A5077343557- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Risk Perception and Management
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Nanotechnology research and applications
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
University of Bristol
2023-2025
Cardiff University
2014-2023
Edwards (United Kingdom)
2017-2020
University of Kentucky
2014
Genomics (United Kingdom)
2013
GTx (United States)
2011
In-Q-Tel
2011
Economic and Social Research Council
2011
University of Wales Institute Cardiff
2005
University of South Carolina
2004
Recent decades have seen momentum growing beyond what has been called the ‘participatory turn’ in governance. Here, shifts policy environment as well relationships between civil societ...
In March 2014 a group of early career researchers and academics from São Paulo state the UK met at University Campinas to participate in workshop on 'Responsible Innovation Governance Socially Controversial Technologies'. this Perspective we describe key reflections observations discussions, paying particular attention discourse responsible innovation cross-cultural perspective. We number important tensions, paradoxes opportunities that emerged over three days workshop.
Time is at the heart of understanding climate change, from perspective both natural and social scientists. This article selectively reviews research on time perception temporal aspects decision making in sociology psychology. First we briefly describe dimensions that characterize issue change. Second, review relevant theoretical approaches empirical findings. Then propose an integration these insights for problem change discuss mismatches between human mind, surrounding dynamics, Finally,...
The phenomenon of technological hazards, whose existence is only revealed many years after they were initially produced, shows that the question our responsibilities toward future generations urgent importance. However, nature societies means are caught in a condition structural irresponsibility: tools use to know cannot encompass temporal reach their actions. This article explores how dominant legal and moral concepts equally deficient for helping us understand what future-oriented...
Anticipation may be seen as structured by images and representations, an approach that has informed recent work in science technology studies on the sociology of expectations. But anticipation, a capacity or characteristic, is not solely manifested form even where such representations ‘not yet’ are performative nature. It also comprises material capacities, technological, biophysical affective The politics anticipation shaped how these symbolic forms agency they make possible, distributed....
Theorists have argued that environmental justice requires more than just the fair distribution of benefits and harms. It also participation in decisions those affected by them, equal recognition their cultural identities, dimensions most clearly articulated relation to indigenous struggles, where past devaluation place-based identities is seen as a source injustice. An alternative concept proposed draws on accounts how attachment (and place specifically) constitutive for both self-efficacy...
Access to digital seismological data from around the world has become increasingly rapid and easy with expansion of holdings at international, national, regional centers. Nonetheless, actual task getting center your own machine into a form that is ready for analysis always been required considerable human interaction. That just became much easier when accessing centers support IRIS/FISSURES Data Handling Interface (DHI) protocols (Ahern, 2001a,b). With release SOD 2.0 ( Standing Order ;...
[Article in WIREs Clim Change 2014, 5:375–388. doi: 10.1002/wcc.272] In the article cited above, there should be an Acknowledgment section as follows: Part of this work was funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant EP/K002465/1.
Food production and food security are fast becoming some of the most pressing issues 21st century. We developing environmentally responsible molecular heaters to help boost crop growth expand geographic areas capable supporting growth. Sinapic diacid (SDA) is such a molecule, that can act as light-to-heat agent, converting solar energy into heat delivered plant. have characterised photophysical properties SDA extensively, using combination steady-state ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques...
Development of effective participatory mechanisms within infrastructure planning governance has been dependent on how far the outputs processes have an impact upon strategic policy priorities. However, neoliberal modes are characterised by ‘recentralisation’ arms-length regulatory bodies and private corporations. Tensions between recentralisation exemplified relationship energy privatisation planning. With this study we examine these tensions using a case critical project in UK, South Wales...
It has been argued that responsible research and innovation (RRI) requires critique of the 'worlds' implicated in future imaginaries associated with new technologies. Qualitative social science can aid deliberation on by exploring meanings technologies within everyday practices, as demonstrated Yolande Strengers' work 'smartness'. In this paper, we show how a novel combination narrative interviews multimodal methods help explore smartness through lens biographical experiences socio-technical...
The problem of how to make the transition a more environmentally and socially sustainable society poses questions about such far-reaching social change can be brought about. In recent years, lifecourse transitions have been identified by range researchers as opportunities for policy other actors intervene individuals use energy, taking advantage disruptive encourage reflexive toward their lifestyles they technological infrastructures on which rely. Such identifications, however, employ...
Temporality is fundamental to qualitative longitudinal (QLL) research, inherent in the design of returning participants over time, often explore moments change. Previous research has indicated that talking about future can be difficult, yet there been insufficient discussion methodological developments address these challenges. This paper presents insights from Energy Biographies project, which taken a QLL and multimodal approach investigating how everyday energy use understood relation...
Understanding how and why practices may be transformed is vital for any transition towards socio-environmental sustainability. However, theorising explaining the role of individual agency in practice change continues to present challenges. In this paper we propose that theories can usefully combined with a psychosocial framework explain biographically patterned patterning product attachment relationships emergent strategies dealing uncertainty. Biographical interview data from project Energy...