Professor Aimee Ambrose FRSA, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD
Professor of Energy Policy
Summary
I am a Professor of Energy Policy in CRESR. I have a background in a mixture of social science and the built environment and my research is concerned with how energy and climate related policy (particularly relating to domestic carbon reduction) impacts lived experience in often unanticipated ways and I use non-traditional qualitative methods to explore this. I am well known in my field and work internationally and currently collaborate with, amongst others, academics in Sweden, Romania, Finland and Australia. I also aim to use my research to effect positive changes to relevant areas of policy and practice. I have led more than 30 research projects and have authored over 30 peer reviewed articles in my area of expertise. I currently lead four main programmes of work, relating to: social and cultural responses to heating change, high consumption, decarbonising off grid homes and I am also working on a book entitled ‘Was the Past More Sustainable?’
About
My research seeks to understand the (un)intended impacts of energy policies on everyday life and how they vary between different social groups, places and between different household members. I use these insights to promote more just and inclusive energy and climate policy that is responsive to diverse lived experiences.
To this end, I use ethnographic methods such as oral history and walking methods to enable deeper understanding of the social and cultural challenges associated with domestic energy transitions and carbon reduction.
I work internationally and collaborate with partners in Sweden, Finland, Romania, Australia and New Zealand. I also work with policy makers and policy influencers to embed the new knowledge I create. Reflecting my commitment to knowledge exchange and academic citizenship, I co-founded the Fuel Poverty 香蕉视频 Network (FPRN), an international research funding and knowledge exchange charity in 2016 and from 2017, helped establish the Technology Collaboration Programme on hard to reach energy users by the International Energy Agency. I now co-lead the Fuel Poverty Evidence project which seeks to fast-track academic evidence on fuel poverty and allied topics into policy decision making.
I am currently leading four main programmes of work:
- Justheat: A social and cultural history of home heating (funded by the Collaboration of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe -CHANSE)
- High consumers: understanding factors that drive and perpetuate over consumption (various funders including the South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre).
- Decarbonising off grid communities: Finding viable solutions to decarbonise off grid homes that are also acceptable to occupants (funded by the Energy Innovation Centre).
- Was the Past More Sustainable? An exploration of what the past can teach us about how to achieve an environmentally sustainable and fairer future (funded by the South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre).
香蕉视频 interests
- lived experience of energy and climate policy
- domestic energy efficiency
- citizen engagement with energy policy
- lived experiences of fuel poverty and policy responses
- non-traditional qualitative research methods
- energy inefficiency in private rented sector housing.
香蕉视频
- Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频
2023-2024 Was the Past More Sustainable? South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre. Role: Member of research team.
2023-2024 Decarbonisation solutions for off grid communities, Northern Gas Network, Northern Powergrid, Energy Innovation Centre.Role: Project Director.
2022-2026 South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre, 香蕉视频 England. Role: Member of research team.
2022-2026 UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE 2), ESRC, (with University of Glasgow and others).Role: Co-Investigator.
2022-2025 Looking back to move forward: a social and cultural history of heating (JUSTHEAT), The Collaboration of the Humanities and Social Science in Europe (CHANSE)/ The Arts and Humanities 香蕉视频 Council (AHRC). Role: Project Director.
2022-2023 Fuel Poverty Evidence. 香蕉视频 / University of Leeds. Role: Project Director.
2020-2021 Affordability support: a cross sector review. Consumer Council for Water. Role: Project Director.
2020-2021 Understanding and engaging with high consuming households: energy, transport, food. 香蕉视频. Role: Project Director.
2020 香蕉视频 into the early construction messages emerging from the Innovative Housing Programme. Welsh Government. Role: Project Director.
2019-2021 Walking with energy: using participative research methods to overcome energy invisibility in Sweden and the UK. The Swedish Energy Agency. Project Director.
Key clients/funders
- The Arts and Humanities 香蕉视频 Council
- Horizon Europe
- Northern Power Grid
- Northern Gas Networks
- South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre
- The Consumer Council for Water
Publications
Key Publications
Ambrose, A., Shaw, B., Palm, J., Pelsmakers, S., Aho, H., Castano Rosa, R., ... Vornicu, A. (2025). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/justheat-summary-of-key-findings
Ambrose, A. (2024). Was the Past More Sustainable? Keeping Warm.
Ambrose, A., Palm, J., Parkes, S., & Speake, B. (2024). . International Journal of Housing Policy, 1-20.
