Jan Webb

Janette's research is about energy and cities in Europe, and focuses on low carbon heat policy and practice. Her work is funded by UK Research and Innovation, Scottish Government and Energy Systems Catapult. In 2020 she was awarded an MBE for services to the UK energy transition. In 2023, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. As Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, she leads multi-disciplinary research on local and regional energy systems. She was Project Director of the ClimateXChange evaluation of Energy Efficient Scotland pilots; Co-Investigator of the Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions and EnergyREV Research Consortium. She has published widely in social science and management. Her research contributes to policy: she advises UK Government DESNZ on Evaluation Research; she is a former member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council; the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland, and the ISCF Prospering from the Energy Revolution Advisory Group. She Chaired the 2016 Advisory Group on Heat and Energy Efficiency reporting to UK Committee on Climate Change and was a member of the 2017 Scottish Fuel Poverty Review Panel. She was a Member of the 2019 Royal Society of Edinburgh Committee of Inquiry into the Future of Energy in Scotland. She was also member of Scottish Power Energy Networks Customer Engagement Group for the Ofgem ED2 Price Control Review. She has taught in two Business Schools, as well as Social and Political Sciences. Her commitment to low energy strategies dates back to the 1970s, when she ran a business start up for housing retrofit. http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/sociology/webb_janetteJanette's research is about energy and cities in Europe, and focuses on low carbon heat policy and practice. Her work is funded by UK Research and Innovation, Scottish Government and Energy Systems Catapult. In 2020 she was awarded an MBE for services to the UK energy transition. In 2023, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. As Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, she leads multi-disciplinary research on local and regional energy systems. She was Project Director of the ClimateXChange evaluation of Energy Efficient Scotland pilots; Co-Investigator of the Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions and EnergyREV Research Consortium. She has published widely in social science and management. Her research contributes to policy: she advises UK Government DESNZ on Evaluation Research; she is a former member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council; the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland, and the ISCF Prospering from the Energy Revolution Advisory Group. She Chaired the 2016 Advisory Group on Heat and Energy Efficiency reporting to UK Committee on Climate Change and was a member of the 2017 Scottish Fuel Poverty Review Panel. She was a Member of the 2019 Royal Society of Edinburgh Committee of Inquiry into the Future of Energy in Scotland. She was also member of Scottish Power Energy Networks Customer Engagement Group for the Ofgem ED2 Price Control Review. She has taught in two Business Schools, as well as Social and Political Sciences. Her commitment to low energy strategies dates back to the 1970s, when she ran a business start up for housing retrofit. http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/sociology/webb_janette