Edward de Quay

Edward is a Policy Analyst (UK Democracy) for the Grantham Research Institute’s ‘Climate Election’ project. Edward works on projects related to climate policy and UK democracy, in particular net zero, UK elections and misinformation.

Background

Prior to joining the Institute, Edward co-led a multi-institutional research programme investigating the technical, sociological, organisational, and theological paths to sustainable and ecologically sensitive change in the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Previously he worked at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference supporting national work on the environment in response to the ecological teaching of Pope Francis.

Edward has a BA in Geography and a MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management from the University of Oxford.

Research interests

• The political consensus on climate action in the UK.
• Net zero as an electoral issue.
• Climate misinformation.
• The role of faith groups in climate solutions.