We identify critical energy issues and then bring together people with the right knowledge and expertise to address them, helping to create energy systems that are clean and just.

We will:

• be at the forefront of energy research across disciplines
• generate increasing research activity and income, creating opportunities for research that produces internationally recognised progress
• work across boundaries and consider community and economic needs
• consolidate and expand our networks and partnerships to enable creative approaches to energy research and practice.

Our research can fundamentally change how people use energy, so we create opportunities for individuals to be part of the decisions that impact them. We do this through working in partnership and through cooperation.

We will:

• demonstrate how our research creates value for communities, economies and the environment
• deliver actionable evidence that can guide energy decisions so they positively impact society
• reach wider audiences, in industry, government, communities, locally and globally.

DEI inspires people to think creatively and work cooperatively for a shared goal: clean and just energy systems.

We will:

• communicate our findings in accessible and attractive ways
• enable researchers to reach policy audiences, and deliver evidence that can directly inform energy policy
• offer broad education about energy issues from basic to specialist levels, through outreach, degree programmes, and CPD/Executive Education Programmes
• be visible and engaged on national and international stages.

DEI is different by attitude, not by topic. We recognise the value of the broadest interdisciplinary approaches, bringing different perspectives together to tackle the challenge of energy transitions. We recognise the diversity of human and planetary life and know that we must strive continually to understand how changing energy systems affect different groups.

We will:

• leave no one behind
• promote inclusion, equity and diversity, leading by example
• nurture emerging researchers and practitioners within our ethos of inclusive, interdisciplinary, people and planet-centred energy research.