Governance by Evaluation? The role of knowledge in governing decarbonisation transformations

关于社会-技术-政治转变（或过渡）的文献在过去十年中蓬勃发展。一个关键的、反复出现的主题是，特定的参与者在多大程度上拥有“代理”（Brown, 2013）来引导转型的方向和速度。中央政府部门通常被认为享有特定的代理权。一个新的工作流开始出现，分析政府如何选择、校准和实施不同的政策工具“组合”（监管，基于市场的工具）（van den Bergh 2011: 6）来引导转型（Meadowcroft 2009； Kivimaa和Kern 2016）。然而，如果一个人更广泛地打开公共政策的“黑盒子”（Smith et al. 2010: 446），那么其他行为者就会出现在视野中——比如那些塑造特定政策设计的知识环境的行为者。在英国脱碳转型领域，气候变化委员会（CCC）是履行这一职责的机构之一。它定期对脱碳的方向、速度和差距进行评估，并向政府提供建议。实际上，它参与了一种更柔和、更不直接的评估治理。现有的文献大多考察了CCC的创建，而不是其运作。现在，在它成立十年之后，是一个充分审视它所发挥的多重作用的好时机。本课程将探讨：CCC的设计——它在放电中扮演了什么角色，为什么？CCC的知识生产活动-它选择了什么主题来分析，为什么和如何分析？它在治理脱碳转型中扮演的角色——谁利用它产生的知识，如何利用，产生什么影响？通过借鉴一系列与治理（Smith et al. 2005）、转型、知识生产和利用（Jordan and Russel 2014）有关的不同理论文献，学生将解决我们对转型理解的重大差距，并为C3T的工作增加价值（但不取代资源）。它将在中心的第一阶段（2019-2024年）运行。请注意：该奖学金与在卡迪夫大学举行的研究补助金ES/S012257/1相关联。联系人是中心经理：Rose Terpstra （terpstrar@cardiff.ac.uk）。

The literature on socio-technical-political transformations (or transitions) has blossomed in the last decade. A key, recurring theme is the extent to which particular actors have the 'agency' (Brown, 2013) to steer the direction and speed of transformations. Central Government departments are often assumed to enjoy particular agency. A new stream of work is beginning to appear that analyses how governments select, calibrate and implement different 'mixes' of policy instruments (regulation, market based instruments) (van den Bergh 2011: 6) to steer transformations (Meadowcroft 2009; Kivimaa and Kern 2016).However, if one opens up the 'black box' (Smith et al. 2010: 446) of public policy even more widely, then other actors come into view - such as those that shape the knowledge environment in which particular policies are designed. In the UK decarbonisation transformation landscape, one body which performs this role is the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). It provides regular assessments of the direction, pace and gaps in decarbonisation, advising government. In effect, it is engaged in a softer, less direct from of governance by evaluation.The existing literature has mostly examined the creation of the CCC as opposed to its operation. Now - ten years after its establishment - is an opportune moment to examine fully the multiple roles it plays. This studentship will examine:the design of the CCC - what roles was it given to discharge and why?the knowledge production activities of the CCC - what topics does it select to analyse, why and how?the roles it performs in the governance of decarbonisation transformation - who draws on the knowledge it generates, how and with what effect?By drawing on a range of different theoretical literatures concerned with governance (Smith et al. 2005), transitions, knowledge production and utilisation (Jordan and Russel 2014), the studentship will address a significant gap in our understanding of transformations and add value to (but not displace resources from) the work of the C3T. It will run during the first phase of the Centre (2019-2024).PLEASE NOTE: this studentship is linked to Research Grant ES/S012257/1, held at the University of Cardiff. The contact there is the Centre Manager: Rose Terpstra (terpstrar@cardiff.ac.uk).