dc.contributor.author | Butler, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Demski, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Parkhill, Karen | |
dc.contributor.author | Pidgeon, Nick | |
dc.contributor.author | Spence, Alexa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-25T14:37:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-02-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. In the UK there are strong policy imperatives to transition toward low carbon energy systems but how and in what ways such transitional processes might be realised remains highly uncertain. One key area of uncertainty pertains to public attitudes and acceptability. Though there is wide-ranging research relevant to public acceptability, very little work has unpacked the multiple questions concerning how policy-makers can grapple with and mitigate related uncertainties in efforts to enact energy systems change. In this paper, public acceptability is identified as an indeterminate form of uncertainty that presents particular challenges for policy making. We build on our existing research into public values for energy system change to explore how the outcomes of the project can be applied in thinking through the uncertainties associated with public acceptability. Notably, we illustrate how the public values identified through our research bring into view alternative and quite different problem and solution framings to those currently evident within UK policy. We argue that engagement with a wide range of different framings can offer a basis for better understanding and anticipating public responses to energy system change, ultimately aiding in managing the complex set of uncertainties associated with public acceptability. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Environment Research Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Leverhulme Trust | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 87, December 2015, pp. 665 - 672 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.035 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/I006753/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | F/00407/AG | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20123 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515000543 | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | Accepted manuscript: © 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.title | Public values for energy futures: Framing, indeterminacy and policy making | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0301-4215 | |
dc.description | Published | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.description | Copyright © 2015 Elsevier. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy Policy (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.035 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Energy Policy | en_GB |