One year of the Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods

One year of the Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods  The Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods, one of four interdisciplinary challenge-oriented research collaborations funded by the Scottish Funding Council, aims to foster cross-sector collaborative research to help achieve an equitable and just transition to a net zero Scotland by 2045.   Launched in October 2023, … Read more

Van Dwelling: An Evidence Mapping Workshop

As part of the Sustainable Households seedcorn funding, researchers at the University of St Andrews, the University of Edinburgh and the James Hutton Institute ran a workshop around ‘Mapping and Understanding Van Dwelling in Scotland’. Our motivations for running this workshop stemmed from shared academic interests in sustainable living, community development and small-scale living, and … Read more

Decarbonising Heat Crucible: Upcoming Residential Event

The Energy, Homes and Livelihoods (EHL) ARC are hosting a two-day residential event in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, on September 17th-18th.   The “Decarbonising Heat Crucible: A Collaborative Approach to Decarbonising Local Communities” meets the ambitious plans of East Ayrshire Council (EAC) to decarbonise their social housing and other hard-to-decarbonise sites.   The EAC Community Renewable Energy (CoRE) … Read more

Sustainable Households Residential Retreat

The Sustainable Households theme, led by Sarah Parry and Faye Wade, hosted a residential retreat at LochInsh Outdoor Centre in January. The three-day residential was attended by 37 people and was a first step in bridging, consolidating and amplifying Scottish research expertise in the arts, humanities and social sciences with a focus on household sustainability. The aim was to develop … Read more

Scottish Funding Council Launches the Alliances for Research Challenges

On 23 October 2023, we took part in the official Scottish Funding Council’s launch of the Alliances for Research Challenges at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. With our Alliance Director presenting evidence to a Westminster enquiry same day, Dr Faye Wade, our Sustainable Households theme co-lead, presented the vision for our Alliance, saying: “Reality is … Read more

Science and Scotland: Westminster Solicits Alliance Viewpoint on Scottish Research

At a recent cross-party hearing before the Scottish Affairs Committee in Westminster, eight Members of Parliament were keen to hear from Alliance Director Dr Mette High on the opportunities and challenges faced by researchers in Scotland. Representing the Scottish Funding Council-funded Alliances for Research Challenges (ARCs), she explained that the Alliances are new and dynamic … Read more