Elizabeth Shove

Elizabeth Shove is a sociologist who has written about social practice theory, consumption, everyday life and energy demand. She is Director of the Centre on the Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (DEMAND)^[1] at Lancaster University. The DEMAND Centre is one of six End Use Energy Demand Centres.

Career

Shove’s research on energy spans 25 years during which time she has held research awards from the Building Research Establishment, the European Union, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the European Social Fund, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department of Education, the Department of Transport, Transport for London and Unilever. She is author/co-author of 9 books, including Sustainable Practices (2013: Routledge),^[2] The Dynamics of Social Practice (2012: Sage),^[3] and Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience (2003: Berg).^[4]

Additionally, throughout her career she has explored the relationship between sociological theories and design methods.^[5]

Policy impact

On 15 September Shove gave evidence at the House of Lords to a Design Commission enquiry on design and behaviour in the built environment. She was invited in response to an official submission to the enquiry.^[6]

Shove is a regular contributor to The Conversation^[7] and a contributor to the World Economic Forum's Agenda^[8] and The Guardian.^[9]

Selected publications

• Shove, E. (2010). Beyond the ABC: climate change policy and theories of social change. Environment and planning A 42 (6), 1273-1285.^[10]
• Shove, E., Walker, G. (2007). CAUTION! Transitions ahead: politics, practice, and sustainable transition management. Environment and Planning A 39 (4), 763-770.^[11]
• Shove, E., Pantzar, M. (2005). Consumers, Producers and Practices Understanding the invention and reinvention of Nordic walking. Journal of consumer culture 5 (1), 43-64.^[12]
• Cass, N., Shove, E. & Urry, J. Social exclusion, mobility and access (2005). The sociological review 53 (3), 539-555http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00565.x/abstract.^[13]

References

1. "Demand - The Demand Centre – Collaborative Research & Engagement".
2. "Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change (Hardback) - Routledge".
3. "The Dynamics of Social Practice - SAGE Publications Inc".
4. Shove, Elizabeth (1 July 2003). "Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The Social Organization of Normality". Berg Publishers – via Amazon.
5. Julier, Guy (2009). "Value, Relationally and Unfinished Objects: Guy Julier Interview with Scott Lash and Celia Lury". Design and Culture. 1 (1).
6. "Google+".
7. "Elizabeth Shove".
8. "Elizabeth Shove - Agenda Contributor - World Economic Forum".
9. Shove, Elizabeth (16 November 2009). "Going beyond the ABC of climate change policy" – via The Guardian.
10. Shove, Elizabeth (1 June 2010). "Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change". Environ Plan A. 42 (6): 1273–1285. doi:10.1068/a42282 – via epn.sagepub.com.
11. "Caution! Transitions Ahead: Politics, Practice, and Sustainable Transition Management" (PDF).
12. Shove, Elizabeth; Pantzar, Mika (1 March 2005). "Consumers, Producers and Practices Understanding the invention and reinvention of Nordic walking". Journal of Consumer Culture. 5 (1): 43–64. doi:10.1177/1469540505049846 – via joc.sagepub.com.
13. Cass, Noel; Shove, Elizabeth; Urry, John (1 August 2005). "Social exclusion, mobility and access1". 53 (3): 539–555. doi:10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00565.x – via Wiley Online Library.

External links

• Elizabeth Shove, Google Scholar