Place Theme - Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)

Start date: 1 July 2023
End date: 1 July 2028
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Value: £15,000,000
Partners and collaborators: EDRC is led by Sussex and Newcastle universities, partners include Cardiff, Edinburgh, Imperial College, Lancaster, UCL, Manchester, Reading, Strathclyde and Surrey universities
External primary investigator: Prof Mari Martiskainen (Sussex) and Prof Sara Walker (Newcastle)
Co-investigators:
Place theme lead:
Prof Greg Marsden
Place theme Co-Is:
Prof Peter Taylor, Dr Malcolm Morgan
External co-investigators:
Place theme external Co-Is:
Prof Stefan Bouzarovski (Manchester), Dr Faye Wade (Edinburgh), Dr Donal Brown (Sussex)

The Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) aims to inform and inspire energy demand reductions that support an affordable, comfortable and secure Net Zero society. Collaborating with partners across policy, industry, civil society and academia, EDRC will deliver a world-leading transformative and interdisciplinary research programme that identifies and shapes evidence-based energy demand solutions for a sustainable and more equitable future. The Energy Demand Research Centre is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council

The Place theme seeks to build a new approach to place-based approaches and policy making which provides actionable insights, tools and processes which enable an acceleration of the Net Zero transition.