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Stefan Bouzarovski

@stefanb23.bsky.social

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Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester. Into fighting urban injustice, researching energy/climate inequalities & network governance

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Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · 1d

Join us in Brussels/online next week (registration closes soon, see below) for an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and policy-focused discussion on how to build inclusive and progressive energy futures in Europe and beyond ....

IEECP @ieecp.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 Save the Date! 🗓️ We are glad to present: "Please Look Up: What does our energy & climate future look like?" 🌍💡

Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!

Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · 4d

We recently launched an #energyequity campaign within @edrc-uk.bsky.social - see below for the launch webinar link. Key messages focus on the benefits that #energyjustice brings, and the need for inclusive #energytransition framings. #energysky

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · 15d

We’re launching the EDRC Energy Equity Campaign sharing 6 high-level messages on equity in the energy system, grounded in evidence from our research. Watch the launch webinar & join the conversation on shaping a fairer energy future: youtu.be/BDLmZdKZ6iY

Talking home energy injustice: rethinking the language of inequality

YouTube video by Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · 15d

We’re launching the EDRC Energy Equity Campaign sharing 6 high-level messages on equity in the energy system, grounded in evidence from our research. Watch the launch webinar & join the conversation on shaping a fairer energy future: youtu.be/BDLmZdKZ6iY

Talking home energy injustice: rethinking the language of inequality

YouTube video by Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Juan Cole, Stefan Bouzarovski , and 1 more Julie L. Lockwood, Juan Cole, Stefan Bouzarovski, Andréas Nilsson

Ember @ember-energy.org · Aug 29

Wind and solar are the perfect renewable power pairing in Britain💨 ☀️

98% of the time, it is either windy or sunny. Particularly windy days are often cloudier, while very sunny days are usually calmer.

A match made in… Britain! 🤝

https://loom.ly/-pzxBgQ

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · Aug 25

The piece calls for a grown-up conversation on climate. Let’s start here:

There’s a difference between “we can’t create a truly ecological civilization under capitalism” (true!) and “everything is a lie, we’re doomed, nothing we can do in the next decade is worthwhile” (false!)

Reposted by Kjeld Schmidt, Stefan Bouzarovski

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · Aug 14

Why are we calling the Trump-Pu meeting a "summit", but the Trump-Ze meeting was just a meeting? Ru isn't a great power and can't achieve its goals. Let's stop feeding their delusions of grandeur.

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Neelke Wagner @neelke.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨Heute: Anhörung im EP zur unrühmlichen Rolle der fossilen Konzerne in der Energiepreiskrise 🚨
Möglich gemacht durch erfolgreiche Petitionen der Koalition "Fossil Free Politics" (@powershift.bsky.social ist auch dabei)
ab 14:30 Uhr hier:
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Committee on Petitions - Multimedia Centre

Committee on Petitions

multimedia.europarl.europa.eu

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · Dec 2

New #OpenAccess paper in The GJ:

'The determinants of double energy vulnerability: A geospatial analysis' by @stefanb23.bsky.social et al.

This paper investigates spatial & social disparities in access to energy & transport services in the UK.

doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geo #geosky

The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

This paper investigates spatial and social disparities in access to energy and transport services in the UK, focusing on ‘double energy vulnerability’ (DEV). Using census and survey data, multi-dimen...

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · Nov 22

The FINAL installment of “Field Notes: Repair" is out now, featuring dispatches from people studying, thinking about & enacting repair around the world.

The aim is to open windows into repair — entry points where such work is catalyzed & planetary responsibility becomes shared.

Browse the series:

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Dec 16

Sevenans et al. in EJPR: "our study shows that – whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower- and higher-income groups – politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues."

doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Are poor people poorly heard?

A growing body of literature shows that the preferences of poorer groups in society are less well represented than the preferences of the rich. This paper scrutinises one possible explanation of ineq....

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Paul Lehmann @plehmann.bsky.social · Feb 7

"Energy transitions exhibit an ambiguous influence on energy poverty. In the countries heavily impacted by energy poverty, energy transitions have a mitigating role." By @stefanb23.bsky.social and colleagues. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Impact of energy transitions on energy poverty in the European Union

While there is a consensus on the importance of energy transitions for achieving a zero-carbon economy, concerns about unfavorable social impacts on m…

www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

IEECP @ieecp.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 Save the Date! 🗓️ We are glad to present: "Please Look Up: What does our energy & climate future look like?" 🌍💡

Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!

Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

George Smeeton @gsmeeton.bsky.social · Jul 10

Over a million 'energy-insecure' UK homes have been built in decade since previous government controversially decided to ditch energy efficiency rules that would have enabled new homes to avoid expensive gas bills:

www.businessgreen.com/news/4516130...

'This could have been avoided': 1.3 million 'energy-insecure' UK homes built since 2015

Since the Zero Carbon Homes Standard was ditched in 2015, more than a million UK homes have been built with fossil gas heating and insufficient insulation levels, ECIU claims

www.businessgreen.com

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Jul 4

'Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Prof Mari Martiskainen @martiskainen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Let's challenge terms like "the energy poor" & call out broken system that causes inequities. New paper in @natenergy.nature.com led by @stefanb23.bsky.social w. @kcedano.bsky.social @lld8.bsky.social Tony Reames & Neil Simcock. 1/4

#energysky 🔌💡

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · Jun 16

The WSJ didn't include the reason in their headline. Must not have had space. I fixed it.

Original headline: Your electric bill is rising faster than inflation. Here's why. Addition: Natural gas prices.

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Jun 13

🏡 Who gets energy advice, and who misses out? New research by @stefanb23.bsky.social, Lilia Karpinska, Katherine Sugar and Sławomir Śmiech maps 131 providers across England, revealing major gaps in support. More inclusive, joined-up services are needed.
👉 tinyurl.com/3e6c2p5s

Networked, fragmented, unequal: The emergent landscape of home energy advice provision in England - Energy Demand Research Centre

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thank you to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social for hosting me at the ‘Environment, Society and Politics’ conference last month. An opportunity to discuss the spectre of right-wing populism re: #justtransitions (and visit a neighbourhood sauna in new-build housing!)

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Ed Porter @edporter.bsky.social · May 25

It’s windy with >11GW
It’s sunny with >8GW

(But nowhere near record-breaking for either)

Demand is low at 19.3GW

And we’ve got negative prices for consecutive hours, meaning some CfDs won’t be paid out.

A chance for GB consumers to experience some very low pricing

It’s windy with >11GW
It’s sunny with >8GW

(But nowhere near record-breaking for either)

Demand is low at 19.3GW

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · May 19

A new report looks at the relationship between climate change and systemic racism.

Only by profiling voices at the heart of the crisis can we create climate policy that actually works 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/a-vision-for-climate-justice-a-report-from-the-appg-on-race-and-community

A vision for climate justice: a report from the APPG on Race and Community

A report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community, investigating the relationship between the climate emergency and systemic racism

www.runnymedetrust.org

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

Dr. Sharon Homer-Drummond @shomerdrummond.bsky.social · May 7

Researchers losing their grants are collaborating to make sense out of chaos. grant-watch.us

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski, Ezra Rosser

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thank you 🙏🙈 and many congratulations to the others!

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski, Paula Kivimaa

Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · Mar 25

We know energy transitions are disruptive. Mainstream models represent smooth lines - renewables going up, fossil fuels going down. How then should we think about the disruptive qualities of energy transitions? @manchestersci.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski, Giovanna Mascheroni

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Mar 15

AI in education is:

- A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities
- Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future"
- Often not actually "AI" ...

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · Mar 7

Do you not see a problem with the stigmatising and derogatory language used in the paper? Or the statement (using questionable evidence) that chippies are a 'marker of low educational attainment'? All this against a background of long-standing epistemic violence against working-class people/places.

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · Mar 6

I wouldn’t have commented on it without having read it. I think the paper should be withdrawn and an apology issued.

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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · Mar 3

Narrator from the future: it didn’t

Ohio to spend $195M to ease I-75 congestion in Greater Cincinnati

Interstate 75 traffic gets snarled. Ohio is working on solutions.

www.cincinnati.com

Reposted by Stefan Bouzarovski

David Roberts @volts.wtf · Mar 3

This will probably get the least attention of all Trump's moves, but it is, in the fullness of history, the most monstrous & genocidal.

How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy

President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

www.nytimes.com

Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanb23.bsky.social · Mar 1

If someone wants to write a response to this nonsense, I have a suggestion for the graphical abstract