A long history of interdisciplinary research highlights the powerful role that human values
play in shaping individuals' engagement with environmental issues. That certain values are …

Sustainable energy transitions will be hampered without sufficient public support. Hence, it
is important to understand what drives public acceptability of (sustainable) energy …

Energy has an ambivalent status in social theory, variously figuring as a driver or an
outcome of social and institutional change, or as something that is woven into the fabric of …

Published research on smart homes and their users is growing exponentially, yet a clear
understanding of who these users are and how they might use smart home technologies is …

Political decisions and trends regarding coal use for electricity generation developed
differently in the UK and Germany, despite being subject to relatively similar climate …

Studies of societal engagement with socio-technical change are undergoing a systemic turn.
Rather than simply viewing public engagement in science, policy and behavioural change in …

Smart grids are a key feature of future energy scenarios, with the overarching goal of better
aligning energy generation and demand. The work presented here considers the role of the …

Decarbonisation and innovation will change the affordability of different domestic energy
services. This has the potential to alleviate vulnerability to fuel poverty, but it could create …

In this paper we discuss the importance of framing the question of public acceptance of
sustainable energy transitions in terms of values and a 'whole-system'lens. This assertion is …

Consumers of the future play an important role in the energy system by leveraging their
household loads to be flexible through demand response (DR) during a high network stress …