Dr Noel Cass
- Position: Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour
- Areas of expertise: energy; climate change policy; mobility; sociology; politics; public engagement; social practices; transport; everyday life; buildings; socio-technical systems; qualitative methods
- Email: N.F.Cass@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7051
- Location: G.01, Institute for Transport Studies (34-40 University Road)
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Profile
I am a researcher focussing on the social and political aspects of energy systems and everyday life. I have researched areas including environmental audits of organisations, tourism and travel, everyday life and travel practices, public engagement with renewable energy technologies, the ethical implications of nuclear power and options for radioactive waste management, the social exclusion implications of transport policies on congestion and climate change, climate change policy in local authorities in the UK, the energy demands of the built environment, later focussing on office building designs, and the implications of changing office work practices. My research has also focussed on everyday travel, how it is demanded by the social practices in which people are invlved, and how how digital technologies can reduce transport-related social exclusion in the older population. My current position involved researching how the roll-out of Electric Vehicles can be more equitable, and a qualitative exploration of how and why some households consume high amounts of energy in the home and through travel. I am now researching e-cargo bike usage and niche public views of the Autonomous Vehicle Futures for the UK.
Student education
I do not teach.
Research groups and institutes
- Social and Political Sciences