Using stories, narratives, and storytelling in energy and climate change research

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-10

  Moezzi, Mithra ^a   Janda, Kathryn B ^b   Rotmann, Sea ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sustainable Energy Advice Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy; Imaginaries; Narratives; Stories; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028339899     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.034     Document Type: Article

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