date: Fri Feb 27 16:36:49 2004
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: RE: John Turnpenny and Leverhulme
to: samantha.jones@uea,j.turnpenny@uea.ac.uk

   This I guess means that Trevor has agreed to signing a letter stating that the School will
   match the Leverhulme money, should John be successful.  Seems to open the way forward.
   Will you confirm with Janice?
   Mike

     From: "T Davies" <T.D.Davies@uea.ac.uk>
     To: "'Mike Hulme'" <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
     Subject: RE: John Turnpenny and Leverhulme
     Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:12:51 -0000
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     Mike
     If you guarantee that if there is a TYN Phase 2, TYN will provide the
     50%, I'll take the risk.
     Trevor
     __________________________________
     Professor Trevor D. Davies
     Dean, School of Environmental Sciences
     University of East Anglia
     Norwich NR4 7TJ
     UK
     Tel +44 (0)1603 592836
     Fax +44 (0)1603 593792
     -----Original Message-----
     From: Mike Hulme [[1]mailto:m.hulme@uea.ac.uk]
     Sent: 17 February 2004 17:59
     To: t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk
     Subject: John Turnpenny and Leverhulme
     Trevor,
     John Turnpenny's current Tyndall contract ends December 2004.  He is
     planning on applying for a 2-year early career Leverhulme Fellowship
     (they
     only provide 50% salary) for 2005 and 2006 in their called area of human
     belief systems (deadline in 2 weeks; Janice knows).  See his short
     summary
     below.  This work is relevant to Tyndall and CRed if we are to tackle
     human
     behaviour in relation to large-scale environmental dangers.  John
     mentioned
     for example his schools work might tie-in with CRed.
     My question is this - Leverhulme need a signed statement from Head of
     Department that the other 50% salary will be found to match Leverhulme
     commitment.  I am prepared to make this commitment for John as far as I
     can
     (but Tyndall Phase II can't be assumed; there are other funding sources,
     e.g. new EU FP6 projects for example), but are you prepared to put your
     name to this on behalf of ENV, knowing that you won't be Dean!
     Any thoughts about this?
     Thanks,
     Mike
     ________________________________________________________________
     "Complex problems such as climate change, with attendant high levels of
     uncertainty, can only be fully addressed by examining the attitudes and
     values of the societies who will be affected by or influence the climate
     and
     any potential solutions. Attitudes and values are shaped by a variety of
     factors including individual and group psychology, culture, economics
     and
     belief systems. The aims of the proposed research are to:
     1) review the literature on the links between belief systems and
     attitudes
     to sustainability generally and climate change in particular, and their
     relevance in relation to the other factors listed above;
     2) examine the sustainability and climate change attitudes of a) the
     'narrative', or organisational structures, of specific religions or
     beliefs,
     b) the practitioners of those beliefs, and explore the reasons for the
     similarities and differences between the two;
     3) understand whether the attitudes towards addressing climate change in
     (2)
     actually lead to action or to a "values-behaviour gap", and understand
     how
     and why;
     4) From the understanding of the role of belief systems in 1), 2) and
     3), we
     will be in a position to hypothesise about the ways action on climate
     change
     might actually come about in the wider population. For example, would it
     be
     more useful to encourage individuals to change behaviour through
     economic
     measures such as taxation (with attitudes to sustainability eventually
     becoming more positive as a result), or do we need to encourage people
     to
     adopt belief systems which link to action on sustainability (the
     'changing
     hearts and minds' approach)? These hypotheses will be tested using a
     series
     of case studies. These could include:
     * Will more sustainability in school education be likely to promote
     sustainable lifestyles across the population? Or will the belief systems
     of
     the childern and parents be more important? Comparison of three schools
     (state, Steiner and Roman Catholic) to see the effects across different
     belief systems.
     * Contrasting the UK with Bhutan - a country with strong links between
     faith, attitudes and action on sustainability - to examine lessons which
     may
     be learned for the UK."