Millie Mather

Scotland’s Alliances Showcase at Climate Emergency Event

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Scotland’s Alliances Showcase at Climate Emergency Event On Tuesday 30th September, two of Scotland’s Alliances for Research Challenges (ARCs), the Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods (SRAEHL) and the Scottish Alliance for Food (SCAF), were represented in showcase panels at the Tackling the Climate Emergency event hosted by Scotland Beyond Net Zero (SBNZ) and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), highlighting their collaborative, mission-led approaches to addressing … Read more

Scotland’s Net Zero Future in Focus at SRAEHL Annual Event

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Scotland’s Net Zero Future in Focus at SRAEHL Annual Event The Alliance hosted its inaugural annual event at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on Wednesday 10th September, bringing together researchers, local authorities, community leaders, and industry partners to explore how Scotland can accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon future.   Mette High, Alliance Director warmly welcomed attendees … Read more

Music of Care with Mhairi Hall

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Music of Care with Mhairi Hall In January 2025, Sarah Parry, Sustainable Households Co-Lead, and the team behind the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, held a two-day residential workshop to share and discuss social science scholarship on ethics of care. The group explored how they could apply this to their project, and … Read more

Local Zero Podcast Mini-Series Explores Community-Centred Climate Action

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Local Zero Podcast Mini-Series Explores Community-Centred Climate Action  As part of a Decarbonising Heat seed fund award, researchers at the University of Strathclyde have produced a podcast mini-series that explores key research challenges and showcases funded projects supported by the Alliance. Local Zero is a podcast led by Dr Jen Roberts and Prof Matt Hannon … Read more

Researching Care for People, Nature and Place

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Researching Care for People, Nature and Place From Sunday 25 to Monday 26 May, academics, community co-researchers, artists, and partners at the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub came together to collaborate on Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care, a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via the ACCESS Network. The project aims to … Read more

Decarbonising Heat Crucible 2

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Decarbonising Heat Crucible 2 The second Decarbonising Heat Crucible invited experts from academia, supply chain companies, and the technology sector to support three local authorities in decarbonising social housing and other challenging sites.    The 3-day residential workshop in North Queensferry was modelled on the Alliance’s decarbonising heat theme. Led by Dr Jen Dickie and Prof … Read more

EPSRC Cross-Institutional Award Secured by East Ayrshire Retrofit Project

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East Ayrshire CoRE – BarShare Retrofit Demonstrator The East Ayrshire CoRE – BarShare Retrofit Demonstrator project, which will provide a real-world testing and evaluation of different retrofitting strategies, has received the Scottish Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) cross-institutional award.  Led by Dr Kate Carter, with Professor Sonja Dragojlovic-Oliveira and Dr Faye Wade, the concept was initially conceived at the Alliance’s … Read more

ERLP Media Engagement Workshop

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Media Engagement Workshop Following the success of our inaugural Emerging Research Leaders Programme (ERLP) workshop on Policy Engagement in January 2024, this year’s retreat was delivered in collaboration with Scottish Media Training and focused on media engagement.   ERLP is a skills development programme for early career researchers (ECRs). Built around annual training workshops, the programme … Read more

JUST-Systems Project Secures Share of £10M UKRI Grant

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JUST-Systems Project Secures a share of £10M UKRI Grant to Tackle Decarbonisation and Fuel Poverty JUST-Systems is one of two projects benefitting from a share of nearly £10M investment by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to accelerate decarbonisation while addressing societal challenges of fuel poverty, sustainable local economies, wellbeing, and social justice in the UK.  … Read more

Financial Pathways Incubator 2

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Financial Pathways Incubator 2:The Co-benefits of Decarbonisation  Returning to the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, the second annual Financial Pathways Incubator welcomed stakeholders from government, academia, finance, and industry to discuss the co-benefits of realising net zero in Scotland.   Financial Pathways is one of three themes that encompass the Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, … Read more

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