Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Gaia |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | S1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 60-67 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISSN | 0940-5550 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Mar 2018 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 517 Political science
- context dependence
- real-world laboratories
- residential energy use
- theories of change
- transferability
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Designing Real-World Laboratories for the Reduction of Residential Energy Use : Articulating Theories of Change. / Heiskanen, Eva; Laakso, Senja; Matschoss, Kaisa Johanna; Backhaus, Julia; Goggins, Gary; Vadovics, Edina.
In: Gaia, Vol. 27, No. S1, 16.03.2018, p. 60-67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing Real-World Laboratories for the Reduction of Residential Energy Use
T2 - Articulating Theories of Change
AU - Heiskanen, Eva
AU - Laakso, Senja
AU - Matschoss, Kaisa Johanna
AU - Backhaus, Julia
AU - Goggins, Gary
AU - Vadovics, Edina
PY - 2018/3/16
Y1 - 2018/3/16
N2 - Reducing residential energy use and carbon dioxide emissions is a policy concern across Europe. One of the approaches to address this problem, real-world laboratories (RwLs), has recently gained prominence as a means to generate both sustainability change and social knowledge. Yet RwLs are context-bound, and transferability is an issue for scaling up change. Drawing on Realistic Evaluation (RE) and Theories of Change (ToC), this paper analyses researchers’ and practitioners’ views on the role of contexts and change mechanisms in the outcomes of interventions targeting residential energy use. The results show that extracting the underlying logic of RwL designs could help to identify where and when these designs are likely to be transferrable. This contribution has implications for the design of future RwLs, given that RwLs have until now rarely articulated their ToC.
AB - Reducing residential energy use and carbon dioxide emissions is a policy concern across Europe. One of the approaches to address this problem, real-world laboratories (RwLs), has recently gained prominence as a means to generate both sustainability change and social knowledge. Yet RwLs are context-bound, and transferability is an issue for scaling up change. Drawing on Realistic Evaluation (RE) and Theories of Change (ToC), this paper analyses researchers’ and practitioners’ views on the role of contexts and change mechanisms in the outcomes of interventions targeting residential energy use. The results show that extracting the underlying logic of RwL designs could help to identify where and when these designs are likely to be transferrable. This contribution has implications for the design of future RwLs, given that RwLs have until now rarely articulated their ToC.
KW - 517 Political science
KW - context dependence
KW - real-world laboratories
KW - residential energy use
KW - theories of change
KW - transferability
U2 - 10.14512/gaia.27.S1.13
DO - 10.14512/gaia.27.S1.13
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 60
EP - 67
JO - Gaia
JF - Gaia
SN - 0940-5550
IS - S1
ER -