Ambrose, A., Castano Garcia, A., Hawkins, A., Parkes, S., & Arbell, Y. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post Carbon Inclusion: transitions built on justice. (pp. 174-188). Bristol: Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A., Castano Garcia, A., & Arbell, Y. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post Carbon Inclusion: transitions built on justice. (pp. 70-83). Bristol: Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A., Palm, J., Parkes, S., & Speake, B. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post Carbon Inclusion: transitions built on justice. (pp. 36-52). Bristol: Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A., Castano Garcia, A., Hawkins, A., Parkes, S., & Arbell, Y. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post Carbon Inclusion: transitions built on justice. (pp. 174-188). Bristol: Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A., & Palm, J. (2023). . Energy, Sustainability and Society, 13.
Raslan, R., & Ambrose, A. (2022). . Nature Energy, 7, 675-677.
Castano Garcia, A., Ambrose, A., Hawkins, A., & Parkes, S. (2021). . Energy 香蕉视频 and Social Science, 80.
Ambrose, A. (2020). . Futures, 117, 102528.
Journal articles
Von Platten, J., Davies, K., Kilpel盲inen, S., Vornicu, A., Ambrose, A., & Palm, J. (2025). . Energy 香蕉视频 and Social Science, 121.
Gonz谩lez-Pijuan, I., Ambrose, A., Middlemiss, L., Tirado-Herrero, S., & Tatham, C. (2023). . Energy 香蕉视频 & Social Science, 106.
Middlemiss, L., Simcock, N., Ambrose, A., Stockton, H., Cave, T., Francis, S., ... Sharma, N. (2023). . Fuel Poverty Evidence (project website).
Middlemiss, L., Simcock, N., Ambrose, A., Stockton, H., Cave, T., Francis, S., ... Sharma, N. (2023). . Fuel Poverty Evidence (project website).
Ambrose, A., Sherriff, G., Baker, W., & Chambers, J. (2021). Cold comfort: Covid-19, lockdown and the coping strategies of fuel poor households. Energy Reports.
Palm, J., Reindl, K., & Ambrose, A. (2020). . Energy Reports, 6, 2619-2626.
Ambrose, A., Baker, W., Batty, E., & MacNair Hawkins, A. (2020). . People Place and Policy Online, 14 (1), 58-64.
Baker, W., Ambrose, A., Brierley, J., Butler, D., Marchand, R., & Sherriff, G. (2020). . People, place and policy online, 1-4.
Sherriff, G., Moore, T., Berry, S., Ambrose, A., Goodchild, B., & Maye-Banbury, A. (2019). . Energy 香蕉视频 and Social Science, 51, 44-54.
Goodchild, B., Ambrose, A., Berry, S., Maye-Banbury, A., Moore, T., & Sherriff, G. (2019). . Housing, Theory and Society, 1-21.
Ambrose, A., & Mccarthy, L. (2019). . Energy Policy, 126, 165-176.
Ambrose, A., & Marchland, R. (2017). . Indoor and Built Environment, 26 (7), 875-878.
Ambrose, A., Goodchild, B., & O'Flaherty, F. (2017). . Energy 香蕉视频 & Social Science, 34, 163-171.
Goodchild, B., Ambrose, A., & Maye-Banbury, A. (2017). . Energy 香蕉视频 & Social Science, 31, 137-144.
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., & Pinder, J. (2016). Corrigendum to 鈥淭he role of actor-networks in the early stage mobilisation of low carbon heat networks鈥 [Energy Policy 96 (2016) 144鈥152]. Energy Policy, 99, 110.
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., & Pinder, J. (2016). . Energy Policy, 96, 144-152.
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., & Gilbertson, J. (2016). . People, Place and Policy, 10 (1), 1-4.
Ambrose, A. (2015). Indoor and Built Environment, 24 (7), 913-924.
Goodchild, B., O'Flaherty, F., & Ambrose, A. (2014). . Housing, Theory and Society, 31 (3), 334-352.
Robinson, D., & Walshaw, A. (2014). . Social Policy and Society, 13 (01), 1-12.
Ambrose, A. (2013). . Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 167 (1), 35-41.
Walsham, A. (2012). . Journal of Urban Design and Planning, 165 (1), 7-10.
Goodchild, B., & Walshaw, A. (2011). . Housing Studies, 26 (6), 933-949.
Walshaw, A. (2011). . Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 4 (3), 269-278.
Conference papers
Hawkins, A., Ambrose, A., Parkes, S., Arbell, Y., Garcia, A.C., & Rafalowicz-Campbell, M. (2022). . In ECEEE Summer Study 2022, Hyeres, France, 6 June 2022 - 11 June 2022. ECEEE:
Rotmann, S., Ambrose, A., Chambers, J., Mundaca, L., Karlin, B., Forster, H., ... Clark, I.H. (2021). To what extent has Covid-19 impacted hard-to-reach energy audiences? Eceee Summer Study Proceedings, 355-364.
