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Yekatherina is a Research Associate in Energy Demand Reduction Policy, she joined the ECI in 2021 to undertake research in projects under the overall theme of 'Demand/ supply policy asymmetry', which forms part of the Theme 6 (Policy and Governance) in the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS). The theme is led by Tina Fawcett. The centre is led by Nick Eyre.

Yekatherina holds a PhD in Social Science and System Dynamics from University College London (2020), which focused on the demand side of the sustainable energy transition in the UK owner-occupied housing stock. Upon completion of her PhD, Yekatherina was awarded a 1-year ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, with which she extended on her PhD work and built networks to develop impact opportunities.

Research interests

Yekatherina's long-term research interests include:

  • energy demand reduction
  • energy policy and governance
  • socio-technical systems research
  • systems thinking
  • system dynamics simulation modelling.

Full publications list

See Yekatherina’s Google Scholar profile for a full list of publications with links to downloadable material.

Publications

Topouzi, M., Mallaburn, P. and Bobrova, Y. (2024) “Accelerating NetZero: introducing a novel financial approach and new narratives for retrofit”, in eceee 2024 Summer Study on energy efficiency: sustainable, safe & secure through demand reduction. European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, pp. 355–363.
Bobrova, Y., Papachristos, G., Chiu, L., Tikhomirova, S. and Coon, T. (2023) “Home for the common future (HCF): the use of home-meanings to promote domestic energy retrofit”, Energy Research and Social Science, 107.
Bobrova, Y., Papachristos, G., Chiu, L., Tikhomirova, S. and Coon, T. (2023) “Home for the Common Future (HCF): the use of home-meanings to promote domestic energy retrofit”, in Proceedings of the 2023 BEHAVE Conference. European Energy Network, p. 26.
TOPOUZI, M. and Bobrova, Y. (2023) “Financial incentive for retrofit in owner occupied houses: Developing new narratives for key stakeholders.”, Proceedings of the 2023 BEHAVE Conference. European Energy Network, p.150.
Parrish, B., Bobrova, Y., Banks, N. and Narayan, U. (2023) “Capabilities approach to understanding fairness to participation in domestic demand response”, in Conference Proceedings. European Energy Network, p. 123.
Bobrova, Y., Eyre, N., Fawcett, T., Nolden, C. and Papachristos, G. (2023) “Why don’t governments pay more attention to energy demand? investigating systemic reasons for the supply / demand asymmetry in energy policy”, in Proceedings of the British Institute of Energy Economics Research Conference (BIEE 2023). British Institute of Energy Economics.
Bobrova, Y., Parrish, B., Banks, N. and Narayan, U. (2023) “Capabilities approach to understanding fairness to participation in domestic demand response”, in. British Institute of Energy Economics.
Bobrova, Y., Eyre, N., Fawcett, T., Nolden, C. and Papachristos, G. (2023) “Demand/supply energy policy asymmetry in sustainability transitions: a meta-narrative review”, in.
Bobrova, Y., Eyre, N., Fawcett, T., Nolden, C. and Papachristos, G. (2023) “Energy supply/ demand policy asymmetry: a meta-narrative review for a systems explanation”, Science Talks, 5.
Bobrova, Y. and Papachristos, G. (2022) “Home-meanings framework to analyse the diverse benefits of low-carbon dwellings”, in. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).