Peter is the national social science manager at the Environment Agency and, as the most senior social scientist at the EA, leads the social science profession. He has worked as an environmental social scientist for three decades in both the university and government sectors. This has been for local, national and international public bodies and a wide range of issues such as water, energy, air, hazards and emergencies.
Peter has experience of the application of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods and a range of social science disciplines e.g. sociology, anthropology, psychology, politics and human geography.
Key social science topic areas for the EA and thus his work are: people and water; natural hazards and emergencies including flooding and drought; social science perspective on regulation; climate change, mitigation, net zero and adaptation; environmental inequalities; and, environmental governance.
As part of the Net+ Centre, he is the Environment Agency partner lead.
