Publications

A socio-technical perspective on low carbon investment challenges – Insights for UK energy policy

Research article by Tim Foxon on 1 Mar 2015

The UK is moving into a new phase of energy governance which is characterised by significant demand for new investment to meet long term climate policy objectives and to address shorter term energy security challenges. This paper examines how contributions from the socio-technical systems approach can be operationalised to address the policy and societal challenge […]

Why are we waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change

Book by Nicholas Stern on 1 Mar 2015

Nicholas Stern argues that the risks and costs of climate change are worse than estimated in the landmark Stern Review in 2006—and far worse than implied by standard economic models. read more »

Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture

Research article by Stephen Whitfield, Andy Dougill, Felix Kalaba, J. Leventon, Lindsay Stringer on 1 Mar 2015

Whitfield, S., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J. C., Kalaba, F. K., Leventon, J., & Stringer, L. C. (2015).Geoforum, 60, pp133-142.

What lies beneath: understanding the invisible aspects of municipal climate change governance

Research article by Hayley Leck on 27 Feb 2015

Municipal or local government climate governance has attracted much research attention with a proliferation of literature investigating institutional enablers and barriers to climate action. This paper addresses a gap in this literature through considering critically the role of informal/shadow systems and spaces; the significant inner social workings that constitute what we call the ‘invisible aspects’ of municipal institutions for learning and decision-making processes. read more »

The Potential and Coupling Effect of Compost and Mucuna for Quarry Site Restoration: A Study at the YongwaLimestone Quarry in Ghana

Research article by Philip Antwi-Agyei on 20 Feb 2015

Hogarh, J. N., Antwi-Agyei, P., Terlabie, J. L., Boakye, O., & Addo-Fordjour, P. (2015). In: Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 3(2), 30-35. Link to article

Labeling opinions in the climate debate: a critical review

Research article by Amelia Sharman, Candice Howarth on 19 Feb 2015

This paper critically reviews the literature on climate opinion labels, and the efforts taken within an academic context to categorize differences, create new taxonomies of more detailed sub‐labels, or create or argue for the use of new labels such as denier or contrarian. read more »

Why did the knowledge transition occur in the West and not in the East? ICT and the role of governments in Europe, East Asia and the Muslim world

Working paper by Ralph Hippe on 18 Feb 2015

The invention of a new ICT, the printing press, may have been a fundamental turning point in knowledge transition. But did Gutenberg’s printing press succeed in Europe because of, or … read more »

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