“Once upon a time…” Eliciting energy and behaviour change stories using a fairy tale story spine

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 303-310

  Rotmann, Sea ^a  

^a Operating Agent IEA DSM Task 241 ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Participatory action research; Story spine; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021697279     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.033     Document Type: Article

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