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Professor Rebecca Willis

Professor in Energy and Climate Governance

  1. Chapter
  2. Published

    Consumer (Co-)ownership of renewables in England and Wales (UK)

    Willis, R. & Simcock, N., 31/01/2019, Energy Transition: Financing Consumer Co-Ownership in Renewables. Lowitzsch, J. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave, p. 369-394 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  3. Published

    A Community Energy Revolution

    Willis, R., 2013, Making it Mutual: The ownership revolution that Britain needs. ResPublica

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  4. Published

    From Bio to Nano and Beyond: A progressive agenda for technology, risk and the environment

    Willis, R. & James, W., 2003, The Progressive Manifesto. London: Polity Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  5. Published

    Mind over Matter: Greening the new economy

    Willis, R., 2001, Digital Futures: living in a networked world. London: Earthscan

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  6. Doctoral Thesis
  7. Published

    How do politicians understand and respond to climate change?

    Willis, R., 2018, Lancaster University. 183 p.

    Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

  8. Other contribution
  9. Published

    Cultures of Community Energy: International Case Studies

    Willis, R., Simcock, N. & Capener, P., 2016, British Academy.

    Research output: Other contribution

  10. Published

    Energy Mentoring: Lessons for Government

    Willis, R., 2015, Co-operatives UK.

    Research output: Other contribution

  11. Journal article
  12. Published

    Use of evidence and expertise in UK climate governance: the case of the Cumbrian Coal Mine

    Willis, R., 6/02/2024, In: UCL open. Environment. 6, e068.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Taking deliberative research online: Lessons from four case studies

    Willis, R., Yuille, A., Bryant, P. E., McLaren, D. & Markusson, N., 1/08/2023, In: Qualitative Research. 23, 4, p. 921-939 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The messy politics of local climate assemblies

    Lewis, P., Coxcoon, R., Ainscough, J. & Willis, R., 7/06/2023, In: Climatic Change. 176, 10 p., 76.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Attractions of delay: Using deliberative engagement to investigate the political and strategic impacts of greenhouse gas removal technologies

    McLaren, D., Willis, R., Szerszynski, B., Tyfield, D. & Markusson, N., 1/03/2023, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 6, 1, p. 578 - 599 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Real people or "economic processing units"? The limited understanding of people's roles in energy and climate governance

    Willis, R., 25/09/2022, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 93, 12 p., 102810.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Deliberative Democracy and the Climate Crisis

    Willis, R., Curato, N. & Smith, G., 31/03/2022, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 13, 2, e759.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    The fight for a social mandate for net zero

    Ainscough, J. & Willis, R., 31/03/2022, In: IPPR Progressive Review. 28, 4, p. 371-374 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  19. Published

    Life in the hole: Practices and emotions in the cultural political economy of mitigation deterrence

    Markusson, N., McLaren, D., Szerszynski, B., Tyfield, D. & Willis, R., 13/03/2022, In: European Journal of Futures Research. 10, 1, 22 p., 2.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Implementing Rapid Climate Action: Learning from the ‘Practical Wisdom’ of Local Decision-Makers

    Yuille, A., Tyfield, D. & Willis, R., 19/05/2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 10, 18 p., 5687.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Is Twitter Indicating a Change in MP’s Views on Climate Change?

    Ebrey, R., Hall, S. & Willis, R., 10/12/2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 24, 15 p., 10334.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    The role of national politicians in global climate governance

    Willis, R., 1/09/2020, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 3, 3, p. 885-903 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Lessons from COVID-19

    Howarth, C., Bryant, P., Corner, A., Fankhauser, S., Gouldson, A., Whitmarsh, L. & Willis, R., 1/08/2020, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 76, p. 1107-1115 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Beyond ‘Net-Zero’: A case for separate targets for emissions reduction and negative emissions

    McLaren, D., Tyfield, D., Willis, R., Szerszynski, B. & Markusson, N., 21/08/2019, In: Frontiers in Climate. 1, 5 p., 4.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Constructing a 'representative claim' for action on climate change: Evidence from interviews with politicians

    Willis, R., 11/2018, In: Political Studies. 66, 4, p. 940-958 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. E-pub ahead of print

    The use of composite narratives to present interview findings

    Willis, R., 20/07/2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Research. 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    How Members of Parliament Understand and Respond to Climate Change

    Willis, R., 1/05/2018, In: The Sociological Review. 66, 3, p. 475-491 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Taming the climate? corpus analysis of politicians' speech on climate change

    Willis, R., 03/2017, In: Environmental Politics. 26, 2, p. 212-231 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Letter
  30. Published

    Social tipping intervention strategies for rapid decarbonization need to consider how change happens

    Smith, S. R., Christie, I. & Willis, R., 19/05/2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 20, p. 10629-10630 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  31. Book
  32. Published

    Paris 2015: Getting a global agreement on climate change

    Willis, R., 2014, Green Alliance.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  33. Published

    Demanding Less: Why we need a new politics of energy

    Willis, R. & Eyre, N., 2011, Green Alliance.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  34. Published

    Co-operative Renewable Energy in the UK: A guide to this growing sector

    Willis, R. & Willis, J., 2011, Co-operatives UK.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  35. Published

    Low-Carbon Lake District: Responding to climate change in the National Park

    Willis, R., 2008, Lake District National Park Authority.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  36. Published

    The Proximity Principle: Why we are living too far apart

    Willis, R., 2008, CPRE.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  37. Published

    The Disrupters: Lessons for low-carbon innovation from the new wave of environmental pioneers

    Willis, R., Webb, M. & Wilsdon, J., 2007, NESTA.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  38. Published

    Grid 2.0: The Next Generation

    Willis, R., 2006, Green Alliance.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  39. Published

    A Green Living Initiative: Helping householders to achieve environmental goals

    Dresner, S., Ekins, P. & Willis, R., 2006, London: Policy Studies Institute.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  40. Published

    See-through Science: Why public engagement needs to move upstream

    Wilsdon, J. & Willis, R., 2004, DEMOS. 69 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

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