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Revez A, Dunphy N, Harris C, Rogan F, Byrne E, McGookin C, Bolger P, Ó Gallachóir B, Barry J, Ellis G, O’Dwyer B, Boyle E, Flood S, Glynn J, Mullally G. Mapping emergent public engagement in societal transitions: a scoping review. Energy Sustain Soc 2022; 12:2. [PMID: 35059277 PMCID: PMC8732801 DOI: 10.1186/s13705-021-00330-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Transition discourses are gaining prominence in efforts to imagine a future that adequately addresses the urgent need to establish low carbon and climate resilient pathways. Within these discourses the 'public' is seen as central to the creation and implementation of appropriate interventions. The role of public engagement in societal transformation while essential, is also complex and often poorly understood. The purpose of this paper is to enhance our understanding regarding public engagement and to address the often superficial and shallow policy discourse on this topic. MAIN TEXT The paper offers a review of evolving literature to map emergent public engagement in processes of transition and change. We adopt a pragmatic approach towards literature retrieval and analysis which enables a cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral review. We use a scoping review process and the three spheres of transformation framework (designated as the practical, political and personal spheres) to explore trends within this complex research field. The review draws from literature from the last two decades in the Irish context and looks at emergence and evolving spaces of public engagement within various systems of change including energy, food, coastal management and flood adaptation, among others. CONCLUSIONS The results highlight the siloed and fragmented way in which public engagement in transitions is carried and we propose a more cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary approach which depends on bringing into dialogue often contrasting theories and perspectives. The paper also illustrates some shifting engagement approaches. For instance, nexus articles between the practical and political spheres suggest deeper forms of public engagement beyond aggregated consumer behaviour to align technological delivery with institutional and societal contexts. While most articles in the practical sphere draw largely on techno-economic insights this influence and cross-disciplinarity is likely to draw in further innovations. Nexus articles between the political and personal sphere are also drawing on shifting ideas of public engagement and largely stress the need to disrupt reductive notions of engagement and agency within our institutions. Many of these articles call attention to problems with top-down public engagement structures and in various ways show how they often undermine and marginalise different groups.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexandra Revez
- Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Cleaner Production Promotion Unit, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Cleaner Production Promotion Unit, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
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- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York City, NY USA
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- Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Cleaner Production Promotion Unit, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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