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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 20h

💡Our core team meeting planning PPERC activities for the new academic year, watch this space.... With @stefanb23.bsky.social @drrobbellamy.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social Looking forward to working with our members & wider energy community! www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/cen...

Teams call with Elizabeth, Uttara, Stefan, Rob, Hannah, Katherine and Yawei

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

BLOG | Devolution could give citizens a meaningful role in creating policies that work for them. But, more devolution does not mean more democracy. To fully deliver, models like citizen's juries and assemblies should be normal and expected - not just a democratic curiosity. 👉 tinyurl.com/ybsnr2yu

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Check out Chapter 4 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' by @stefanb23.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @justcentre.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Chapter 4 Green Energy Jobs as Social Infrastructure by Stefan Bouzarovski. PPERC Edited Collection.

“Providers of energy assistance undertake unseen forms of knowledge brokering and relational work… that ‘builds cities from within’ and drives just energy transformations”

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Dominic Boyer @dominicboyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast! Hannah Knox joins us to talk about the challenges climate change has posed to the concepts and methods of governing a city. Case in point: Manchester! tinyurl.com/3yax7euh @cymene.bsky.social @culanth.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social

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Cultures of Energy: 238 - Thinking Like a Climate (feat. Hannah Knox)

Cymene and Dominic talk about screamo music and the band Phish and how you can’t fake the feels on this week’s intro to the podcast. Then (13:07) expert in all things Mancunian, the great and wondrous...

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Check out Chapter 15 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' by Lin Zhang @uomseed.bsky.social 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/geography/re...

Chapter 15 Socio-Spatial Vulnerabilities in Energy Poverty and Overheating by Lin Zhang. PPERC Edited Collection.

“Many forms of inequality remain poorly recognised because quantitative data and policy frameworks often rely on simplified indicators that fail to capture lived, relational, and intra-household experiences”

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Sustainable Futures @sustainableuom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How can research, innovation and community collaboration help create a more sustainable and resilient future? Register: lnkd.in/eNJNB-qX

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📣 Looking for a role where your organisational skills can contribute to a fairer, more sustainable future? We're seeking a full-time Administrator to join the JUST Centre team! 👉 More information and apply: lnkd.in/e8S4bvBE

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Check out Chapter 13 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' by @saskapetrova.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/geography/re...

Chapter 13 Energy and Social-Ecological Precarity by Saska Petrova. PPERC Edited Collection.

"Precarity is not accidental or temporary, but an enduring condition generated by energy systems, governance arrangements and social norms that systematically privilege some lives while rendering others expendable”

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

💡 From presentations on social and solidarity economies to the gig economy to a panel on our place-based community action, our JUST research team made their mark at #RGS2026! Thank you @rgs.org for a fantastic week and the opportunity to share our work - looking forward to next year already!

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Check out Chapter 11 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @uomseed.bsky.social @unimelb.edu.au

Chapter 11 Inequalities of Residential Decarbonisation by Uttara Narayan. PPERC Edited Collection.

“The complexity of the crises points towards the need to embrace a plurality of approaches across scales. These approaches can range from wider scale attempts to progressively transform our carbon-intensive political economies to centring people’s rich and diverse lived experience(s)”

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🔑 As England's 'devolution revolution' transfers a raft of powers and resources out of central government, how can mayors enable a just climate transition? Tania Carregha explores this using three regional case studies presented at our recent @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event. 👉 bit.ly/4fSuSQb

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔥 DEBATE | Should the UK extract more oil and gas? JUST's @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social joined @channel4news.bsky.social to debate whether the UK should issue licences for Rosebank and Jackdaw – and why more government action on climate is an "economic slam-dunk". ⏯️ Watch back: bit.ly/4xEC5tg

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Debate: Should the UK extract more oil and gas?

We were joined by Professor Jon Gluyas, who's the executive director of the Durham Energy Institute and used to work in the oil and gas industry, and Professor of Energy and Climate Governance at the ...

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Check out Chapter 10 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... Giulia's research: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/g... www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/geography/re... @uomseed.bsky.social

Chapter 10 Energy Inequalities & Power Dynamics by Giulia Mininni. PPERC Edited Collection.

