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