Personal Profiles

Mr Scott Milne

Postgraduate Research Student

Short Biography:

Scott graduated from the University of Dundee in 2001 with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Computing. He then worked as a Research Assistant in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee, developing software and web applications for children, disabled people and older people. During his time at the University of Dundee, Scott was also a consultant with the Digital Media Access Group, a usability and accessibility consultancy. In 2006 Scott returned to full-time study at the University of Dundee, completing his MSc in Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling in 2007.
Scott is supervised by Prof Lester Hunt (Surrey Energy Economics Centre) and Dr Michael Peters (Centre for Environmental Strategy).

Research Interests:

Scott joined the RESOLVE group in January 2008 as part of the 'Lifestyle Scenarios' strand: a collaboration between the Centre for Environmental Strategy and the Surrey Energy Economics Centre.
Scott's PhD research involves the development of scenarios to depict the carbon-intensity of UK lifestyles to 2030. Scenarios are widely used across the public and private sectors as a means of establishing sets of 'possible futures', in order to better inform current policy and strategy. In attempting to reduce our environmental impact, scenarios can help illuminate the possible consequences of our current lifestyles, as well as indicating which alternative lifestyles might provide a more sustainable path for the future.
These scenarios will be informed by ongoing research across other strands within RESOLVE, combining an energy mapping framework with socio-psychological and cultural understandings of lifestyle change.

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