Reflecting on personal and professional energy stories in energy demand research

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 158-163

  Staddon, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anecdote; Positionality; Reflexivity; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021111886     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.013     Document Type: Article

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