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

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-141

  Upham, Paul ^a   Lis, Aleksandra ^b   Riesch, Hauke ^c   Stankiewicz, Piotr ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fracking; Public opinion; Shale gas; Social representations; Socio technical transitions

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHALE GAS; SOCIAL THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84941190369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.01.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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