Exploring diverse forms of public engagement with energy systems and transitions in Cornwall, UK

这项研究旨在揭示公民与能源系统的互动如何随着时间的推移而出现和发展。该项目认识到，人们对能源系统采取多种形式的公民身份;一位关心家庭能源使用的母亲，也可能在为能源基础设施制造零件的工厂工作，并在社区中心提供“温暖空间”以应对能源贫困。现有的公众参与往往侧重于孤立的方面（例如参与风力发电场的开发或国内能源的使用）。本研究采用“参与生态学”的方法来批判性地观察能源系统中多种参与性实践和相互作用的相互依赖性。该项目在创建一个详细的，纵向的，基于地点的调查与能源的公共参与方面是新颖的。生成新的、深入的数据将为能源转型规划提供证据，这些规划对公民参与的复杂性更加敏感，并认识到这将如何以不同的方式影响公众。总体而言，这一贡献旨在为公民公平和平等的能源转型发展提供信息。本研究采用了一种结合了慎思图（DM）和纵向剖面（LP）技术的新方法，旨在解决以下问题：1。公民如何参与能源系统，以及他们如何随着时间的推移将这些参与概念化？2.评估康沃尔郡不同的能源参与对更广泛的能源转型决策有什么影响？3.如何纵向，多方法，方法来映射公民的不同能源参与，使新的方式来思考公众参与和能源未来的评估？

This research aims to uncover how citizen's engagements with energy systems emerge and evolve over time. The project recognises that people enact multiple forms of citizenship with energy systems; a mother concerned about energy usage at home, may also work in a factory that manufactures parts for energy infrastructure, and volunteer at a community centre that provides 'warm spaces' to counter energy poverty. Existing public engagement often focuses on isolated aspects (e.g. engagement with wind farm development or domestic energy use. This research adopts an "ecologies of participation" approach to critically observe the interdependence of multiple participatory practices and interactions across energy systems. The project is novel in creating a detailed, longitudinal, place-based investigation of public engagements with energy. Generating new, in-depth, data will provide evidence for energy transition planning that is more sensitive to the complexities of citizen engagement and recognises how this will impact publics in different ways. Overall, this contribution aims to inform the development of energy transitions that are fair and equitable for citizens. Using a novel methodology that combines Deliberative Mapping (DM) and Longitudinal Profile (LP) techniques, the research will address the following questions:1. How are citizens implicated in energy systems and how do they conceptualise these engagements over time?2. What are the implications of appraising diverse energy engagements in Cornwall, for broader energy transition decision making?3. How does a longitudinal, multi-method, approach to mapping diverse energy engagements of citizens enable new ways of thinking about public engagement and the appraisal of energy futures?