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Dr Thomas Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sociology and Co-Director of the University of Surrey's Institute for Sustainability. His research focuses on the intersection of human behavior and environmental challenges, including climate change impacts on healthcare, everyday practices, and low-carbon transitions. He holds a PhD and supervises postgraduate research in environmental sociology. Key funding sources include the British Academy, ESRC, and EPSRC.
Educational Qualifications: BA, MA, PhD (institutions unspecified). His work explores public perceptions of environmental change, sustainable consumption, and waste practices. He co-leads projects like the Leverhulme Trust-funded initiative on news use in sociology and investigates extreme weather resilience through communication strategies.
Research Interests: Climate change adaptation, low-carbon transitions, healthcare-environment linkages, and the sociological dimensions of sustainability. He emphasizes practice theory in organizational change studies, particularly in healthcare and energy sectors.
Grant Projects: Supported by The British Council, Public Health England, and others, his research addresses societal challenges like decarbonization barriers, energy system decentralization, and tiger conservation in Bangladesh.
Labs/Teams: Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainability, fostering interdisciplinary sustainability research and policy engagement.
