Public attitudes

Projects

Watts Right: Distributional and Relational Impacts of Clean Energy Policy

This project aims to evaluate how different clean energy policy options affect prospective voters...

Publications

Review of Energy Policy 2025

Our flagship publication takes stock of energy policy in the UK, offering insights and commentary on key developments in the sector.

28 January 2026

Briefing paper

From Public Acceptance to Societal Responsiveness of Net Zero Infrastructures

This review suggests that alongside dominant public acceptance and societal acceptability perspectives, emerging social science understandings challenge the bulk of contemporary policy for net zero by emphasising the need for societal responsiveness, both in specific contexts and more systemically.

10 December 2025

Journal article

Socioeconomic Inequality in Low-carbon Technology Adoption

This paper explores socioeconomic inequality in low-carbon technology adoption and its underlying sources.

11 April 2025

Research report

Decarbonising Heat: Synthesis Report

This synthesis report brings together the findings of the last five years, in which UKERC’s independent analysis has delivered valuable insights into the diverse factors that need to be addressed in order to accelerate the decarbonisation of heat.

18 February 2025

Consultation response

Call for Evidence response: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee on ‘Unlocking community energy at scale’

UKERC welcomes this inquiry and the UK government’s ambition to achieve clean power by 2030, including 8GW of local and community-owned energy.

12 February 2025

Journal article

Rethinking retrofit: Relational insights for the design of residential energy efficiency policy

This research develops an alternative ‘relational’ framing to re-examine the assumptions surrounding the retrofit ‘customer journey’ and the accompanying policy framework. In doing so, the study draws on three United Kingdom (UK) case studies, exploring the customer journey of households self-funding renovations and retrofit through semi-structured interviews.

22 January 2025

Journal article

Under one roof: The social relations and relational work of energy retrofit for the occupants of multi-owned properties

This research underscores the significance of social relations in environmental retrofit projects, as well as suggesting a re-evaluation of policy frameworks to accommodate the social intricacies inherent in Multi-Owned Properties, thereby fostering a more conducive environment for achieving net zero targets.

22 July 2024

News

Article

UKERC Director Rob Gross Delivers Keynote at Foresighting Forum 2026

Rob delivered his keynote in a session on maintaining the energy transition during a cost-of-living...

04 March 2026

Article

From Public Acceptance to Societal Responsiveness of Net Zero Infrastructures

This blog explores why people-centered, whole-systems approaches can be challenging, but also...

10 December 2025

Article

New Research sees Policymakers and Academics Unite to Map 2050 Net Zero Scenarios

In a first of its kind collaboration, new research published in Nature Energy has embedded...

21 November 2025

Article

The Talking Energy Podcast: Changing the Dynamic on Consumer Affordability with Laura Sandys

In this episode, we welcome former MP and long-term energy campaigner Laura Sandys to the podcast.

15 October 2025

Article

UKERC Responds to Energy Security and Net Zero Committee call for evidence on ‘Unlocking community energy at scale’

UKERC welcomes this inquiry and the UK government’s ambition to achieve clean power by 2030,...

12 February 2025