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Call for papers: 4th Energy and Society Conference - Energy transitions in a divided world; 3-5 September 2018, University of Exeter, UK
Session organisers: Dr Anne Schiffer (Leeds Beckett University, UK) and Dr Mary Greene (NUI Galway, Ireland)
Beyond academia: Translating energy transition research into policy
Research on energy transitions is under increasing pressure to create impact beyond traditional dissemination routes, for example policy recommendations (Raw et al 2017). At the same time decision makers are criticised for being removed from the experiential and lived experience of policy impacts at grassroots level. These can arguably become more effective if recommendations are grounded in knowledge of everyday experiences. Here, situated ethnographic and immersive research holds a particular promise in shedding light on how lived experiences including embodied practices, dispositions and practical know how play out in domestic and community settings.
As such, this workshop session explores how ethnographic energy transition research can inform policy at local, national and international level. In response to dominant technocratic approaches, social-scientific and human-centred energy research increasingly explores complex dimensions of everyday life. The workshop session will combine short presentations with a participatory discussion format on dissemination to policy makers and civil society.
We invite papers focused but not limited to the following thematic areas:
• policy implications emerging from ethnographic energy research
• methods and experiences for communicating energy insight to civil society and policy spheres
• how to assess the impact of academic findings on policy at local, national and/or international level
Please send your abstracts (maximum 250 words) to Anne Schiffer ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Mary Greene ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) by 18 May.
Best wishes,
Dr Anne Schiffer
Senior Lecturer
School of Art, Architecture & Design
Leeds Beckett University
Broadcasting Place A305, City Campus
+44 (0)113 81 29156
Twitter @DrAnneSchiffer
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anneschiffer
FYI the ‘e’ in Anne is pronounced like the ‘e’ garden
Recent publications:
Greene, M. and Schiffer, A. (2018) Learning from past and current energy transitions to build sustainable and resilient energy futures: lessons from Ireland and The Gambia. In: Sumpf, P. and Buscher, C. eds. (2018) Shape Energy Research Design Challenge: control, change and capacity-building in energy systems. https://shapeenergy.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SHAPE-ENERGY_D3.5_Research-design-challenge-collection.pdf
Schiffer, A. (2017) Shared Ownership in Scotland: opening up citizen participation in renewable energy. Edinburgh, Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Wu, B., Schiffer, A., and Burns, B. (2016) Power for the People: delivering decentralized, community-controlled renewable energy access. ActionAid USA, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Women€'s Environment & Development Organization.
Schiffer, A. (2016) Empowered, excited, or disenfranchised? Unveiling issues of energy access inequality and resource dependency in The Gambia. Energy Research & Social Science, 18 August, pp. 50-61.
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