Good morning everyone, Sorry for clogging your email inboxes during Covid, but I wanted to share a small collection of research that we feel addresses an under-examined topic in policy and transitions studies: culture. Way back when I was collecting original data on renewable electricity technologies in the United States, I noticed that cultural aspects (related to norms of consumption, apathy about where electricity comes from, expectations of abundance) played as prominent a role in shaping social attitudes or practices as technical, economic, or political aspects: The cultural barriers to renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160791X09000852>.
After writing this more than a decade ago, my research agenda shifted to other areas, but I always kept culture in the back of my mind as something worthy of additional exploration. I was finally able to return to that topic with the much needed help of Professor Steve Griffiths. Together we've tried to take on the topic of culture and transitions in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way. We have: * A review "The cultural barriers to a low-carbon future: A review of six mobility and energy transitions across 28 countries," published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032119307774?via%3Dihub> * A review "Culture and low-carbon energy transitions," published in Nature Sustainability<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0519-4> * A blog at Nature Sustainability getting "behind the paper"<https://sustainabilitycommunity.springernature.com/channels/1385-behind-the-paper/posts/64500-culture-and-low-carbon-energy-transitions> We hope they pursue some interesting arguments but also point the way towards future research. Anybody needing copies need only email me. Even critiques or rebuttals welcome if they help advance this research agenda. Wishing everyone the best, Benjamin (and Steve) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CWXP265MB0262977735E3C0F97C696AFDB5B60%40CWXP265MB0262.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
