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Dr Jo Hamilton
Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Impact Fellow
J.Hamilton3@exeter.ac.uk
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Amory Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ , UK
Overview
My research focuses on climate change engagement and energy transitions, the role of civil society organisations in energy transitions, and psycho-social and emotional dimensions of energy and climate justice.
I combine lecturing with postdoctoral positions, currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Impact Fellow with the ACCESS (Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environmental Science) project. My recent research has focused on justice and engagement aspects of industrial decarbonisation through the Net Zero Sense of Place and Delivering a place-based just transition in industrial clusters projects.
Broad research specialisms:
- Public engagement with climate change and energy transitions
- Community-scale approaches to sustainability and energy
- Emotional and psycho-social aspects of climate and energy justice
- Qualitative research methods
Qualifications
PhD Human Geography Title: Emotional Methodologies for Climate Change Action: towards an understanding of emotion in CSO (Civil Society Organisation)- public engagements.
MSc Architecture: Advanced Energy and Environment Studies.
BA Hons: English literature and social anthropology.
Research
Research interests
My research interests encompass engagement with energy and climate change, and the emotional and psycho-social aspects of climate and energy justice.
Engagement with energy and climate change research has included:
- the roles of community-led energy and climate change projects in local energy governance
- the role of engagement with host communities in plans for industrial decarbonisation as part of the Net Zero Sense of Place projec
- evaluating energy engagement tools as part of the EnergyRev project [User Influence Tools (energyrev.org.uk) ]
- developing local scenario narratives of transitions to net zero and energy justice, as part of the NetZero Communities project, which contributed to the National Grid’s Net zero community guide .
- action research to co-produce and trial participatory monitoring and evaluation tools for community energy and climate change groups in the UK.
Research on the emotional and psycho-social aspects of climate and energy justice has included PhD research on the emotional dimensions of climate change, mapping a range of approaches which enable acknowledgement and processing of emotions associated with climate change and how participating in these approaches contributes to emotional reflexivity, which in turn can contribute to sustaining an active engagement with climate change mitigation.
Publications
Journal articles
Chapters
Teaching
ModulesGEO1309: Study Skills for Human Geographers
GEO1310: Geographies of Environment and Sustainability
GEO2465: Doing Human Geography Research
GEO2322C: Nature, Environment and Sustainability Field Course
GEO3311: BA Dissertation
Modules
2024/25
Office Hours:
Term 3: Tuesdays 1-2pm, Thursdays 1-2pm.
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