Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, CAST is a £5 million research centre which explores how we can live differently to achieve the rapid and far-reaching emissions cuts required to address climate change.
While there is now strong international momentum on action to tackle climate change, it is clear that critical targets (such as keeping global temperature rise to well within 2 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels) will be missed without fundamental transformations across all parts of society.
The Centre’s aim is to advance our understanding of how to transform lifestyles, organisations and social structures in order to achieve a low-carbon future, which is genuinely sustainable over the long-term.
Centre researchers are based at university sites in Bath, Cardiff, Manchester, York and East Anglia and at Climate Outreach. The Centre partners with practitioners (e.g. Greener-UK, China Centre for Climate Change Communication, Possible), policy-makers (e.g. Welsh Government, Greater Manchester Combined Authority) and companies (e.g. Anglian Water, Wates Construction) to develop and test new ways of engaging with the public, governments and businesses in the UK.
Find out more about the CAST Centre here
The team:
The Centre’s hub is based at Cardiff University. Additional core partners include University of East Anglia, University of Manchester, University of York, University of Bath, and the charity Climate Outreach.
Director
Dr Christina Demski
Deputy Director, Theme 1 lead
Dr Stuart Capstick
Deputy Director, Theme 3 lead
Dr Sarah Mander
Deputy Director, Theme 2 lead
Professor Wouter Poortinga
Associate Director, Theme 3 lead
Professor Andy Jordan
Associate Director, Theme 2 lead
Professor Carly McLachlan
Associate Director
Dr Adam Corner
Associate Director, Theme 4 lead
Professor Hilary Graham, CBE
Co-investigator
Dr Catherine Cherry
Co-Investigator
Dr Katharine Steentjes
Co-Investigator
Dr Ruth Wood
Co-Investigator
Dr Charlie Wilson
Co-Investigator
Dr Claire Hoolohan
Co-Investigator
Dr Nick Nash
Co-Investigator
Professor Olga Tregaskis
Co-Investigator
Dr Irene Lorenzoni
Co-Investigator
Dr Caroline Verfuerth
Research Associate
Dr Clare Hanmer
Research Associate
Dr Brendan Moore
Senior Research Associate
Dr James Graham
Senior Research Associate
Dr Angela Mae Minas
Research Associate
Duncan Maguire
Research Associate
Dr. Susan Lee
Research Associate
Harriet Dudley
PhD Candidate
Briony Latter
PhD Candidate
Christianne Tipping
PhD Candidate
Linda Rathkey
Centre Manager
Hannah Garcia
Communications and Engagement Officer
Owen Spacie
Centre Administrator