Report on Wellcome Trust-funded project into energy precarity and urban heat in subtropical Asian cities, originally posted on urbangreenadaptationdiary.wordpress.com After everything we’ve done in the last week, we can safely say we’ve added another case study city to our collaborative activities – Fukuoka. The main purpose of our visit was the final project meeting for… Read More Fukuoka, Japan: developing and expanding our research
(a short video in Japanese summarising the findings of our peer-reviewed papers into Iwaki fisheries to date) 日本語は全然完璧ではなく申し訳ございませんが、今までいわき・福島漁業に関する社会学的な調査の結果をまとめ致します。内容はずっと学術誌に出版された論文（つまり同僚評価された論文）に入っています。もし分かりにくいところ、「ええ、これ違うかなあ」ところ、「これをもっと調査した方が良い」ところが気に入ったら、是非コメントまたはメールで(l.j.mabon@rgu.ac.uk)ご連絡ください： Mabon, L and Kawabe, M (2015) ‘Fisheries in Iwaki after the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear accident: lessons for coastal management under conditions of high uncertainty?’ Coastal Management 43 (5): 498-518 Mabon, L and Kawabe, M (2016) ‘Engagement… Read More いわき漁業に関する社会学的調査をまとめるビデオ講演
This post is copied over from a new collaborative blog which will be launched soon – stay tuned for more details… I’m just back from Taipei, where Dr Wan-Yu Shih and I were continuing to develop our collaboration. It was during this trip that I had the idea to set up a new blog to… Read More Winter 2016 Taipei Report
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014! A paper on public perceptions of CCS written by my colleagues and I – with input from social scientists at CSIRO in Australia – has just been published in Energy Policy. Our main finding is that public perceptions of CCS, in Scotland at least, come against a… Read More CCS large group process paper published in Energy Policy
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to give one of the keynote talks at Community Resource Network Scotland’s Annual Conference at the end of October. Attending the conference was a very informative and eye-opening experience for me, not least because it reminded me of how privileged and inaccessible the space can be in which… Read More Presenting at Community Resource Network Scotland’s Annual Conference
About a year and a half ago I was involved in producing a video of ‘talking heads’ for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) research at the University of Edinburgh. It turned out to be one of the most hectic – but also one of the most interesting – things I’ve done. The idea started… Read More On producing a ‘talking heads’ video for carbon dioxide capture and storage
One of the key issues I seem to be running up against at the moment with the various projects I’m involved in is research fatigue. Basically, it seems to be the case that wherever I turn in the low-carbon energy field, potential participants have already talked to people from other institutions, participated in projects, or… Read More Fat(igue) fighters
Our team’s response to the UK Parliamentary Call for Evidence on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage now published: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/WrittenEvidence.svc/EvidencePdf/1377
Dr Leslie Mabon 