Neil Simcock

FAO energy geographers and fuel poverty researchers - @RachelMcArdle19 and I are hosting a session on #energypoverty at next year's International Geographical Congress in Dublin. Would be great to see some of you there. Abstract submission now open: igc2024dublin.org/call-for-abstr…

Periodic reminder that those who periodically share this graph are pretty mum on how the values on both axes are log-transformed and what that implies.

Keen to learn about energy solidarity but stretched for time? We've split our extensive Toolkit into bit-sized blogs! energysolidarity.eu/solidarity-too… @NeilNds @stefanbuzar @jptricoire @EUEnergyNews @cleanenegy_eu #energyjustice #communityenergy

This is absolute madness. Carbon capture and storage has failed time and again. Labour has slashed reliable green programmes, to pour vast sums of our money into a complete crock. The only possible explanation is lobbying by fossil fuel companies.🧵 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Any chance of a retweet? @StanCollymore @andrewfeinstein @IanProwse @OwenJones84

Here are some GREAT opportunities for #postdoc in #climate, #justtransition, etc. Help spead the word! @harrimus @RosieDayGeog @drrosechard @NeilNds @sidsareen

Are you a postdoc looking to increase the impact of your research by informing policymakers? We have four open 6-month postdoctoral opportunities on different topics: just transition, horticulture, diet and electricity markets. buff.ly/3uZW8aQ

FPRN 2 day conference is coming together nicely. 🗓️17th & 18th June for the latest research including @NeilNds on his work on the Private Rented Sector, one of the most challenges contexts. fuelpovertyresearch.net/events/event/i… #energy #poverty #fuelpoverty #privaterentedsector

Still time to register fuel poverty conference in 📍Grt Manchester! Speakers include: @AimeeAmbrose @LucieMiddlemiss @NeilNds @stefanbuzar & Brenda Boardman. Plus Energy House tours, workshops, networking & social. 🗓️17&18June Info&register fuelpovertyresearch.net/events/event/i…

NEW: England's quarterly homelessness stats are out - more bleak reading. There are 145,800 homeless children living in temporary accommodation - the highest ever recorded and up 15% on last year There are 112,660 homeless households - up 12% in a year and the highest on record

Across England we're handing £9bn a year in housing benefit to private landlords. In some areas, including some seaside and post-industrial cities and towns, but also Enfield and Brent, over £1 in every £3 of rent paid is paid through HB. So what's going on??

Joining us this week are the @FuelPovertyRN - we discuss the issue of fuel poverty and the work being done to tackle this. With @LucieMiddlemiss @NicolaWilland & @NeilNds and hosted by @hannon_matthew @fraserjfstewart @RFordUK - ALSO WE ARE NOW ON LINKEDIN - SEARCH 'LOCAL ZERO'

My first post-PhD paper is out! I hopefully explained the concept of 'low-carbon gentrification' a bit further, identifying three avenues through which heating transitions can reshape inner-city neighbourhoods: ➡️link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Scrapping this commitment would be hugely damaging - not just for people in fuel poverty, but for housing providers and industry crying out for government leadership and some semblance of certainty on energy efficiency policy. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

The film is being shown on BBC 4 on Tuesday at 10pm. You can watch the trailer here. youtube.com/watch?v=sVmKew…

✨Robinson and Williams introduce the concept of ambient vulnerability and they illustrate how this concept is integral to our understanding of social and #ecological vulnerability. 🌍Read this insightful work #OpenAccess in GEC: doi.org/10.1016/j.gloe…

1 in every 43 homes in Liverpool are long-term vacant Meanwhile 14,000 people are on the housing waiting list & temporary accommodation costs for councils are soaring

📢 Job alert/Phd opportunities in energy retrofit and decarbonisation @GeographyUOM @UoMUrban @mcr_energy. Pls spread the word: a) 3 year post-doc in place-based retrofit & regeneration (focusing on #energyadvice) as part of place theme @EDRC_UK (jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…). b) 3.5 year PhD on energy intermediaries & low carbon development, co-supervised w @paultobin & Faye Wade @geosciencesed (findaphd.com/phds/project/p…). c) 4 year PhD on the decarbonisation divide w @GSA_UniMelb (findaphd.com/phds/project/t…).

This is a critical point, well made, in latest @natfednews advocacy. How do we pay for everything we know we need when fiscal rules reign supreme? And it's true not just for social housing, but public infrastructure everywhere. Not least in energy and climate resilience too...

To what extent can energy advice reduce #energypoverty? Together with @NeilNds we recently published a paper on the topic in @criticalsocpol, based on the long-standing Manchester Energy Advice Lab (in operation since 2019). My work on the paper was part-supported by @EDRC_UK. Open access at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

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