‘Why would you swap your nice warm van, where you can eat your butties and listen to the radio?’ Mainstreaming a niche of cycle logistics in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Sherriff, G., Blazejewski, L., & Davies, N. (in press). ‘Why would you swap your nice warm van, where you can eat your butties and listen to the radio?’ Mainstreaming a niche of cycle logistics in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 99, 103062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103062

Due to a high level of dependency on fossil fuels, transport is not only a priority for decarbonsation but also a particularly challenging sector to decarbonise. Significant low-carbon energy transitions in mobility will require changes in practices,... Read More about ‘Why would you swap your nice warm van, where you can eat your butties and listen to the radio?’ Mainstreaming a niche of cycle logistics in the United Kingdom.

Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report (2023)
Report
Cookson, I., & Sherriff, A. (2023). Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report

In this interim report, we present and discuss the initial findings of a review of literature and policy and a set of expert interviews with older and disabled people and those working with them or on their behalf. We begin by exploring the challenge... Read More about Mobility at the neighbourhood scale: interim report.

Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health (2022)
Journal Article
Lawler, C., Sherriff, A., Brown, P., Butler, D., Gibbons, A., Martin, P., & Probin, M. (in press). Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health. Health and Place, 79, 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102926

Health services are increasingly being reshaped with reference to addressing social determinants of health (SDoH), with social prescribing a prominent example. We examine a project in the Outer Hebrides that reshaped and widened the local health serv... Read More about Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health.

E-scooters in Greater Manchester: appendices (2022)
Journal Article
Sherriff, A., Blazejewski, L., & Lomas, M. (2022). E-scooters in Greater Manchester: appendices

‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation (2022)
Journal Article
Sherriff, G., Butler, D., & Brown, P. ‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2022.3776894798

As energy justice research develops and becomes increasingly international in reach and perspective, the climate emergency is an important layer of focus. Fuel poverty alleviation, climate change adaptation and decarbonisation are prominent agendas t... Read More about ‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation.

Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people (2022)
Report
Price, A., Sherriff, G., & Lomas, M. (2022). Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people

The Switched On project involved the delivery of free energy advice to young people aged 16–25 in the form of workshops, one-to-one individualised advice sessions and advice via text messaging. Young adults are a demographic group recognised to b... Read More about Switched On : a qualitative review of energy advice for young people.

E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report (2022)
Report
Sherriff, G., Blazejewski, L., Lomas, M., & Larrington-Spencer, H. (2022). E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report

The Healthy Active Cities team at the University of Salford is conducting a study alongside the Department for Transport’s e-scooter share scheme trial taking place in Greater Manchester. This Second Interim Report provides an update on data colle... Read More about E-scooters in Greater Manchester : second interim report.

Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations (2021)
Report
Larrington-Spencer, H., Sherriff, A., & Price, A. (2021). Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations

Active neighbourhoods are being introduced across Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network. Active neighbourhoods are places where people are prioritised over vehicles and are part of a policy landscape seeking to connect place and mobility and... Read More about Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : summary and recommendations.

Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report) (2021)
Report
Larrington-Spencer, H., Sherriff, A., & Price, A. (2021). Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report)

Active neighbourhoods are being introduced across Greater Manchester as part of the Bee Network. Active neighbourhoods are places where people are prioritised over vehicles and are part of a policy landscape seeking to connect place and mobility and... Read More about Active neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester : qualitative insights into resident experiences across four case study interventions (Full report).

Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes (2020)
Report
Blazejewski, L., Sherriff, G., & Davies, N. (2020). Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes

Transport is a major contributor to urban greenhouse gas emissions and therefore of priority in mitigating climate change. In responding to multiple pressures that include development, population growth and recent marked increases in online shopp... Read More about Delivering the last mile : scoping the potential for E-cargo bikes.

