Professor Simone Abram leads the EPSRC EDI+ Network for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Energy Research. She is professor in Social Anthropology and a Director of Durham Energy Institute with responsibility for embedding social science and humanities in energy research. Current research projects include the Research Centre for Socially Inclusive Energy Transitions, GEMS Geothermal Energy from Mines and Solar-geothermal Heating, Zero-Carbon Emission Integrated Cooling, Heating and Power (ICHP) networks, and Understanding Energy Poverty in Norway (PowerPoor). She has a DPhil in Social Anthropology and an MEng in Electrical Engineering, and has an extensive record of publications and research on participatory practice in policy-making. She is a founder member of the Fair Energy Consortium, the European Energy Anthropology Network, and was a member of the European centre for women and technology (ECWT). She is Chair of the UK Association of Social Anthropologists and a member of the Academy of Social Sciences/ESRC EDI working group.

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