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Work with us: Impact and engagement consultant

Prof. Rebecca Willis and team’s research confirmed that people are deeply concerned about the climate. but neither the Conservatives or the Labours discuss the climate agenda in their campaign. Read the full article here.

Work with us: Impact and engagement consultant

Climate Citizens is a research project at Lancaster University focused on improving dialogue between publics and policy makers around questions of net zero and climate policy. We are seeking an experienced policy impact consultant to lead on a programme of impact and engagement work based on our research findings. We have a budget of approximately … Continue reading Work with us: Impact and engagement consultant

Climate Debate 2024

Climate Citizens Visiting Fellow Lucy Farrow recently ran a workshop to understand public views on the climate commitments in the 2024 General Election manifestos. In addition to scrutinising the main parties manifestos, participants in the workshop also discussed a ‘Peoples Manifesto’. This was written based on the findings of 30 climate assemblies and juries which … Continue reading Climate Debate 2024

“Our research shows that politicians consistently underestimate people’s support for bold climate policies”

Prof. Rebecca Willis was quoted in a piece by Jonathan Watts in the Guardian. Check it here.  

New Report: Managing adverts for high carbon products and services

Today we have published a new report on public attitudes towards the regulation of adverts for high carbon products and services. The research shows there is public support for introducing traffic-light labelling and levies for the advertising of high-carbon products and services like petrol and diesel cars, meat and air travel. The full report can … Continue reading New Report: Managing adverts for high carbon products and services

Sustaining the political mandate for climate action

Our report on how UK politicians, charged with leading the way, respond to the climate crisis have been recently released. Following our previous report from 2018 which looked at how UK MPs understand and respond to climate change, this report is based on a new set of interviews with 15 MPs, and a focus group … Continue reading Sustaining the political mandate for climate action

Open peer review paper by Prof. Rebecca Willis

Prof. Willis assessed the need for transparency and community involvement in the decision-making process of the new coal mine in Cumbria. Please, do dive in and add your comments here

Funded Masters position on Climate Citizens project

We have funding to cover the tuition fees for one Masters of Science by Research (MSc-R) at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. The successful applicant will join the Climate Citizens project team to conduct a piece of original research on one of two topics: Green financial reform and the prospect of democratisation What climate policies … Continue reading Funded Masters position on Climate Citizens project

Open position for a PhD in our team

We are currently advertising for a PhD student to join the Climate Citizens team at Lancaster University on an interdisciplinary project that will investigate a crucial and neglected issue: the question of how to govern reductions in energy use. The deadline for applications is the 21st of April 2023. Please contact Jacob Ainscough with any … Continue reading Open position for a PhD in our team

Climate Citizens Visiting Fellows announced

We are excited to announce that we have selected five fellows to work with us for the next 24 months. They are Bea Natzler, David Evans, Elisa Minsart, Karolina Trdlicova and Lucy Farrow. Click here if you would like to know who they are.