Conference speaker

Janette Webb MBE FEI is Edinburgh University Professorial Fellow in Social Studies of Energy, Co-Leader of the Local and Regional Energy Systems Theme UK Energy Research Centre(opens in new tab/window), and member of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Energy Science Advisory Committee, and Scottish Power Energy Networks Customer Engagement Group for Ofgem ED2 price control.

She is Co-Chair of the Energy Technology Partnership(opens in new tab/window) Advisory Board. Her research, funded by UKRI, concerns comparative European policy and practice for sustainable heat and low energy buildings, and local energy systems. In 2020, she was awarded an MBE for services to the energy transition in the UK. Her research contributes to policy: she was member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council(opens in new tab/window) 2020-21; commissioner for the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland(opens in new tab/window) 2019-2020, and has advised Scottish Government on Fuel Poverty, Low Carbon Infrastructure and Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy. She is a member of UK Government BEIS research evaluation group, and Adviser to UKRI Industrial Strategy Challenge Prospering from the Energy Revolution. She was a Non-Executive Director, and Sustainability Lead, NHS Health Scotland 2003-11 and a founder member of NHS Scotland Public Health and Sustainability Network. She played a leading role in development and launch of the University of Edinburgh multi-disciplinary MA Honours Degree in Sustainable Development.