Participatory energy: Research, imaginaries and practices on people' contribute to energy systems in the smart city

Corsini, Filippo; Certomà, Chiara; Dyer, Mark; Frey, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.028

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“…Thus, their presence remains on the periphery of the dominant political processes. While the top-down technocratic pragmatism has resulted in remarkable policy outputs, such as the reduction of pollution and waste (Han, 2017), it also distracts from the critical role of citizen-led political action, leading some to suggest that sustainability transitions require strong democratic societies that are capable of radical transformations (Corsini et al, 2019). In Singapore, the longstanding (albeit still evolving) state-citizen relations mean that radical action currently remains on the fringes of society and is relatively invisible for many in the public sphere.…”

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“…While sustainability transitions are concerned with radical transformations of sociotechnical systems (e.g. energy, food), research in this field remains relatively quiet about the participatory processes that bring citizens closer to democratic ideals and inclusive transitions (Corsini et al, 2019). This is despite a longstanding interest in public participation in policy making and planning (Arnstein, 1969) and growing literature focusing on food waste practices and their policy implications (Schanes et al, 2018).…”

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Participating in food waste transitions: exploring surplus food redistribution in Singapore through the ecologies of participation framework

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Davies

Ng³

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Food waste is a global societal meta-challenge requiring a sustainability transition involving everyone, including publics. However, to date, much transitions research has been silent on the role of public participation and overly narrow in its geographical reach. In response, this paper examines whether the ecologies of participation (EOP) approach provides a conceptual framing for understanding the role of publics within food waste transitions in Singapore. First the specificities of Singapore's socio-political context and its food waste management system is reviewed, before discussing dominant, diverse and emergent forms of public engagement with food waste issues. This is followed by in-depth consideration of how participation is being orchestrated by two surplus food redistribution initiatives. Our analysis finds the EOP beneficial in its elevation of participation within the transitions field. It also provides a useful means to deconstruct elements that comprise participation practices and discuss culture-specific motivations, organisational realities and visceral experiences.

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Participating in food waste transitions: exploring surplus food redistribution in Singapore through the ecologies of participation framework

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Ng³

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…Within this context, as a derivation of the more recent research focused on the streams 'urban living and policy' and 'household energy', it appears that the application of social practice theory is heading to the direction of reframing the challenges and potentials of orienting citizens' behaviour in the context of energy consumption and production in smart cities [111,[147][148][149][150]. During the last decade, we assisted also to a wider interest in promoting sustainable decentralised energy production fostered by citizen participation is a number of local projects implemented in smart cities contexts [151,152]. Such projects comprehend a wide range of activities ranging from energy generation projects to energy conservation projects (e.g., renewable energy generation from locally-owned infrastructures, refurbishment of community building, programs fostering behavioural change, etc.)…”

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The Advent of Practice Theories in Research on Sustainable Consumption: Past, Current and Future Directions of the Field

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The application of practice theories in the domain of sustainability research in consumer studies is increasingly advocated based on the premise that this allows to analyse consumption as a social phenomenon. Consequently, the applications of social practice theories to this field are expanding geometrically and to date, little retrospective work on this evolution has been made. We conduct a bibliometric analysis of applications of practice theories in the domain of sustainability research in consumer studies. Our results show a temporal succession of research trends: ‘consumer identity’ dominated the field between 2009 and 2012, ‘business and governance’ between 2012 and 2014, ‘sustainable consumption and production’ between 2013 and 2014, ‘urban living and policy’ between 2014 and 2015 and ‘household energy’ from 2015 until the present. We see a high potential of future applications of practice theories in the fields of the sharing and circular economy, as well as in research on smart cities. We provide new insights into the evolution and future trends of applications of social practice theory to domains that are relevant for research on sustainability and consumer studies.

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“…In the neoliberal worldwide predominant scenario, LEM have been focused mainly on a techno-economic model involving the rapid deployment of renewable energy technologies as wind, biomass, hydro and solar power. However successful deployment of urban energy initiatives is not only a techno-economic optimization problem, also is a process in which the 'social' and the 'technical' are closely linked, and technologies evolve together with government programs [16]. The Cuban socioeconomic system is far from neoliberalism and has some several particularities which motivate it to study.…”

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Municipal Energy Management Model for Cuban First Level Municipalities

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The Government of Cuba proposed in the year 2011 an update of the economic and social model, where the management of energy is an element of influence in the economy of the country. This led to the approval of a policy for the development of renewable sources and the efficient use of energy. Another important aspect is the National Plan for development until 2030, which considers the use of natural resources including energy, environmental impacts, and its link with the local development. However, in the municipalities, there are few studies on local energy management (LEM), and they lack the essential elements to guarantee it. This study defined the elements of LEM for the management models of local governance in Cuba, the energy context, and the scenario for the development of LEM in the country.The results suggest a model for LEM that integrates its elements to the functions of local government in energy decisions that influence the economy, society, the environment and local development.

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Participatory energy: Research, imaginaries and practices on people' contribute to energy systems in the smart city

Cited by 77 publications

References 49 publications

Participating in food waste transitions: exploring surplus food redistribution in Singapore through the ecologies of participation framework

Participating in food waste transitions: exploring surplus food redistribution in Singapore through the ecologies of participation framework

The Advent of Practice Theories in Research on Sustainable Consumption: Past, Current and Future Directions of the Field

Municipal Energy Management Model for Cuban First Level Municipalities

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