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Two projects funded just before the holidays by @UKERCHQ and lots of exciting work now ahead over the next two years!

The first project is with @DocSteveHall @LucieMiddlemiss @dr_anneowen, @IainCairns4 @hannon_matthew, and @mcbrisb @BrownSdc.

Here’s what we’re doing...
Energy policy tends to focus on how many homes need to decarbonise through building retrofit and smart systems, thus missing a vital sociological insight:

Homes don’t make decisions, people do.
People exist in complex networks of social relations that influence their preferences and subsequent decision-making. In making financial choices, people are relational not rational - an insight we draw from Viviana Zelizer @BandeljNina @ProfessorWherry and others.
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[THREAD] Over the weekend, I ran a poll on initiatives aimed at improving access to #NHS #primarycare. While respondents probably aren’t representative of the wider population, I think the results are striking: what people want most is convenience. (1/5)
@harrylongman’s much larger survey of patients of 12 GP practices using @askmygp shows that only 15% of patients prefer face-to-face appointments as the default. (2/5)
Meanwhile, @GPatHand – while hugely popular with its patients – breaks the NHS’s traditional #placebased funding model. pulsetoday.co.uk/news/gp-topics… (3/5)
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