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Research on lifestyle, values and energy consumption (RESOLVE)

Reference Number
RES-152-25-1004
Title
Research on lifestyle, values and energy consumption (RESOLVE)
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Psychology)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)
Principal Investigator
Professor T Jackson
Centre for Environmental Strategy
University of Surrey
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
ESRC
Start Date
02 May 2006
End Date
01 May 2011
Duration
60 months
Total Grant Value
£2,990,298
Industrial Sectors
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region
South East
Programme
ESRC Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Professor T Jackson, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
Other Investigator
Dr K Burningham, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
Professor G Cooper, Sociology, University of Surrey
Dr S Cowell, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey
Dr B Gatersleben, Psychology, University of Surrey
Dr Green, Sociology, University of Surrey
Professor L Hunt, Economics, University of Surrey
Professor D Uzzell, Psychology, University of Surrey
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Objectives
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Abstract
The overall aim of RESOLVE is to develop a robust understanding of the links between lifestyle, societal values and environment. In particular, RESOLVE will work to provide robust, evidence-based advice to policy-makers in the UK and elsewhere who are seeking to understand and to influence the behaviours and practices of ‘energy consumers’. Specific objectives of RESOLVE are: to explore material, economic, psychological, sociological and cultural accounts of the relationshipbetweenmodern lifestyles and the environment; to develop theoretical and empirical understandings of the potential for long-term lifestyle change in moving towards a sustainable energy economy; to understand the economic, social and psychological implications of a technological transition to a sustainableenergy economy; to develop an empirical ‘evidence base’ for effective policy intervention in energy-related behaviours and practices; to engage effectively with policy-makers, opinion-formers and the media in developing and communicating this new body of research. The work programme is structured around three inter-woven intellectual strands: energy and carbon 'mapping' (V1),social psychological influences (V2), and socio-cultural understandings (V3) of lifestyles. These three ‘vertical’ strands are informed and supported by two (horizontal) cross-cutting themes – on energy lifestyle scenarios (H1) and on policy and governance (H2).
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03/11/09