Ashby, K., Rotmann, S., Smith, J., Mundaca, L., Ambrose, A., Borelli, S., & Talwar, M. (2020). . Proceedings ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
Ambrose, A. (2019). . Eceee Summer Study Proceedings, 2019-J, 83-92.
Book chapters
Horne, R., Nelson, A., Ambrose, A., & Walker, G. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Horne, R., Nelson, A., Ambrose, A., & Walker, G. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Horne, R., Nelson, A., Ambrose, A., & Walker, G. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A. (2024). . In Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (Eds.) Post-carbon inclusion: transitions built on justice. Bristol University Press:
Ambrose, A., Davies, K., & Shaw, B. (2024). In https://ukerc.blogspot.com/. UK Energy 香蕉视频 Centre:
Ambrose, A. (2023). Christmas and the fireside: why change is not on the cards. In Medium. https://medium.com/:
Books
Horne, R., Ambrose, A., Walker, G., & Nelson, A. (2024). Post-Carbon Inclusion: Transitions Built on Justice. Bristol University Press.
Rotmann, S. (Ed.). (2020). . Users TCP.
Reports
Ambrose, A., Shaw, B., Davies, K., & Willis, J. (2025). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/justheat-a-public-conversation
Mccarthy, L., Arbell, Y., Ambrose, A., Ashworth, T., Lannon, S., Raslan, R., & Schaefer, E. (2024). . 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/decarbonising-off-grid-homes-evidence-review
Ambrose, A., Davies, K., Shaw, B., Shahzad, S., Jiglau, G., Vornicu, A., ... Aho, H. (2023). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频.
Mccarthy, L., Ambrose, A., Davies, K., Jiglau, G., Kilpel盲inen, S., Palm, J., ... Vornicu, A. (2023). . 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/domestic-heating-transitions-a-literature-review
Ambrose, A., Rafalowicz-Campbell, M., Castano Garcia, A., Hawkins, A., & Parkes, S. (2023). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/high-consumption-in-the-uk
Ambrose, A., Castano Garcia, A., Hawkins, A., Parkes, S., Rafalowicz-Campbell, M., & Smith, M. (2022). . 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/its-high-time-to-talk-about-the-climate-impacts-of-high-consumers
Ambrose, A., Parkes, S., Eadson, W., Bull, R., Thidell, 脜., Kojonsaari, A.-.R., ... Smith, M. (2021). . Energimyndigheten. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/walking-with-energy-overcoming-energy-invisibility-through-research-participation
Ambrose, A., Gilbertson, J., Speake, B., Bimpson, E., Mccarthy, L., & Ramsden, S. (2021). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频.
Ambrose, A., Archer, T., & Bimpson, E. (2020). . Welsh Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/research-to-identify-early-lessons-emerging-from-the-innovative-housing-programme
Ambrose, A., Archer, T., & Bimpson, E. (2020). . Welsh Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/research-to-identify-early-lessons-emerging-from-the-innovative-housing-programme-summary
Ashby, K., Smith, J., Rotmann, S., Mundaca, L., & Ambrose, A. (2020). . Hard-to-Reach Energy Users. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/htr-characterisation-hard-to-reach-energy-users-annex
Ambrose, A., Baker, W., Batty, E., & Hawkins, A. (2019). . 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/reaching-the-hardest-to-reach-with-energy-advice-final-report---executive-summary
Ambrose, A., Baker, W., Batty, E., & Hawkins, A. (2019). . 香蕉视频.
