is the neighbourhood? Interesting project starting in Sheffield.
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