Prof Mari Martiskainen

Mari is the Director of the Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC), Professor of Energy and Society, and 125th Anniversary Chair at the University of Birmingham. She is a social scientist with a specific interest in how we can transition energy, housing and transport systems to help create more fair and sustainable societies. Her research has focused, for example, on building energy efficiency policy, intersections of fuel poverty and transport poverty, energy justice implications of low carbon pathways, role of users in heat pumps adoption, and innovation in community energy. Mari has published widely and worked with a range of stakeholders and partners, including policymakers, NGOs, industry and community organisations. She holds a BA from the University of Helsinki, an MSc from Imperial College London and a PhD from the University of Sussex.