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Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

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Methods of Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences

Frances Fahy & Henrike Rau

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Editorial arrangement Frances Fahy and
Henrike Rau 2013
Henrike Rau and Frances Fahy 2013
Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz 2013
Anna Davies 2013
Mark Garavan 2013
Su-ming Khoo 2013
Veronika Gaube, Helmut Haberl,
Karl-Heinz Erb 2013
Enda Murphy and Eoin A. King 2013
Melanie Jaeger-Erben 2013
Henrike Rau and Ricca Edmondson 2013
Frances Fahy and Henrike Rau 2013

First published 2013

Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012941780

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ISBN 978-0-85702-521-0
ISBN 978-0-85702-522-7 (pbk)

Table of Contents

2 Household Analysis: Researching green lifestyles, a survey approach
Stewart Barr and Jan Prillwitz

3 Social Groups and Collective Decision-making: Focus group approaches
Anna Davies

4 Local Lives and Conflict: Towards a methodology of dialogic research
Mark Garavan

5 Sustainable Development of What? Contesting global development concepts and measures
Su-ming Khoo

6 Biophysical Indicators of SocietyNature Interaction: Material and energy flow analysis, human appropriation of net primary production and the ecological footprint
Veronika Gaube, Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb

7 Mapping for Sustainability: Environmental noise and the city
Enda Murphy and Eoin A. King

8 Everyday Life in Transition: Biographical research and sustainability
Melanie Jaeger-Erben

9 Time and Sustainability
Henrike Rau and Ricca Edmondson

10 Researching Complex Sustainability Issues: Reflections on current challenges and future developments
Frances Fahy and Henrike Rau

About the Editors

Dr Frances Fahy is a lecturer in Environmental Geography at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She completed her Geography and Sociology degree (19972001) and PhD (20012005) in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin. Frances formerly worked as an EPA Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Geography NUI, Galway (20052007) and as a lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Environmental Sciences in University of Ulster (20072008) before joining the department in November 2008. Frances primary research interests are in the field of environmental planning and sustainability, specifically the social and cultural consequences of environmental change.

Frances has published widely in the field of sustainability and has led a number of research projects exploring innovative methods for public participation in planning and developing sustainable planning tools (in particular quality of life indicators and community mapping) for progressing local processes for sustainable development in local authorities. She is the current President of the Geographical Society of Ireland (20122014). Frances is a past Chair of the Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG) of the Royal Geographical Society (20072012) and is the current cluster leader of the Planning and Sustainability Research Cluster in Geography at NUIG.

Dr Henrike Rau is a lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She studied sociology and psychology at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitt Jena and the National University of Ireland, Galway. In 20082009 she spent her sabbatical leave as guest researcher at the Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna (Austria).

Dr Raus research focuses on sociocultural and political aspects of consumption, especially with regard to (un)sustainable transport patterns. She currently leads research on transport, mobilities and the consumption of distance as part of ConsEnSus, an EPA Ireland-funded collaborative project between Trinity College Dublin and NUI, Galway on consumption, environment and sustainability (www.consensus.ie). Her other areas of expertise include environmental sociology, social-scientific and interdisciplinary sustainability research and cross-cultural studies. She is particularly interested in the implications of human time use for sustainability, which enables her to link her previous PhD research on time cultures and temporal practices in Germany and Ireland to her current interests in sustainability.

Recent publications include the edited collection Environmental argument and cultural difference: locations, fractures, and deliberations (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008, co-edited with Dr Ricca Edmondson) as well as peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in national and international journals such as Journal of Consumer Policy, Environmental Politics and Nature and Culture. Her book, Unsustainable times? Time, culture and social change in Ireland and Germany, is expected to be published by Peter Lang in 2013. Dr Rau is a member of the Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) committee and the ISA-RC24 (Environment and Society) network. As a strong contributor to the sustainability research community at NUI, Galway, Dr Rau has led the development of the Environment, Development and Sustainability research group in the social sciences since 2008. In 2010 she joined the Strategy Committee of the Ryan Institute at NUI, Galway as representative of the social sciences.

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