Dr Jennifer Dickie

Associate Professor

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Jennifer Dickie

Contact details

About me

I am an Associate Professor in Environmental Geography, specialising in energy geographies, at the University of Stirling. I am the Deputy Director of the “Integrated Systems Approaches for Accelerating a Just Transition (JUST-Systems)” research programme, funded as part of the UKRI’s ‘Building a green future’ strategic theme. I also co-lead the Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, Homes and Livelihoods ‘Decarbonising Heat’ theme. As an inter-disciplinary researcher, my work focuses on understanding the inextricable links between energy, society and climate change. My research explores perceptions and attitudes towards energy infrastructure and policies, energy justice, and how and why publics engage (or don’t) with different aspects of the energy system and decision-making. I specialise in using geo and socio-spatial data and mixed method approaches in my research, including participatory and creative approaches.

I would be keen to supervise students on a range of topics that take interdisciplinary approaches to better our understanding and support a just transition to a low carbon future. The geographical focus of my research is currently South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK. I am particularly interested in supervising projects on the following topics:

  • Socio-technical assemblages of renewable and sub-surface energy systems
  • Issues of energy access, poverty and justice
  • The role of biogas in supporting sustainable livelihoods
  • The water-energy-food-health nexus
  • Exploring energy futures through innovative and participatory research methods.

Divisional / Faculty Contribution

BES Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitee
Chair

BES Sustainability Committee
Chair

Faculty Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Member

University Contribution

Anti-Racism & Race Equality Steering Committee
Member

Gender Equality/Athena Swan Steering Committee
Faculty representative

Stirling Crucible Organising Committee
Co-organiser

Research projects (11)

Chitetetzo: improving adolescent road safety and reducing road traffic collisions
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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CCUS Futures: exploring workforce imaginaries to improve organisational learning
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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Developing Deep Science Laboratories from the Shale Gas Legacy
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of public attitudes and community responses to shale gas: an integrated approach
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Shake, quake or fake? Comparing BGS expected intensity modelling, felt reports, Twitter comments, and public perceptions
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI:
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Amplifying our students' voice: the co-production of undergraduate field courses (residential and non-residential) to address EDI
PI: Dr Martina Quaggiotto
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Re-energising Clackmannanshire: engaging communities around energy for a healthier, wealthier and greener future
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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HotScot Seedcorn
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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Evaluating the relationship between public perception, engagement and attitudes towards underground energy technologies and UK Geoenergy Observatory science.
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: British Geological Survey
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Getting the right spatial &social mix: improved methods for planning community Renewable Energy facilities
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Outputs (38)

Article

Participatory visual methods and the mobilization of community knowledge: Working towards community-derived disaster risk management in the context of advancing climate change

Black GF, Petersen L, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Dick L, Wilson A, Ncube S, Abrams A, Carden K, Dickie J, Hamilton-Smith N, Piper L & Lamb G (2025) Participatory visual methods and the mobilization of community knowledge: Working towards community-derived disaster risk management in the context of advancing climate change. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 6 (2). https://jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/129834-participatory-visual-methods-and-the-mobilization-of-community-knowledge-working-towards-community-derived-disaster-risk-management-in-the-context-of

Article

Who is the 'public' when it comes to public opinion on energy? A mixed-methods study of revealed and elicited public attitudes to shale gas extraction

Whitmarsh L, Gan YS, Devine-Wright P, Evensen D, Dickie J, Connon I, Varley A, Ryder S & Bartie P (2025) Who is the 'public' when it comes to public opinion on energy? A mixed-methods study of revealed and elicited public attitudes to shale gas extraction. Energy Research & Social Science, 119, Art. No.: 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103840

Article

Place-pedagogies of water stress

Wilson A, Black G, Petersen L, Dick L, Ncube S, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Abrams A, Carden K, Piper L, Dickie J, Hamilton-Smith N & Lamb G (2025) Place-pedagogies of water stress. Global Social Challenges, 20 (20), pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2025D000000034

Research Report

Societal and cultural research opportunities at a deep UK geological carbon dioxide storage research facility: results from a social science ‘sandpit’ discussion

Napier H, Dickie J, Akhurst M, Badcock N, Chang T, Dunnet E, Robinson T, Vincent C, Akinola K & Dale T (2024) Societal and cultural research opportunities at a deep UK geological carbon dioxide storage research facility: results from a social science ‘sandpit’ discussion. Pearce J (Editor) British Geological Survey. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537038

Article

Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa

Ncube S, Wilson A, Petersen L, Black G, Abrams A, Carden K, Dick L, Dickie J, Gibson L, Hamilton-Smith N, Ireland A, Lamb G, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Piper L & Swanson D (2023) Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8 (1), Art. No.: 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100710

Article

Challenging perceptions of socio-cultural rejection of a taboo technology: Narratives of imagined transitions to domestic toilet-linked biogas in India

Boyd Williams N, Quilliam RS, Campbell B, Raha D, Baruah DC, Clarke ML, Sarma R, Haque C, Borah T & Dickie J (2022) Challenging perceptions of socio-cultural rejection of a taboo technology: Narratives of imagined transitions to domestic toilet-linked biogas in India. Energy Research and Social Science, 92, Art. No.: 102802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102802

Article

Induced seismicity or political ploy?: Using a novel mix of methods to identify multiple publics and track responses over time to shale gas policy change

Devine-Wright P, Ryder S, Dickie J, Evensen D, Varley A, Whitmarsh L & Bartie P (2021) Induced seismicity or political ploy?: Using a novel mix of methods to identify multiple publics and track responses over time to shale gas policy change. Energy Research and Social Science, 81, Art. No.: 102247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102247

Research Report

Briefing 3: Shale Gas Governance: devolution and localism

Cotton M, Gonzalez A & Dickie J (2021) Briefing 3: Shale Gas Governance: devolution and localism. ESRC. http://www.ukuh.org/media/sites/researchwebsites/2ukuh/89490%20Governance%20Devolution%20and%20Localism.pdf

Book Chapter

Post-carbon ruralities

Phillips M & Dickie J (2019) Post-carbon ruralities. In: Scott M, Gallent N & Gkartzios M (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning: A Handbook for Practice. London, pp. 521-547. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315102375

Teaching

I teach across the honours years at undergraduate level, and at postgraduate level:

ENVU5EP (Environmental Policy & Management) - module coordinator & lecturer

ENVU6SP (Sustainable Landscapes) - module coordinator & lecturer

GEOU9SE (Energy & Society) - lecturer

ENMPG22 (Environmental Impact Assessment) - lecturer

ENMPG23 (Environmental Costs of Energy Production - lecturer

GEOU9PR (Honours Research Dissertation) - supervisor

ENMPG18 (MSc Research Dissertation) - supervisor

I also currently supervise Postgraduate Research Students at PhD level.

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