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

这项研究旨在揭示公民对能源系统的参与是如何随着时间的推移而产生和发展的。该项目认识到，人们通过能源系统制定了多种形式的公民身份；母亲关心家里的能源使用，也可能在为能源基础设施制造零部件的工厂工作，并在社区中心做志愿者，该中心为应对能源贫困提供“温暖的空间”。现有的公众参与往往侧重于孤立的方面(例如，参与风电场开发或家庭能源使用)。本研究采用“参与生态学”的方法，批判性地观察能源系统中多种参与性做法和相互作用之间的相互依存关系。该项目在创建详细的、纵向的、基于地点的公共参与能源调查方面是新颖的。生成新的深入数据将为能源转型规划提供证据，使其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，这一贡献旨在为发展对公民公平和公平的能源过渡提供信息。这项研究将使用一种结合了审议地图(DM)和纵向概况(LP)技术的新方法，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对这些参与进行概念化？2.评估康沃尔不同的能源参与对更广泛的能源转型决策有何影响？3.如何通过纵向、多方法、方法来绘制公民不同的能源参与图，从而使人们能够以新的方式思考公共参与和评估能源未来？

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?