Socio-Economics

Related UKRI funded projects

• Sustainability Assessment of Nuclear Power: An Integrated Approach (SPRIng)

  The early years of the 21st century have seen energy policy return to the political agenda both in the UK and internationally. Growing concerns about environmental, economic and social issues associated with energy produ...

  Funded by: EPSRC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project focuses on sustainability assessment of nuclear power, which aligns with the question about understanding the value and legacy of the UK's civil nuclear heritage.

• ECOSENS: Economic and Social Considerations for the Future of Nuclear Energy in Society

  Using a deliberative approach, ECOSENS will analyse citizens’ views and risk perceptions, benefits and potentials of current and new nuclear technologiesin the context of majorsocietal challenges(climate crisis,sustainab...

  Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project ECOSENS specifically focuses on economic and social considerations for the future of nuclear energy, analyzing citizens' views and societal challenges related to nuclear technologies, making it highly relevant to understanding the value and long-term legacy of the UK's civil nuclear heritage.

• TRANSCEND: Transformative Science and Engineering for Nuclear Decommissioning

  UK government is committed to nuclear energy having an important role in delivering a secure, low-carbon and affordable energy future, with their aspirations for new build power stations and life extension of the existin...

  Funded by: EPSRC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project focuses on transformative science and engineering for nuclear decommissioning, directly related to the UK's civil nuclear heritage and decommissioning mission.

• Nuclear Futures - a seminar series to re-make sociotechnical research agendas

  Geological disposal (GD) of radioactive waste, in deep underground repositories, was first proposed in the US in the '50s yet rarely has final disposal of waste been at the forefront of government and industry concerns. ...

  Funded by: ESRC

• JUNO: A Network for Japan - UK Nuclear Opportunities

  The UK and Japan have a long established co-operation in the field of civil nuclear energy, originating in the 1960s. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, on 11 March 2011, leading to partial melt down of three boi...

  Funded by: EPSRC

• Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories (DISTINCTIVE)

  The UK Government, through its most recent Energy White Paper, remains committed to Nuclear Power as an important part of the energy generation capacity over the next 30 - 50 years, and possibly beyond. The recently publ...

  Funded by: EPSRC

• Radiation, radioactivity and your local environment

  Radiation and radioactivity are a mystery at the centre of nuclear physics ever since the creation of this field of physics. It is one of the fields of science where breathtaking discoveries and leaps of creativity unloc...

  Funded by: STFC

• Atomic Bombay: Public Representations and Perceptions of Nuclear Issues in India / Atomic Comics

  The Research Leave will be used to complete additional research for publication of a monograph, Atomic Bombay, and for the publication of a journal article 'Atomic Comics' based on translation and analyses of 160 childre...

  Funded by: AHRC

• Mimesis in action: nuclear decommissioning as conceptual playground for societal and ecological future making

  This interdisciplinary project is an inquiry into the assumptions people make when they try to prepare for the future in a context of uncertainty. The context we explore is nuclear decommissioning, which is full of unkno...

  Funded by: ESRC

• Nuclear Spaces: Communities, Materialities and Locations of Nuclear Cultural Heritage (NuSPACES)

  Nuclear cultural heritage is a fast-growing field in many European countries due to nuclear decommissioning and its impact on local communities, and the challenge of safeguarding nuclear waste and protecting future gener...

  Funded by: AHRC