Understanding the human dimensions of a sustainable energy transition

L Steg, G Perlaviciute, E Van der Werff - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change threatens the health, economic prospects, and basic food and water
sources of people. A wide range of changes in household energy behavior is needed to …

Contextual and psychological factors shaping evaluations and acceptability of energy alternatives: Integrated review and research agenda

G Perlaviciute, L Steg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Sustainable energy transitions will be hampered without sufficient public support. Hence, it
is important to understand what drives public acceptability of (sustainable) energy …

Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom

E Cox, E Spence, N Pidgeon - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies may be needed to meet climate change
targets. A full understanding of public attitudes towards such approaches is currently lacking …

Participation in transition (s): Reconceiving public engagements in energy transitions as co-produced, emergent and diverse

J Chilvers, N Longhurst - Journal of Environmental Policy & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This paper brings the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and
Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time. In doing so we put …

[HTML][HTML] Public values for energy system change

C Demski, C Butler, KA Parkhill, A Spence… - Global Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Creating a national citizen engagement process for energy policy

N Pidgeon, C Demski, C Butler… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
This paper examines some of the science communication challenges involved when
designing and conducting public deliberation processes on issues of national importance …

[HTML][HTML] A perspective on the human dimensions of a transition to net-zero energy systems

G Perlaviciute, L Steg, BK Sovacool - Energy and Climate Change, 2021 - Elsevier
Net-zero energy systems are critical for reducing global temperature change to 1.5° C.
Transitioning to net-zero systems is simultaneously a technological and a social challenge …

The influence of values on evaluations of energy alternatives

G Perlaviciute, L Steg - Renewable energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Although both promoted as sustainable, nuclear and renewable energy elicit different
evaluations in people. People expect (whether true or not) different implications for the …

Public acceptance of renewable energies and energy autonomy: A comparative study in the French, German and Swiss Upper Rhine region

K Schumacher, F Krones, R McKenna, F Schultmann - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of climate change mitigation and increasing decentralized generation of
energy from renewable sources, public acceptance of renewable energy (RE) has become …

'We are a community [but] that takes a certain amount of energy': Exploring shared visions, social action, and resilience in place-based community-led energy …

KA Parkhill, F Shirani, C Butler, KL Henwood… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
In UK energy policy, community-led energy initiatives are increasingly being imbued with
transformative power to facilitate low carbon transitions. The ways that such expectations for …