Dr Elaine Robinson

PhD (Loughborough University)

Pronouns: She/her
  • Research Associate (Centre for Research in Social Policy)
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Elaine Robinson

Elaine was awarded a PhD from the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering here at Loughborough University in 2021 where she investigated multi-stakeholder decision-making in low-energy building design. In 2021, she joined the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University as a Research Associate, where she undertook socio-technical research, using Smart meter data in Welsh social housing to identify energy use behaviour archetypes using cluster analysis.

In 2023, Elaine joined the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough as a Research Associate. Her role involves developing and undertaking quantitative analysis of large data sets, in order to identify patterns and trends related to low income and fuel poverty.

Within the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Elaine's work is focussed mainly on quantitative analysis, including analysing data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), also known as “Understanding Society”, for a report into fuel poverty for end-of-life charity Marie Curie.

Her previous work includes analysing data from the Family Resources Survey for the annual Households Below a Minimum Income Standard report and research into Debt, poverty and living standards in Great Britain for Christians Against Poverty.

Elaine’s research interests include sustainable housing and energy policy and how these aspects relate to living standards.