Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | ES/H022864/1 | |
| Title | Bilateral Netherlands: The politics of low carbon innovation: towards a theory of niche protection | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 25%; Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 25%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 25%; Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts) 25%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 50%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr AP (Adrian ) Smith No email address given Science Policy Research Unit University of Sussex |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | ESRC | |
| Start Date | 01 October 2010 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2014 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £302,971 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | South East | |
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| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr AP (Adrian ) Smith , Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex (100.000%) |
| Web Site | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FH022864%2F1 |
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| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | This project will analyse the politics of providing "protective space" for innovative sustainable developments. Sustainable innovation theory emphasises innovation processes developing within protective niches. These spaces accumulate experience through real world experimentation and help carry technologies from demonstration and into commercial use. Three low carbon technologies important to Dutch and UK climate policy will be studied: photovoltaic cell offshore wind carbon capture and storage As public support under climate policy grows, will political competition for protective space increase amongst technology advocates? Analysis will look at the arguments advanced by advocates of each technology, and the audiences to whom these arguments are made. The networks of actors (individuals and institutions) that contribute to the development of these narratives will be explored for how they verify and spread the argument; and how their activities generate different forms of protection, eg economic subsidies, public investments, institutional support, valued knowledge, political backing, attaining positive symbolic significance. Importantly, we are interested in how these forms of protection feedback into the development of the niche innovations and affect their development. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 25/11/11 | |
