The Towards Inclusive Climate Action (TICA) Network is a practice- and policy-focused research collaborative dedicated to understanding and promoting the engagement of ethnic minority communities in the Just Transition to Net Zero in Scotland and beyond.
The network brings together members and partners from a wide range of backgrounds, including individuals and organisations from universities, community organisations, charities, and government agencies.
TICA network is derived from a pilot research project under the same name jointly funded by British Academy ECRN Seed Fund 25/26 and Edinburgh Napier University School of Applied Science Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund 25/26.
Meet our team
冉冠宇 Dr Guanyu Jason Ran
Network Convener
Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Policy
Edinburgh Napier University
I am a sociologist working primarily in the field of ethnic and migration studies, focusing on the settlement processes and outcomes of immigrants with ethnic minority backgrounds in major Western societies. My main interest in relation to environment and climate change is the public engagement of different social groups with net zero interventions (particularly ethnic minorities with immigrant backgrounds), including the policymaking that shapes those engagements, as well as how those engagements in turn influence broader social, cultural, and political outcomes in our society.
Other relevant projects and networks I am involved in:
Host for Asian!MacAsian! Podcast
Stakeholder Advisory Group Member: “Mobilising Climate Action Scotland” project (MCAS), https://mcas.org.uk/
Associate Director, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, https://www.crfr.ac.uk/
Co-Convener, On the Margin Collaborative Research Network, https://onthemargins.org.uk/
Dr Inge Panneels
Network Co-Convener
Lecturer in Product and Service Design
School of Design
Edinburgh College of Art
University of Edinburgh
I am an artist, Researcher and Lecturer in Service Design at University of Edinburgh, in the School of Design and Edinburgh Futures Institute. I have published extensively on mapping and sustainability in the creative industries. I devised the Quintuple Bottom Line (people, planet, profit, purpose and place) as a framework to consider a holistic approach to sustainability in a circular economy. In my research I also ask what role can creativity play to implement a culture shift towards a circular economy which operates within social and ecological boundaries? I have worked extensively with British Council Nepal and Applied Arts Scotland and was Specialist Advisor for Creative Scotland and Scottish Arts Council.