On 19th December, Tim attended a workshop organised by DECC and hosted by the UCL Energy Institute to bring together academics from the social sciences, with members of the social research and customer insight teams at DECC. The workshop stems from Tim’s 2010 Fellowship based in the DECC, as well as work undertaken for DECC in partnership with RAND EUROPE and the Tyndall Centre at UEA over the summer of 2012.
All in all, the workshop was seen as being a very successful and important step forward in improving the mutual understanding between academics and the policy realm. However, it was also clear that it was a small step in a much longer path towards allowing the social sciences to significantly shape whatever pathway we find ourselves on towards meeting the 2050 climate goals.
