All Outputs (21)

Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given the urgency of the transition to net-zero, there is a need for a robust evidence base to support green policy interventions. Intelligence in relation to green jobs, however, is partial and fragmented, partially due to the lack of an internation... Read More about Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit?.

Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework (2024)
Journal Article

This study explores how social enterprises create social and economic value through business models that support ex-offenders. The work was motivated by a request for help from an entrepreneur wishing to establish a business that supports ex-offender... Read More about Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework.

What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area? (2024)
Report

This research uses microdata to analyse labour market and wage dynamics across the Western Gateway Area (WGA) and its constituent parts. It compares the performance of the WGA with national ‘control’ averages. The report covers the period 2004 to 20... Read More about What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area?.

Exploring the prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise leaders with strong bigger-than-self value orientation (2023)
Journal Article

This paper reports on a quantitative study of prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders. Existing research indicates that value orientation impacts propensity for pro-environmental behaviours. However, as... Read More about Exploring the prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise leaders with strong bigger-than-self value orientation.

Reassessing the multiple values of lowland British floodplains (2022)
Journal Article

Ecosystem services provided by lowland British floodplains respectively under semi-natural conditions and converted for intensive maize production were assessed. Floodplains across lowland Britain have been extensively disconnected from river channel... Read More about Reassessing the multiple values of lowland British floodplains.

An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development (2021)
Journal Article

The institutional setting within which consumption and production occurs has profound influence on preferences and forms of production, and substantially shapes resource throughput of economies, pollution and land use. Institutional economics is argu... Read More about An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development.

COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs (2021)
Journal Article

Economic policies tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater and deeper social cohesion and local social support networks while hi... Read More about COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs.

Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses (2021)
Report

This study arose out of a three-year longitudinal study exploring the values held by community business leaders and how these values impact on the financial and social sustainability of their businesses. The final wave of interviews with leaders took... Read More about Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses.

An institutional economics framework to explore sustainable production and consumption (2021)
Journal Article

Although policy actions are being taken by many governments around the world on sustainable development, the application of institutional economics to sustainable development is still in its infancy. In the literature, there are a wide range of insti... Read More about An institutional economics framework to explore sustainable production and consumption.

Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities (2021)
Journal Article

The financial well-being of the charity sector has important social implications. Numerous studies have analysed whether the concentration of income in a few sources increases financial vulnerability. However, few studies have systematically consider... Read More about Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities.

A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents a framework to enable case study analysis of sustainable development from business models innovation. Increasing economic development can give rise to trade-offs between economic growth and... Read More about A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models.

Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Economics is a critical subject for the integration of sustainable development into curriculum given the discipline's influence in shaping social metabolism of societies, inequality, environmental impacts and wellbeing. There are... Read More about Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers.

Financial incentive approaches for reducing peak electricity demand, experience from pilot trials with a UK energy provider (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Whilst tariff-based approaches to load-shifting are common in the residential sector, incentive-based approaches are rare. This is so, even though providing customers incentives to shape their power consumption patterns has substa... Read More about Financial incentive approaches for reducing peak electricity demand, experience from pilot trials with a UK energy provider.

Financial resilience in charities v.2 (2016)
Report

Document submitted to the Select Committee on Charities; House of Lords. 30th September 2016

Motivating energy conservation in organisations: smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This study presents results from a smart metering intervention that provided detailed individual desk-based energy feedback to help individuals reduce energy in an organisation. Although the intervention was based on the st... Read More about Motivating energy conservation in organisations: smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms.

Environmental impacts of food retail: A framework method and case application (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The food retail sector is the gatekeeper between consumers and producers and has substantial influence on consumption and production choices via procurement and provision decisions. Food provision and consumption systems embody h... Read More about Environmental impacts of food retail: A framework method and case application.

The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications (2013)
Journal Article

Meeting near future UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets will require all parts of the UK economy to contribute, and in particular significant changes in business practices are required at the local level. From review it was found that there is... Read More about The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications.

A review of the costs and benefits of demand response for electricity in the UK (2013)
Journal Article

The recent policy discussion in the UK on the economic case for demand response (DR) calls for a reflection on available evidence regarding its costs and benefits. Existing studies tend to consider the size of investments and returns of certain forms... Read More about A review of the costs and benefits of demand response for electricity in the UK.

Accounting for food waste: Comparative analysis within the UK (2009)
Journal Article

Meeting UK targets for waste reduction will require careful planning and informed investment in infrastructure. An essential prerequisite for both is the availability of robust waste data. This paper compares four methods for estimating food waste in... Read More about Accounting for food waste: Comparative analysis within the UK.

Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK (2007)
Journal Article

The UK Climate Change Bill proposes to establish legally binding targets for a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. This paper discusses the challenges posed by measuring progress towards this target. It takes as a premise that the conv... Read More about Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK.