Introduction
Dr Harriet Thomson is an award-winning interdisciplinary academic with world leading expertise in energy poverty. Her research interests broadly concern the role of public policy and policymaking processes, structural inequalities in the distribution of housing and access to affordable and clean forms of energy, health and wellbeing outcomes, and indicators for measuring the complex realities of energy poverty.
Conducting transformative policy-relevant research and doing so in a participatory and holistic manner are core elements of Harriet's research ethos. To achieve this, she has consistently worked across disciplines and sectors to forge collaborations and international networks, comprising policymakers, regulators, local communities, and other key stakeholders. These efforts have resulted in several active international consortium projects in Europe and across Latin America, and to date Harriet has been awarded in excess of £2.9 million in research funding from the European Commission, British Council, GCRF, and other sources.
Harriet's research outputs have been used to influence the framing of policy approaches to address energy poverty worldwide, including the European Commission’s Clean Energy for all Europeans package, and more recently, the launch of a monitoring observatory in Mexico.
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Dr Harriet Thomson is an award-winning interdisciplinary academic with world leading expertise in energy poverty. Her research interests broadly concern the role of public policy and policymaking processes, structural inequalities in the distribution of housing and access to affordable and clean forms of energy, health and wellbeing outcomes, and indicators for measuring the complex realities of energy poverty.
Conducting transformative policy-relevant research and doing so in a participatory and holistic manner are core elements of Harriet's research ethos. To achieve this, she has consistently worked across disciplines and sectors to forge collaborations and international networks, comprising policymakers, regulators, local communities, and other key stakeholders. These efforts have resulted in several active international consortium projects in Europe and across Latin America, and to date Harriet has been awarded in excess of £2.9 million in research funding from the European Commission, British Council, GCRF, and other sources. Harriet's research outputs have been used to influence the framing of policy approaches to address energy poverty worldwide, including the European Commission’s Clean Energy for all Europeans package, and more recently, the launch of a monitoring observatory in Mexico.
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change, Gender equality, Health and wellbeing, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Infrastructure, Participation, Policy design and delivery, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Urban development