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Browse a selection of our current projects below. For full details on these or any of our other research activities, please contact STEaPP Communications.
Evaluating Cyber Security Evidence for Policy Advice
A two year, EPSRC funded project developed in collaboration with a range of partners including the Sociotechnical Security Group at the NCSC and the Cyber Policy team at the FCO.
STEaPP and the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology are collaborating to study the use of research evidence within parliamentary debate and scrutiny.
The City Leadership Laboratory is based within STEaPP and responds to pressing concerns about the future of cities and city leadership in the 21st century.
Global
City leadership and urban innovation; Local (urban and rural), national and international infrastructure
Liveable Cities is an ambitious, five-year programme of research to develop a method of designing and engineering low carbon, resource secure, wellbeing maximised UK citi
UK
Urban innovation; Energy, environment and resources
Choreographing the City seeks to explore what choreographers can teach engineers and urban planners about how to curate and design sustainable urban environments.
Informal Governance Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction explores the role of informal governance systems (IGS) in disaster preparedness, response and recovery.
Japan, Nepal, Phillippines
Disasters and resilience; Local (urban and rural), national and international infrastructure
International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF) is an interdisciplinary, practice-orientated research centre conducting fundamental research on infrastructure.
Global
Local (urban and rural), national and international infrastructure
Visions of Infrastructure explores how we imagine, shape and live with infrastructure to challenge current approaches and reveal opportuniites for future policy
Global
Local (urban and rural), national and international infrastructure
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has involved several of UCL STEaPP’s academic staff over the past several years. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) cycle of the IPCC has involved staff as government delegates, members of Scientific Steering Groups, report authors and facilitators.
Global
International and sustainable development; Energy, environment and resources
Deltas’ Dealings with Uncertainty: Multiple Practices and Knowledges of Delta Governance (DoUbT)interrogates how uncertainties are dealt with in environmental planning, with a focus on four delta regions.
Global, with focus on Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Vietnam
Local (urban and rural), national and international infrastructure; Energy, environment and resources; International and sustainable development
LUKES (Longitudinal UK Energy Survey) is a project on the feasibility of a large-scale UK longitudinal panel of energy use in homes with the aim of advising HM Government and the Research Councils UK on whether such a study is a cost effective investment.
Physics and Energy Social Researich (PhaESR) is a 5-month project examining the scope for integrating social research and physics for the benefit of understanding energy use better.
Energy, environment and resources; Socio-technical systems
Agro-industries and clean energy in Africa (AGRICEN) is a five-year research programme exploring how agro-industries in sub-Saharan Africa could contribute to improving rural energy access.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Malawi
Energy, environment and resources; International and sustainable development
Governing Inclusive Green Growth in Africa aims to articulate the research and policy action needed to facilitate effective green growth in the continent.
Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya
Energy, environment and resources; International and sustainable development
STEaPP’s Digital Policy Lab works collaboratively across disciplines and with the policy community to develop responses to the challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies.
Global
Technology, Digital, Cyber, Security
STEaPP Chat
Episode 1: Energy in African Context
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Episode 1 of 'STEaPP Chat' hosted by Andreas Kopp. Yacob Mulugetta, Professor of Energy and Development Policy at STEaPP, discusses network infrastructures for essential services in the development context.
