Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Local and National Government Narratives on Renewable Energy Transitions

本博士论文研究改进项目将研究大规模可再生能源项目及其对农村社区自然资源和福祉的影响的地方和国家叙事。这个项目将增进对可再生能源发展的国家一级动态、决定大型项目合理性的因素以及当地社区参与这类项目的最佳做法的了解。研究结果将通过同行评议的期刊文章、会议发言、政策简报和论文广泛传播，对环境可持续性和人类健康和福祉产生影响。作为博士论文研究进步奖，该项目将提供支持，使有前途的学生建立一个独立的研究生涯。该项目将研究地方和国家政府的叙述如何影响大型可再生能源项目的发展。该项目将探讨国家政府的动态如何影响可再生能源项目的类型，这些项目在哪里实施，由谁实施，以及它们如何影响当地社区。数据收集将采用以下方法进行：档案研究，收集政策和技术文件、媒体报道；对可再生能源会议的与会者意见；参与可再生能源转型的行动者的社会网络映射和半结构化访谈。本研究中发展的理论和方法将为政府和社区寻求向可再生能源过渡的研究提供新的见解和方法。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This doctoral dissertation research improvement project will examine the local and national narratives on large-scale renewable energy projects and their impacts for rural communities’ natural resources and wellbeing. This project will improve understanding of the national-level dynamics of renewable energy development, of the factors that determine justification for large-scale projects, and of best practices regarding local community involvement in such projects. Findings will be broadly disseminated through peer-reviewed journal articles, conference presentations, and policy briefs and papers, with implications on environmental sustainability and human health and wellbeing. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this project will provide support to enable a promising student to establish an independent research career. This project will examine how local and national government narratives influence the development of largescale renewable energy projects. The project will explore how national government dynamics influence the type of renewable energy projects that are selected, where such projects are implemented, who implements them, and how they impact local communities. Data collection will be carried out using the following methods: archival research to collect policy and technical documents, media reports; participant observation at meetings on renewable energy; social network mapping of and semi-structured interviews with actors involved in renewable energy transitions. The theories and methodologies developed in this research will provide new insights and approaches to research involving governments and communities that are pursuing transitions to renewable energy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.