Author Archives: Simone Gristwood

Social practices, energy demand and time use data –methodological lessons from DEMAND, 17 October 2014

Posted on October 17, 2014

This workshop provided an opportunity to present, share and discuss some of the analysis techniques developed and data challenges encountered in DEMAND so far and to bring together others working on energy, mobility and Time Use data. Results and data challenges from these analyses were presented to provoke discussion on the main advantages and challenges of using Time Use data to investigate…

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Using the Laws of Thermodynamics to inform social science research: An engineer’s perspective. Paul Gilbert

Posted on October 16, 2014

Last year, Paul Gilbert, from Manchester University Tyndall Centre, asked Elizabeth about how DEMAND was conceptualising energy. Elizabeth had no real idea how to reply. (more…)

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Talk: Fuel poverty and necessary energy services; What’s essential for a decent life? Neil Simcock, Rosie Day, Gordon Walker

Posted on October 15, 2014

Presentation given at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 27-29 August 2014. (more…)

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Talk: The politics of energy provisioning: sociotechnical arrangements, inclusion and inequality, Gordon Walker, Neil Simcock, Rosie Day

Posted on October 14, 2014

Presentation given at the EASST Conference, Torun, Poland, 17-19 September 2014.

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Talk: Geovisualising timeuse data to understand the timing and flexibility of social practices and energy demand in UK cities, Richard Hanna, Corelia Baibarac & Godwin Yeboah

Posted on September 29, 2014

Abstract for presentation at the International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR), Åbo Akademi University, University of Turku, Finland, 30 July - 1 August 2014. (more…)

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