Oxford University Climate Leadership Research Centre

This four-year, impact-oriented project will investigate how leaders across politics, business, and sport can play a vital role in driving climate action. By acting and advocating on climate change, leaders can normalise low-carbon behaviours, inspire their followers, and build greater public support for the systemic changes needed to cut emissions.

The ECI team is led by Dr Tina Fawcett, with Dr Sam Hampton and Dr Emilie Vrain, bringing their combined experience in behaviour change, energy demand, and innovation adoption and building on their previous work into how individuals, organisations and communities engage with climate action. They are working in collaboration with Dr Steve Westlake at the University of Bath, whose pioneering work has highlighted the importance of politicians leading by example on climate.