Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
Public engagement with climate change, and support for policies to tackle it, is critical in creating a climate-proof Europe. While attitudes to climate change have been well documented in individual European countries, ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Cardiff University
The project directly addresses the question by conducting surveys of public opinion and analyzing the sociopolitical context in European countries regarding climate change and energy preferences.
Evidence suggests that we will need to change our travel habits and practices radically if we are to reduce the carbon emissions from transport to meet government and international targets. Technological developments suc...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project explores how disruptions in everyday life can lead to more permanent carbon-reducing changes in travel practices, which partially addresses the question.
The Centre for Climate Change Transformations (C3T) will be a global hub for understanding the profound changes required to address climate change. At its core, is a fundamental question of enormous social significance: ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bath
The project focuses on transforming travel practices and identifying routes to achieving lasting change, which partially addresses the question.