From Public Acceptance to Societal Responsiveness of Net Zero Infrastructures

Phedeas Stephanides; Jason Chilvers; Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda; Tom Hargreaves; Helen Pallett; Chris Groves; Nicholas  Pidgeon; Karen Henwood; Robert Gross

doi:10.82226/543.p.000007

From Public Acceptance to Societal Responsiveness of Net Zero Infrastructures

Phedeas Stephanides, Jason Chilvers, Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda, Tom Hargreaves, Helen Pallett, Chris Groves, Nicholas Pidgeon, Karen Henwood, Robert Gross

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This briefing synthesises insights from a collaborative UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) project that reviewed and analysed social science literature and UK policy discourse to explore such alternative perspectives and approaches. A novel framework is introduced, setting out four distinct perspectives on the relations between publics and infrastructural change. These perspectives are corroborated with evidence from the exemplifying case study areas of wind energy, greenhouse gas removal technologies, and smart home technologies.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
Number of pages	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.82226/543.p.000007
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025

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