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Dr Angela Minas is a social scientist based at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Her work focuses on climate action and global development – co-developing strategies with local communities, policy, and industry actors. She has extensive experience in low carbon energy and agriculture, and has worked on a number projects in the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Tanzania. She currently leads a British Academy-funded project which explores climate resilient development in the Global South. 


Her recent projects include work with the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations focusing on the role of grassroots movements and local governments in delivering carbon reduction. Prior to this, she worked on an international research fellowship investigating how energy access planning can be linked to agricultural livelihoods, and a UKERC-funded project on Heat as a Service. She has also contributed to teaching at the Global Development Institute and in project management and sustainability.

Research interests

  • Social innovation
  • Sustainable development
  • Grassroots and city-level climate action
  • Climate and environmental policy
  • Bioenergy
  • Livelihoods
  • Agricultural innovation system
  • Community-based environmental management
  • Socio-political dimensions of climate change adaptation and mitigation

Methodological knowledge

  • Qualitative methods
  • Social network research

Social responsibility

Agricultural waste in Southeast Asia (Outstanding Benefit to Society through Research - Emerging Impact)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Areas of expertise

  • GE Environmental Sciences
  • Climate change
  • Sustainability
  • Bioenergy
  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • Social innovation
  • Social networks
  • Development communication
  • S Agriculture (General)
  • Rural development
  • Extension
  • Rice research

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Energy
  • Manchester Energy
  • Sustainable Futures
  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute

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