Professor Janette Webb FRSE
Professor of Sociology of Organisations, University of Edinburgh
Janette Webb MBE is Professorial Fellow, Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on societal responses to climate crisis, and the tight coupling between modern societies and fossil fuels across sectors and scales, from global finance to governments to low-income households. She is currently Co-Director of UK Energy Research Centre, leading multi-disciplinary research on the potential of integrated local and regional energy systems to improve ‘whole system’ resilience, affordability and efficiency. She has long standing interest in policy and practice for decarbonising heat in buildings and the role of local government in energy provisions. She is a member of Ofgem/Innovate UK Strategic Innovation Fund expert panel on Whole Systems Integration and Scottish Science Advisory Council Energy Group. She was a member of Scottish Power Energy Networks Customer Engagement Group, 2020-22, challenging business planning for the Ofgem distribution network price control, 2023-28. She was formerly a member of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland (2019-20) and Non-Executive Director NHS Health Scotland (2003-11), where she was also founder member of NHS Scotland Public Health and Sustainability Network. She played a leading role in development and launch of the University of Edinburgh multi-disciplinary MA Honours Degree in Sustainable Development.
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Resources
Jan Webb and Professor Becky Lunn explore the future of domestic energy to achieve our net-zero ambitions.
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Advice Papers
The urgent need for collaborative, technology-driven, and socially just climate action in the UK towards a sustainable future.
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Advice Papers
The challenges posed by climate change require unprecedented changes in our society and economy. This will necessarily require higher levels of social consent than are available in the current context. We welcome the work we describe above by Scottish Government, civil society and others to increase participation in decision making around climate change in both […]
