Directory of Energy Poverty Researchers

My expertise include perspectives on energy poverty in South America. Specifically, my research is focused on heating deprivation in cases of high inequality and cold climate, as well as the right to energy, and constitutional discussions on that topic.

I am a researcher at EU Horizon funded research project on energy poverty, which has six pilots all over Europe.

I work in the intersection of indoor climate research and energy poverty, with a focus on mould, tenant-landlord relationship and housing operation.

My research uses in-depth interviews to understand people’s experiences of deep fuel and transport poverty in the UK with focus on people living in cities, spanning the South and North of the UK. I also work on issues of low carbon energy transition and access in South Africa. I focus on how energy use affects wellbeing in multiple connected ways, including abilities to access/use digital services and transport as well as heat/cooling and light.

I am particularly concerned with the impact of energy policies and energy poverty on the most fragile groups of the population, and my work favours an intersectional approach. In addition, I am interested in the experiences and views of indigenous groups from different regions (mainly Latin America) on environmental and energy issues.

I have experience in low carbon transitions and retrofit from a local government perspective, based on my work in academic research (university), policy development (think tank), practitioner (in local government and social housing), and cross-sectoral collaborations in all three fields.

I am an interdisciplinary researcher focused on the intersections between housing, energy efficiency, and energy poverty. My work explores energy cultures and the social dimensions of energy use to inform better housing and energy policies. I am particularly interested in understanding the energy challenges that vulnerable communities face.

My research lies at the intersection of urban geography, energy transition, and housing. I explore how energy retrofits might reshape urban socio-spatial structures, studying institutions and people’s attitudes. I also use various administrative data to identify exposure to energy poverty in the built environment.

My PhD looks at the impacts of energy poverty on children, and specifically how do children experience energy poverty. I have also worked on energy poverty and gender aspects and I am very interested on vulnerable people facing low carbon transitions, so just/fair transitions.

I am a social scientist with a specific interest in how people are affected by fuel poverty and transport poverty. My research has focused on the lived experiences of people, particularly how being in fuel poverty and/or transport poverty affects people's every day life. I have also researched community action on fuel poverty, spatial aspects and the impact of different policies.

I undertake research in Australia on sustainable housing with a focus on scaling up retrofit including implications on, and for, vulnerable households (including those in, or near, fuel poverty). I am also a Trustee for the Fuel Poverty Research Network (FPRN).

I research inclusion and inequalities in transport and mobility, investigating factors affecting people's ability to make the journeys they need. I focus on availability and affordability of transport services, and conditions required for safe cycling and walking and fairness in transitions to low carbon mobility.

Kimberley's research explores the relationships between energy poverty (fuel poverty), energy efficiency of housing and buildings, energy needs and uses, and the important interactions of these with health. She has expertise in energy poverty and health research, consumer experiences and impacts of prepay electricity, and summer overheating.

My work focuses on people who live in fuel poverty, the impact that has on their health and wellbing and how organisations and charities provide support for fuel poverty in Britain.

My research uses spatial approaches to understand the geography of different types of inequality - in particular energy poverty.

I am a policy and practice officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), the UK professional body for people who work or have an interest in housing. At CIH I lead our policy work on fuel poverty, energy efficiency, and decarbonisation.

I conduct research on soclal justice considerations in the low carbon transition. In particular, I have explored householder experiences of energy efficient retrofit, researched intersections with health and wellbeing, and conducted fieldwork on the application of social prescribing approaches to fuel poverty. I am chair of the Fuel Poverty Research Network.

I specialise in research that uses in-depth approaches over time to explore people's views and experiences of energy system transition, with a particular focus on the implications for those living in energy vulnerable households. My research has encompassed different energy technologies and new developments such as low carbon housing.

My current research focuses on power and inequality. I aim to uncover the institutional and structural arrangements that render some people vulnerable to energy poverty, such as the design of energy/housing markets and the stigmatisation of marginalised groups in society.

I am an expert in the relationship between climate policy, fuel poverty, and policy. I strongly believe that we can address climate change goals (e.g. net zero) in a fair and just way that lifts the most vulnerable out of fuel poverty.