Rebecca Elliott

Rebecca Elliott is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at LSE and Research Associate at the Centre for the Analysis of Risk Regulation. Background Rebecca’s work explores the intersection of climate change … read more »


Dominick Spracklen

Dominick is Professor of Biopshere-Atmosphere Intearctions at the University of Leeds. He was awarded a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Advanced Fellow between 2009 and 2014, and in 2016, was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Award. Dominick currently holds a European Research Council Consolidator Fellowship (2018-2023) to study the impacts of tropical deforestation on regional climate. Research interests […]


Giulio Mattioli

Dr. Giulio Mattioli researches in the interdisciplinary area of Transport Studies. His research examines the multiple ways in which transport systems are locked into high (and increasing) levels of energy consumption and carbon emissions. He is specifically interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of car dependence, its social drivers and consequences, notably in terms of […]


Kate Bayliss

Kate is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, working in association with the Living Well Within Limits project, and is also a Research Fellow in Development Economics at SOAS, University of London.


Lea Berrang-Ford

Lea was appointed as Priestley Chair in Climate and Health in August 2017 and works across the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences and the School of Earth and Environment. She will work to better understand how we can adjust existing health and social systems to be more climate-resilient. She is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair at […]


James Ford

James is a Chair in Climate Change Adaptation at the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds. His research takes place at the interface between climate and society, and he is particularly interested in climate change vulnerability and adaptation. He leads a diversity of initiatives in this area, including projects focusing on […]


Abhijit Datey

Abhijit is Assistant Professor at TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), New Delhi, India. He contributes to the Urban Development and Management (UDM) programme of the Department of Energy and Environment. He teaches subjects related to Urban Housing, Real Estate, Finance and Governance. Abhijit is an Architect, Urban Planner with a specialisation in housing […]


Martin Dallimer

Martin is Associate Professor in Environmental Change within the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds. He is interested in applying and integrating research techniques from across different disciplines to better understand the sustainable management of natural environments, biodiversity and ecosystems in a human-dominated world. Currently, his research falls into three broad areas: Biodiversity conservation […]


Astrid Kause

Astrid studies human judgements and decisions related to climate change. This includes how individuals perceive climate change – in particular the factors shaping their understanding of (uncertain) scientific evidence.  She also explores mechanisms of pro-environmental behaviours. Inspired by the ecological rationality-framework from the field of decision sciences, Astrid’s research goal is to improve the intuitive design of decision environments: […]


Caroline Ward

Caroline joined SRI in 2014 to complete a PhD titled “How does protected area governance affect access to ecosystem services and local livelihoods? Insights from Madagascar”. Caroline is currently working with Professor Lindsay Stringer as part of the “Enhancing the benefits of tropical peatland restoration for supporting local communities and ecosystem processes” project, led by […]