Emerging energy practices around decentralised storage of electricity. Sanneke Kloppenburg and Nick Verkade

Posted on May 10, 2016

In this seminar, Wageningen and Eindhoven University researchers Sanneke Kloppenburg and Nick Verkade will present the overarching research proposal and their plans for fieldwork in the UK.  They will also reflect on some of the first findings from their interviews and document study on community energy storage as a distinct storage mode in the UK. Storage is often identified as a key…

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The Mobility of the “Uber” Generation: Investigating Individual Attitudes, Lifestyles, Residential Location and Adoption of Shared Mobility of Millennials in California. Giovanni Circella

Posted on May 4, 2016

Passenger travel is going through a time of great transformation in the United States as well as in other countries. Young adults ("millennials"), in particular, are reported to behave (and travel) differently from previous generations at the same stage in life: they postpone the time they obtain a driver's license, often choose to live in urban locations and not to own a car, drive less even…

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Working paper 18: The Dynamics of Demand: thinking about steering

Posted on April 28, 2016

Working Paper 18: Louise Reardon, Greg Marsden and Elizabeth Shove, April 2016. This was a discussion paper for participants in the change and steering stream of the DEMAND conference, April 2016  

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Working paper 17: The Dynamics of Demand: methods and concepts for thinking about change

Posted on April 28, 2016

Working Paper 17: Stanley Blue, Janine Morley, Greg Marsden and Elizabeth Shove, April 2016. This was a discussion paper for participants in the change and steering stream of the DEMAND conference, April 2016

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Pre-Conference Workshop, 12-13 April 2016

Posted on April 25, 2016

The DEMAND PhD Pre-Conference workshop 2016 served as an introduction to DEMAND and its approach, allowing for PhD students studying energy demand (in relation to practice) to meet one another and share ideas before joining the main conference.  The workshop included not only interesting presentations from Elizabeth Shove (DEMAND Director), Sarah Royston (Research Fellow) and Jan…

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