“Some developments result in extractive forms of ‘green grabbing’.
Several movements are framing these developments as practices
of dispossession threatening local livelihoods and commons”

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Check out Chapter 7 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @globaldevinst.bsky.social

Chapter 7 implications of digital energy technologies by Gianluca lazzolino. PPERC Edited Collection.

"There are fundamental political questions about whether energy infrastructure should primarily serve large scale AI systems or broader societal needs"

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Check out Chapter 9 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @uomseed.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

Chapter 9 intermediary actors in energy systems by Elizabeth Lansell PPERC Edited Collection

"Grassroots action holds the possibility for initiating more sustainable approaches to energy transformation, that could enable socio-economic as well as environmental issues to be addressed as one".

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Check out Chapter 14 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' 👇 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @edrc-uk.bsky.social

Chapter 14 energy advice infrastructures and inequalities by Katherine Sugar. PPERC Edited Collection

“Nationally, shifting government priorities and limited long-term investment undermine the stability and coherence of energy advice provision. Locally, households experience the most immediate consequences”

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Check out Chapter 6 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' by @gfearn.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Chapter 6 political economics of energy transitions by Gareth Fearn. PPERC Edited Collection

“The extent to which the electricity sector can be expanded and simultaneously decarbonised will in large part determine whether we have an extended climate crisis or an epochal catastrophe…"

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Check out Chapter 3 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @uomseed.bsky.social

Chapter 3 Climate Policies and Energy Populism by Blin Berdoniqi. PPERC Edited Collection. "Environmental reforms are frequently perceived as top-down initiatives that prioritise decarbonation targets over local livelihoods and energy affordability. As a result, tensions persist..."

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Check out Chapter 5 of our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

"Energy crises are not just about energy systems –they are co-produced in national scale “non-energy” policy domains that are enmeshed within broader systems and structures of inequality and injustice, with spatially variable, localised impacts”

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Recommendation #5: Investing in the ‘One Stop Shop’ From our ‘PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: PPERC’s Local Power Plan Response’ policy briefing 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @gfearn.bsky.social @stefanb23.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social #energy

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Recommendation #4: Connecting the Local Plan From our ‘PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: PPERC’s Local Power Plan Response’ policy briefing 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @gfearn.bsky.social @stefanb23.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social #energy

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Recommendation #3: Developing Skills through Community Power From our ‘PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: PPERC’s Local Power Plan Response’ policy briefing 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @gfearn.bsky.social @stefanb23.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social #LLP

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Recommendation #2: Addressing Energy Poverty From our ‘PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: PPERC’s Local Power Plan Response’ policy briefing 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @gfearn.bsky.social @stefanb23.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Recommendations #1: Bringing Power to People From our ‘PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: PPERC’s Local Power Plan Response’ policy briefing 👉 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @gfearn.bsky.social @stefanb23.bsky.social @hannahcknox.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social #communityenergy #gbe

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Amidst rising energy bills, @pperc.bsky.social has published a response to the government's Local Power Plan. They argue that it must go further in addressing energy poverty and upskilling communities. 📝 Read the recommendations: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/l... #LocalPowerPlan #Research

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Manchester Researchers Respond to Local Power Plan

The Local Power Plan must go further in addressing energy poverty, argues The University of Manchester’s People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC).

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Local Power Plan aims to support 8GW of renewable power by 2030. The plan is backed by £1Billion of funding and is supported by Great British Energy (GBE) in partnership with mayoralties, local government and the electricity industry, particularly the distribution network operators.

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Local Power Plan is a much-needed intervention which could help improve the deployment & quality of local energy schemes. PPERC’s briefing sets out further ways in which the Local Power Plan can be improved, to maximise the potential of community energy, with concrete proposals on how to do so.

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Energy-related hardships faced by new refugees in England ✨NEW✨ blog 💻 urban-energy.org/2026/06/25/p... Research from Dr Manon Burbidge, with support from @stefanb23.bsky.social @drkarenlucas.bsky.social Saskia Warren @edrc-uk.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The CO2RE Project Cross-cutting research on the environmental, economic, social, cultural, ethical, legal and governance issues around Greenhouse Gas Removal. @drrobbellamy.bsky.social @a-laurie-waller.bsky.social @co2rehub.bsky.social

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Co-CREATE Project Developing and proposing – jointly with stakeholders – conditions for, and elements of, a possible governance framework for Solar Radiation Modification. @drrobbellamy.bsky.social

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The GENERATE Project Insights into the social, spatial, and political inequalities that drive energy-related injustices, and the struggles linked to the growth of new low-carbon energy production in disadvantaged regions and communities. @saskapetrova.bsky.social @giuliamininni.bsky.social

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Find out about some of the broader projects and centres associated with PPERC 👉 urban-energy.org/current-proj...

