People and partners

JUST involves a large core team of social science researchers in five universities across the North of England, as well as the Institute for Community Studies as a key impact partner.

We plan to work in collaboration with eight other project partners:

• Institute for Government
• Local Government Association
• Welsh LGA
• Sustainable Scotland Network
• British Chambers of Commerce
• NHS Confederation
• Citizens UK
• Runnymede Trust

Mandy Nyarko MBE will serve as Chair of JUST’s Advisory Board and Julian Agyeman will chair an international academic critical friends network.

Impact lead:

• Emily Morrison, Director of Sustainability and Just Transition, the Institute for Community Studies [youngfoundation.org] at The Young Foundation, and Director, Institute for Community Studies.
  
  

Our five university partners:

University of Manchester (lead university)

Project lead: Sherilyn MacGregor, Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of Manchester.

• Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester
• James Evans, Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester
• Helen Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
• Claire Hoolohan, Research Fellow, Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester
• Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester
  
  

Lancaster University

• Jacob Ainscough, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
• Alexandra Gormally-Sutton, Senior Lecturer in Subsurface and Society, Lancaster University
• Rebecca Willis, Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster University

University of Leeds

• Pepa Ambrosio Albala, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
• Lucie Middlemiss, Professor of Environment and Society, University of Leeds
• Anne Owen, Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
• Harriet Thew, Lecturer in Climate Change, University of Leeds

University of Liverpool

• Peter North, Professor of Alternative Economies, University of Liverpool
• Alexander Nurse, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Liverpool

Newcastle University

• Danny MacKinnon, Professor of Regional Development and Governance, Newcastle University
• Derek Bell, Professor of Environmental Political Theory, Newcastle University