Addressing social representations in socio-technical transitions with the case of shale gas

Upham, Paul; Lis, Aleksandra; Riesch, Hauke; Stankiewicz, Piotr

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2015.01.004

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“…Moreover, the transitions literature adopts a seemingly static view of human behavior (Pesch, 2015;van der Vleuten, 2018). Leading researchers have recently called for the need to further our appreciation of actors in sustainability transitions de Haan & Rotmans, 2018;Gazheli et al, 2015;Upham et al, 2018;Upham, Lis, Riesch, & Stankiewicz, 2015;van der Vleuten, 2018).…”

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Active sustainability actors: A life course approach

Koistinen

Teerikangas

Mikkilä

et al. 2019

Sustainable Development

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There is an increasing interest in the role of actors in the pursuit of sustainability transitions. In this paper, we adopt a life course perspective to explore active sustainability actors. To this end, we interviewed 16 professionals across private, public, and third sectors in Finland. The paper's main implication is in introducing a life course perspective to the study of active sustainability actors. Second, we propose a grounded model of active actors' sustainability engagement. The model details sustainability agency formation and maintenance dynamics. Going forward, our findings are a call for further research on sustainability agency, be it in its engagement, via life courses, or via the study of different actor types.

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confidence: 99%

Active sustainability actors: A life course approach

Koistinen

Teerikangas

Mikkilä

et al. 2019

Sustainable Development

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“…Social-scientific literature on fracking is also emerging, with some studies focused on political and media discourse (Vasi et al 2015;Upham et al 2015;Hilson 2015;Hudgins and Poole 2014;Jaspal, Turner, and Nerlich 2014); state responses (Carter and Eaton 2016;Crowe, Ceresola, and Silva 2015a); civil society organizational responses (Neville and Weinthal 2016;Dodge 2015;Vesalon and Cretan 2015;Jalbert, Kinchy, and Perry 2014) and attitude studies (Crowe et al 2015b;Boudet et al 2016Boudet et al , 2014Heuer and Lee 2014;Kriesky et al 2013;Theodori 2009). A smaller set of studies focuses on social impacts.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating the effects of living with contamination from the lens of trauma: a case study of fracking development in Alberta, Canada

Davidson

2017

Environmental Sociology

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Trauma, the experience of sudden, dangerous, overwhelming events that render victims powerless, is an apt description of many experiences with toxic contamination. Toxic contamination events nonetheless often have a number of characteristics in common that render such events unique forms of trauma, including the invisibility and ambiguity of threats, an association between the threat and sources of livelihood and identity and the absence of resources necessary for resolution and recovery. While environmental sociologists tend not to analyze toxic contamination from the lens of trauma, doing so may shed important insights into such events and their human and social consequences. The current study explores the toxic contamination experienced by local residents due to nearby hydraulic fracturing activities in rural communities in southern Alberta, a conservative, upper middle class agrarian region with strong links with the oil and gas industry. Residents describe acute impacts to their health, land, livestock and loved ones, but these traumas were then exacerbated by the failure of authorities to respond in a manner expected, and the corrosion of communities. Victims experienced complete upheaval in their beliefs, and for many their experiences with contamination and fears of future exposure have come to dominate their lives.

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“…Hilson [39] evaluates the limited legal relevance of such global frames in England's planning and regulatory procedures. Williams et al [74] scrutinise discourses of risk, while Jaspal and Nerlich [43] and Upham et al [72] adopt a social representations perspective to explore how hydraulic fracturing is constructed by the media and how it is perceived by citizens.…”

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The discursive politics of unconventional gas in Scotland: Drifting towards precaution?

Stephan

2017

Energy Research & Social Science

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Abstract:With a long history of oil and gas production and potentially significant reserves of unconventional gas, Scotland represents a notable case amid the growing international controversy over unconventional gas development (UGD). This article applies argumentative discourse analysis to the Scottish debate over UGD and identifies several important storylines which have mobilised different discourse coalitions and shaped public opinion as well as policy-making. For now, anti-UGD storylines appear more encompassing and have achieved greater resonance. Of particular interest, however, is the role of the Scottish government as a third discourse coalition. Through a moratorium on all forms of UGD and a cautious 'evidence-based approach', the government has established a form of discursive dominance and has successfully minimised electoral risks. But its anti-Westminster storyline -created in the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 -has undermined the government's pragmatic strategy by invoking Scottish resistance to the UK's pursuit of shale gas. While the evidence-based approach persists as the preeminent storyline, its interpretation has 'drifted' from (1) a modestly reformed planning policy to (2) an exercise in scientific fact-finding combined with a public consultation and, arguably, (3) to a precautionary approach that might lay the foundation for an extended moratorium.

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Addressing social representations in socio-technical transitions with the case of shale gas

Cited by 45 publications

References 24 publications

Active sustainability actors: A life course approach

Active sustainability actors: A life course approach

Evaluating the effects of living with contamination from the lens of trauma: a case study of fracking development in Alberta, Canada

The discursive politics of unconventional gas in Scotland: Drifting towards precaution?

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