Gathering around stories: Interdisciplinary experiments in support of energy system transitions

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 284-294

  Smith, Joe ^a   Butler, Robert ^a   Day, Rosie J ^b   Goodbody, Axel H ^d   Llewellyn, David H ^c   Rohse, Mel ^b   Smith, Bradon T ^a   Tyszczuk, Renata A ^e   Udall, Julia ^f   Whyte, Nicola M ^g  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Co production; Energy; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026253351     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.026     Document Type: Article

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