Janette Webb MBE FRSE FEI is Edinburgh University Professorial Fellow in Social Studies of Energy. She is a former UKERC Co-director (2019-2024), leading multi-disciplinary research on Local and Regional Energy Systems, clean heat in buildings and local authority energy initiatives.
She is now a UKERC Co-investigator (2024-2029) studying the interface between Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs) and clean heat planning. She has published widely in academic journals and energy and climate policy reports. Her research contributes to policy and practice through advisory roles with UK DESNZ, Ofgem/Innovate UK and Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN).
She recently served as member of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland and as member of the Scottish government panel to review the Definition of Fuel Poverty and recommend any changes. In 2020, she was awarded MBE for services to the energy transition in the UK. In 2023, she was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), based on contribution to establishing an international field of knowledge in social studies of energy and its integration into engineering-led energy research and innovation.