School of Social and Political Science

Profile

For the last 20 years, Claire Haggett has researched public responses to renewable energy developments, focusing on community engagement, community benefits, landscape change, and the role of social and environmental assessment. Claire has recently led a series of research projects for the Scottish Government on communities and offshore energy, as well as research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the UK Energy Research Centre, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the European Union. Claire is the author of a number of widely cited publications on these topics, and is the invited academic member of the Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme for the Scottish Government; and the invited academic lead for the UN Global Compact on community benefits and offshore energy.