Kylie Kay
- Email: rmhs0327@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Just Transitions and Ageing-in-Place: Evaluating Older Adults’ Indoor Environmental Quality in UK Social Housing Retrofit
- Supervisors: Dr Douglas Booker, Dr Alex Torku, Assoc. Professor Catherine (Frin) Bale
Profile
I am a PhD student researching older adults’ lived experiences in retrofitted homes through the lens of environmental and energy justice. My project methodology will include several participatory methods, including focus group discussions, resource trace and ethnographic interviews, and participatory systems mapping followed by a research world café. I am also part of the Priestley Climate Scholars programme 2026-2027 cohort.
Prior to starting my PhD programme, I have worked as a research associate researching urban heat experiences at the Human Potential Translarional Research Programme (HPTRP) in National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, as well as communications and community engagement on The Leven Programme in Scotland.
Research interests
My key research interests are in environmental and energy justice, energy poverty, intersectionality, and participatory research methods.
Qualifications
- MSc. Environment, Culture and Society, University of Edinburgh
- BA(Hons) English Literature, Nanyang Technological University