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Dr. Rachel Howell

Institution: University of Edinburgh
Theme: Transformations in Society and Environmental Policy
Department / group: School of Social and Political Science
Email: [email protected]
Institution URL: http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/rachel_howell
Personal URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel_Howell3
Google Scholar URL: Not available

Research interests:

Lower-carbon/sustainable lifestyles

Pro-environmental behaviour change

Energy-related social practices

Social movements for sustainability

Climate change communications and discourses

Perceptions of, and responses to, unconventional energy, energy demand reduction technologies and energy/climate change-related policies

Sustainability, mindfulness, and well-being

Education for sustainability

I am an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, interested in insights from many relevant disciplines (e.g. sociology, psychology, human geography, behavioural economics, science and technology studies, and environmental education). My research employs both qualitative and quantitative methods, often in combination.

Career history:

Present: Lecturer in Sociology/Sustainable Development, University of Edinburgh

Previous: PhD ‘Promoting Lower-Carbon Lifestyles’ (The University of Edinburgh)

Active research projects:

Not available

Recent publications:

Whitehead, M., R. Jones, R. Lilley, R. Howell, J. Pykett. (2018) Neuroliberalism: Cognition, context, and the geographical bounding of rationality. Progress in Human Geography, DOI: 10.1177/0309132518777624. Accepted version available here for those without journal access.

Howell, R.A. (2018) UK public beliefs about fracking and effects of knowledge on beliefs and support: A problem for shale gas policy. Energy Policy 113:721–730. Accepted version available here for those without journal access.

Howell, R.A. (2018) Carbon management at the household level: a definition of carbon literacy and three mechanisms that increase it. Carbon Management, 9(1):25-35. Accepted version available here for those without journal access.

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