Stefan Bouzarovski
@stefanb23.bsky.social
Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester. Into fighting urban injustice, researching energy/climate inequalities & network governance
*Job alert* We are advertising two opportunities @manchester.ac.uk, linked to the JUST centre (www.just.ac.uk)
- A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...)
- A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...)
- A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...)
- A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...)
JUST (Dev) | Centre for Joined-up Sustainability Transformations | The University of Manchester
www.just.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
*Job alert* We are advertising two opportunities @manchester.ac.uk, linked to the JUST centre (www.just.ac.uk)
- A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...)
- A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...)
- A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...)
- A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...)
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 ....
📢 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-...
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-...
October 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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 ....
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
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)
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
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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
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
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
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
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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!)
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!)
August 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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!)
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!)
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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.
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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.
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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...
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
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4516130...
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'Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
'Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
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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 🔌💡
#energysky 🔌💡
June 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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 🔌💡
#energysky 🔌💡
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The WSJ didn't include the reason in their headline. Must not have had space. I fixed it.
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The WSJ didn't include the reason in their headline. Must not have had space. I fixed it.
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🏡 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
👉 tinyurl.com/3e6c2p5s
Networked, fragmented, unequal: The emergent landscape of home energy advice provision in England - Energy Demand Research Centre
tinyurl.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🏡 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
👉 tinyurl.com/3e6c2p5s
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!)
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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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Great Britain pretty much powered by wind and sun right now. The place that literally launched the coal based Industrial Revolution - running on invisible stuff falling from the sky.
And I make fun of religion…
And I make fun of religion…
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 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
May 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Great Britain pretty much powered by wind and sun right now. The place that literally launched the coal based Industrial Revolution - running on invisible stuff falling from the sky.
And I make fun of religion…
And I make fun of religion…
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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
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
May 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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
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
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Researchers losing their grants are collaborating to make sense out of chaos. grant-watch.us
Grant Watch
grant-watch.us
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Researchers losing their grants are collaborating to make sense out of chaos. grant-watch.us
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This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
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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/
March 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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/
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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" ...
- 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" ...
March 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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" ...
- 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" ...
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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
March 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This will probably get the least attention of all Trump's moves, but it is, in the fullness of history, the most monstrous & genocidal.
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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
March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Narrator from the future: it didn’t
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100000% this — do not spend time shooting down people who are *doing resistance*: we have to do all the boycotts, protests, lawsuits, ALL OF IT, to minimize harm wherever we can, find the fash's weak spots, and get the normies to realize their lives are fucked unless they do something.
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
100000% this — do not spend time shooting down people who are *doing resistance*: we have to do all the boycotts, protests, lawsuits, ALL OF IT, to minimize harm wherever we can, find the fash's weak spots, and get the normies to realize their lives are fucked unless they do something.
Thank you Paul! At the national scale (27 EU member states), we found that renewable energy investment decreases energy-related injustices, while changes in GDP do not have a discernible effect. In our model, long-term unemployment and income inequality emerged as the key drivers of #energypoverty.
"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
February 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thank you Paul! At the national scale (27 EU member states), we found that renewable energy investment decreases energy-related injustices, while changes in GDP do not have a discernible effect. In our model, long-term unemployment and income inequality emerged as the key drivers of #energypoverty.
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I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?
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The JustHousing project has a website. With
@kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social
mu.ie/justhousing
@kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social
mu.ie/justhousing
February 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The JustHousing project has a website. With
@kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social
mu.ie/justhousing
@kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social
mu.ie/justhousing