Biography
Dr Torran Semple is a multi-disciplinary researcher who specialises in the analysis of various social and energy-related issues, including fuel poverty, the equity of energy transitions and the promotion of sustainable transport.
He joined the University of Oxford in October 2025 and is a member of the EDOx research group, who work on a number of ongoing projects, including EDOL, SENSE and JED-AI.
Prior to this, he received his PhD ("The Modern Problematisation of Fuel Poverty in England: Quantification, Obfuscation and Energy Transitions") from the University of Nottingham.
Most Recent Publications
Do Socio-Economic Determinants Influence DPYD Testing? A Real-World Study of 1478 Cancer Patients Receiving Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy
Do Socio-Economic Determinants Influence DPYD Testing? A Real-World Study of 1478 Cancer Patients Receiving Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy
Generating Experimental Area-Level Synthetic Income Datasets for Use in Poverty Research
Generating Experimental Area-Level Synthetic Income Datasets for Use in Poverty Research
Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips During the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.
Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips During the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.
The impact of COVID-19 on future public transport use in Scotland.
The impact of COVID-19 on future public transport use in Scotland.
Trips for outdoor exercise at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
Trips for outdoor exercise at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
Research Interests
- The conceptualisation and quantification of fuel poverty
- The implications of energy transitions for fuel poverty (e.g., the fairness of heat decarbonisation)
- The distributional effects of demand-side flexibility programmes
- The decarbonisation of transport
Current Research Projects
EDOL: Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory. EPSRC project collecting detailed longitudinal data on household energy use and explanatory socio-technical variables.
JedAI: Justice, Energy, Demand flexibility and AI for Sustainability seeks to help household take advantage of new flexible use patterns and avoid disadvantaging those less able.
SENSE: Data for good. Providing a range of data sources for wider use in research and development.
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Most Recent Publications
Do Socio-Economic Determinants Influence DPYD Testing? A Real-World Study of 1478 Cancer Patients Receiving Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy
Do Socio-Economic Determinants Influence DPYD Testing? A Real-World Study of 1478 Cancer Patients Receiving Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy
Generating Experimental Area-Level Synthetic Income Datasets for Use in Poverty Research
Generating Experimental Area-Level Synthetic Income Datasets for Use in Poverty Research
Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips During the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.
Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips During the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland.
The impact of COVID-19 on future public transport use in Scotland.
The impact of COVID-19 on future public transport use in Scotland.
Trips for outdoor exercise at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
Trips for outdoor exercise at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.