Ambrose, A., Bashir, N., Foden, M., Gilbertson, J., Green, G., & Stafford, B. (2018). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/better-housing-better-health-in-london-lambeth
Ambrose, A., Mccarthy, L., & Pinder, J. (2017). . Kendal: Eaga. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/energy-in-efficiency-what-tenants-expect-and-endure-in-private-rented-housing---research-summary
Ambrose, A., Mccarthy, L., & Pinder, J. (2016). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/energy-in-efficiency-what-tenants-expect-and-endure-in-private-rented-housing
Ambrose, A., Damm, C., Foden, M., Gilbertson, J., & Pinder, J. (2016). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/delivering-affordability-assistance-to-water-customers-cross-sector-lessons
Mccarthy, L., Ambrose, A., & Pinder, J. (2016). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/energy-inefficiency-exploring-what-tenants-expect-and-endure-in-the-private-rented-sector-in-england
Ambrose, A., Batty, E., Eadson, W., Hickman, P., & Quinn, G. (2016). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/assessment-of-the-need-for-furniture-provision-for-new-nihe-tenants
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., Hickman, P., & Mccarthy, L. (2015). . Sheffield: 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/tenancy-sustainment-amongst-those-aged-under-35-final-report
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., Hickman, P., & Mccarthy, L. (2015). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/tenancy-sustainment-amongst-those-aged-under-35-executive-summary
Hickman, P., Dayson, C., Ambrose, A., Batty, E., Bennett, E., Flint, J., ... Muir, J. (2015). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/summary-of-key-findings
Dayson, C., Hickman, P., Ambrose, A., Batty, E., Bennett, E., & Muir, J. (2015). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/understanding-the-economic-contribution-of-the-social-economy-at-a-neighbourhood-level-final-report
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., Pinder, J., Gilbertson, J., & O'Flaherty, F. (2015). . Department of Energy and Climate Change. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/low-carbon-pioneer-cities-heat-networks-project-a-process-evaluation
Hickman, P., Batty, E., Dayson, C., Flint, J., Foden, M., Muir, J., ... Green, S. (2015). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/getting-by-coping-and-resilience-in-difficult-times-final-report
Ambrose, A., Eadson, W., & Pinder, J. (2015). . London: Department of Energy and Climate Change. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/evaluation-of-the-big-energy-saving-network
Eadson, W., Robinson, D., Reeve, K., Platts-Fowler, D., Green, S., Walshaw, A., ... Pearce, S. (2013). . Welsh Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/an-evaluation-of-getting-on-together-the-community-cohesion-strategy-for-wales
Eadson, W., Gilbertson, J., & Walshaw, A. (2013). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/attitudes-and-perceptions-of-the-green-deal-amongst-private-sector-landlords-in-rotherham-summary
Eadson, W., Gilbertson, J., & Walshaw, A. (2013). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/attitudes-and-perceptions-of-the-green-deal-amongst-private-sector-landlords-in-rotherham
Dayson, C., Gilbertson, J., Morgan, G., & Walshaw, A. (2012). . 香蕉视频, Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/edf-energy-trust-research-project
Wells, P., Hickman, P., Dayson, C., Walshaw, A., Batty, E., Gore, T., ... O'Toole, C. (2012). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/village-sos-project-evaluation
Eadson, W., Platts-Fowler, D., Robinson, D., & Walshaw, A. (2011). . Welsh Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/community-mapping-and-tension-monitoring
Robinson, D., & Ambrose, A. (2011). . Connected Communities. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/new-migration-neighbourhood-effects-and-community-change
Dayson, C., Wells, P., Eadson, W., Gilbertson, J., Pearson, S., Walshaw, A., ... Trinnaman, J. (2011). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/sustaining-the-benefits-of-capital-funding-final-report
Hickman, P., Walshaw, A., Gore, A., Ferrari, E., & Wilson, I. (2011). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-houses-all-look-posh-now---key-findings-and-policy-messages
Hickman, P., Walshaw, A., Gore, T., Ferrari, E., & Wilson, I. (2011). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-houses-all-look-posh-now---evaluating-the-impact-of-a-housing-improvement-programme
Robinson, D., Walshaw, A., Uwimana, M., Bahati, B., Reeve, K., & Bashir, N. (2010). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/evaluation-of-the-trans-national-resettlement-project-uk-and-ireland
Wells, P., Coule, T., Dayson, C., Morgan, G., Ambrose, A., Batty, E., ... Patmore, B. (2010). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/futurebuilders-evaluation-final-report
Wells, P., Coule, T., Dayson, C., Morgan, G., Ambrose, A., Batty, E., ... Patmore, B. (2010). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频, 香蕉视频. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/futurebuilders-evaluation-final-report-executive-summary
McCarthy, L., Ambrose, A., & Pinder, J. (n.d.). Energy (In)Efficiency: Exploring what tenants expect and endure in the private rented sector in England. 香蕉视频.
Theses / Dissertations
Garc铆a, 脕.C. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Ambrose, A., & Eadson, W.
Ambrose, A. (n.d.). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Hickman, P., Goodchild, B., & Macaskill, A.
Internet Publications
Ambrose, A. (2023). Christmas and the fireside: why change is not on the cards.
Presentations
Ambrose, A. (2024). . Presented at: Inaugural lecture: Professor Aimee Ambrose, 香蕉视频
Other publications
Ambrose, A. (2023). . UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence:
Postgraduate supervision
I currently supervise four post graduate students:
- Alvaro Castano-Garcia: Re-configuring just transitions (White Rose DTP funded).
- Kaeren Harrison: Green infrastructure and the planning process.
- Irene Gonzalez-Pijuan: Growing up in energy poverty in Europe.
- Amy Grace: High consumption and the work of being wealthy (funded by South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre).
Media
Aimee is a researcher in Centre for Regional Economic and Social 香蕉视频 (CRESR). She is experienced in media engagement and happy to talk to media sources about how energy and climate policies affect households, how carbon reduction interventions are received by the different social groups and about multiple aspects of fuel poverty including how it is experienced and should be tackled.