From mobike to no Bike in Greater Manchester : using the capabilities approach to explore Europe’s first wave of dockless bike share (2020)
Journal Article
Sherriff, G., Adams, M., Blazejewski, L., Davies, N., & Kamerade, D. (2020). From mobike to no Bike in Greater Manchester : using the capabilities approach to explore Europe’s first wave of dockless bike share. Journal of Transport Geography, 86, 102744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102744

Globally, bike share schemes are an element of a rapidly changing urban transport landscape. Whilst many docked schemes are now embedded in cities around the world, the recent explosion of dockless systems provides an opportunity to evaluate claims t... Read More about From mobike to no Bike in Greater Manchester : using the capabilities approach to explore Europe’s first wave of dockless bike share.

Stuck at home in a cold home : the implications of Covid-19 for the fuel poor (2020)
Journal Article
Aimee, A., Baker, W., Brierley, J., Butler, D., Marchand, R., & Sherriff, A. (2020). Stuck at home in a cold home : the implications of Covid-19 for the fuel poor. People, Place and Policy, 14(1), 2-5. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2020.3447683949

Policies to address the impact of Covid-19 on low income energy consumers have rightly focussed on energy bills, particularly in the context of home confinement and increased energy consumption. In the longer term, however, we need policies to improv... Read More about Stuck at home in a cold home : the implications of Covid-19 for the fuel poor.

Reshaping health services and fuel poverty in the Outer Hebrides (2020)
Report
Sherriff, G., Lawler, C., Martin, P., Butler, D., Probin, M., & Brown, P. (2020). Reshaping health services and fuel poverty in the Outer Hebrides

Gluasad Còmhla (Moving Together) started in March 2018 with support or grant from the European Social Fund Aspiring Communities Fund. The project built on the existing practice of Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) and other partners in the Outer Hebrides, to... Read More about Reshaping health services and fuel poverty in the Outer Hebrides.

Managing human factors in retrofit projects (2020)
Report
Sherriff, A., Lomas, M., & Swan, W. (2020). Managing human factors in retrofit projects

The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Castaño-Rosa, R., Sherriff, G., Solís-Guzmán, J., & Marrero, M. (2020). The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK. Energy Sources, Part B, 15(2), 72-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2020.1717677

Energy poverty is a multidimensional issue, and this means that it is difficult to understand the different levels of vulnerability to this phenomenon and its relationship with households’ quality of life. This paper presents the validation of an inn... Read More about The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK.

Fuel poverty in the Western Isles : 10 Lessons interim report of the Moving Together Project (2019)
Report
Sherriff, G., Lawler, C., Butler, D., & Brown, P. (2019). Fuel poverty in the Western Isles : 10 Lessons interim report of the Moving Together Project

Coping with extremes, creating comfort: user experiences of ‘low-energy’ homes in Australia (2019)
Journal Article
Sherriff, G., Moore, T., Berry, S., Ambrose, A., Goodchild, B., & Maye-Banbury, A. (2019). Coping with extremes, creating comfort: user experiences of ‘low-energy’ homes in Australia. Energy Research and Social Science, 51, 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.12.008

Low- and zero-energy homes are core elements in transitioning the housing stock towards a more environmentally sustainable model that responds to concerns about climate change and the need for energy demand reduction. Whilst there is a growing body o... Read More about Coping with extremes, creating comfort: user experiences of ‘low-energy’ homes in Australia.

Communication and governance challenges in Greater Manchester’s ‘congestion charge’ referendum (2018)
Book Chapter
Sherriff, G. (2018). Communication and governance challenges in Greater Manchester’s ‘congestion charge’ referendum. In J. Walker (Ed.), Road Pricing: Technologies, economics and acceptability (195-220). Institute of Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBTR008E

Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard (2018)
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Sherriff, G., Martin, P., & Roberts, B. (2018). Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard

In May 2015, Eastlands Housing (now One Manchester) completed work on its retrofit to PassivHaus equivalent (EnerPHit) standard of 32 social housing flats in two blocks in Erneley Close, in the Manchester area Gorton. With a budget of £3.1 million, i... Read More about Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard.

Care farming and green care in Salford (2017)
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Gibbons, A., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., James, C., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Care farming and green care in Salford

This report presents a University of Salford (UoS) investigation into the potential for care farming in Salford as part of the University’s teaching, research and enterprise activities. The work has critically engaged with the notion of care... Read More about Care farming and green care in Salford.