PPERC urban-energy.org > projects Generate

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

💡This week we partnered with the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk's DevoLab to explore how can mayors can support a just climate transition. @matpaterson.bsky.social discussed regional policy levers, locally owned assets and why community support is crucial for climate action. 👉 tinyurl.com/yuv96hrp

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IfG DevoLab #6: How can mayors support a just climate transition?

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🌡️ In a new piece for @theconversation.com, @iamsubina.bsky.social and @clairehoolohan.bsky.social show what the UK can learn from other countries to ensure buildings and community spaces are better equipped & how we can close the fast-developing 'cooling divide'. 👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/v9yyba9a

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📣 Newly revamped 👉 urban-energy.org with massive thanks to our research assistant Dr Manon Burbidge for restructuring and adding new content to the site, and Dr Katherine Sugar, our research co-ordinator, for taking on the ongoing management. 💡 Blogs 💡 Policy Work 💡 Papers 💡 Public Engagement

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🗨️Thoughts from @drrobbellamy.bsky.social, 'Energy and Participation' PPERC Theme Lead Rob is a Senior Lecturer in Geography @uomseed.bsky.social as well as Editor in Chief @dialoguescc.bsky.social. Read more about Rob's extensive work on climate change: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/r...

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The next JUST Centre newsletter is hitting your inbox this week! 📩 Don't miss our jam-packed round up of news, events, opportunities and expert analysis from across the centre. 👉 Subscribe now: just.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🏭 How is industrial energy demand changing and what does it mean for business? Join Jon Saltmarsh, Adesina Oluwatomi, Matthew Rhodes and Dr Imogen Rattle on 14 July, 2pm, to discuss challenges, opportunities and the transition to a cleaner future. Register: www.edrc.ac.uk/events/the-c...

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The Changing Shape of Energy Demand in Industry - Energy Demand Research Centre

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our Edited Collection brings together 15 interdisciplinary research contributions that articulate multiple points of convergence in how ongoing political and environmental emergencies are framed and contested. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... #energyjustice #energypoverty

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our Edited Collection sets out a shared intellectual position towards the enduring energy and climate crises that shape contemporary societies. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📣 Our edited collection 'Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections' 📺 @nannetteyoussef.bsky.social 's reflections 👉 youtu.be/wQWhcLUPZWk?... 📄 research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... @manchester.ac.uk, @edrc-uk.bsky.social, @justcentre.bsky.social Generate

PPERC Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections. Discussant Nannette Youssef Runnymede Trust

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🗨️Thoughts from Dr Yawei Zhao, 'Digitalisation and Energy' PPERC Theme Lead... Yawei is a Lecturer in Human Geography @uomseed.bsky.social. Yawei's research focuses on digital technologies and infrastructures in the urban context. 👉 Yawei's work: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/y...

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Massive thank you to everyone who attended our Launch Event yesterday! 🧡💡🧡 Thanks @nannetteyoussef.bsky.social & @peternewell.bsky.social for the excellent presentations! With Director @stefanb23.bsky.social Supported by: @uomseed.bsky.social @justcentre.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social

PPERC Members & Presenters at the PPERC Launch Event

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People, Place and Energy Research Centre (PPERC) @pperc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

💡Sneak preview of our forthcoming edited collection! Looking forward to @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @nannetteyoussef.bsky.social's reflections THIS THURSDAY 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pperc-laun... Plus @peternewell.bsky.social's lecture: 'The Political Economies of Fossil Fuel Phase Out'

People, Place and Energy Research Centre EDITED COLLECTION Navigating Persistent Energy and Climate Crises: Critical Reflections. June 2026 Manchester, UK. In association with The University of Manchester, Energy Demand Research Centre, Centre for Joined Up Sustainability Transformations & Generate

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