Author Archives: Simone Gristwood

School holiday shakeup brings unintended consequences

Posted on October 24, 2013

By Allison Hui, Lancaster University; Elizabeth Shove, Lancaster University, and Gordon Walker, Lancaster University Originally published in (more…)

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Reading Group: 22 October 2013

Posted on October 24, 2013

We discussed a draft of ‘What is energy for? Social practice and energy demand’ by Elizabeth and Gordon, currently submitted to theory, culture and society.  (more…)

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Home heating: Technologies, practices and prospects. Matt Lipson

Posted on October 21, 2013

Home heating accounts for a significant proportion of energy use in the UK. In this talk, Matt discussed options and possibilities for home heating, now and in the future.

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Interview with Elizabeth Shove

Posted on October 3, 2013

Professor Elizabeth Shove, Co-Director of DEMAND and Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, gave a seminar on “The Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand” on Wednesday 9th October 2013. Organised by Tyndall Manchester. Professor Shove will “introduce some of the core ideas that underpin the DEMAND Research Centre. The Centre is designed to tackle fundamental questions about…

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Reading Group: 2 October 2013

Posted on October 3, 2013

The second virtual reading group went well with 4 people in Lancaster and 5 on Skype. Some technical teething problems aside, we managed to have a good discussion of the reading 'Energy and the Evolution of Culture' by Leslie A. White.   (more…)

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