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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
73
Citations
26576
World Ranking
624
National Ranking
115

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

Andrew Stirling focuses on Politics, Corporate governance, Sustainability, Management science and Framing. His Politics research incorporates themes from Environmental planning, Public relations, Environmental ethics, Public policy and Reflexivity. Andrew Stirling studies Transition management, a branch of Corporate governance.

His Sustainability research includes themes of Power, Environmental resource management and Diversity. His Management science study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Quality, Modern portfolio theory, Scope, Diversity and Cultural diversity. The Framing study combines topics in areas such as Citizen journalism, Positive economics and Deliberation.

His most cited work include:

  • The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions (1278 citations)
  • "Opening up" and "closing down" power, participation, and pluralism in the social appraisal of technology (839 citations)
  • A general framework for analysing diversity in science, technology and society. (571 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Corporate governance, Sustainability, Politics, Precautionary principle and Management science. His work deals with themes such as Engineering ethics, Agency, Public relations, Sociotechnical system and Normative, which intersect with Corporate governance. His biological study deals with issues like Environmental resource management, which deal with fields such as Environmental planning.

His research on Politics often connects related areas such as Social science. The study incorporates disciplines such as Risk analysis, Risk management and Law and economics in addition to Precautionary principle. Management science is frequently linked to Framing in his study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Corporate governance (20.31%)
  • Sustainability (18.01%)
  • Politics (13.03%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Politics (13.03%)
  • Nuclear power (6.90%)
  • Corporate governance (20.31%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Politics, Nuclear power, Corporate governance, Sustainability and Democracy are his primary areas of study. His studies deal with areas such as Blame and Set as well as Politics. The various areas that Andrew Stirling examines in his Corporate governance study include Precautionary principle, Engineering ethics, Mechanism, Public relations and Sophistication.

His Sustainability study incorporates themes from Public administration, Environmental ethics, Foundation and Sustainable development. His Environmental ethics research incorporates elements of Modernity, Social sustainability, Environmental resource management and Normative. His Democracy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Sociotechnical system, Nuclear renaissance, Positive economics and Grassroots.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto. (59 citations)
  • Policy mixes for incumbency: Exploring the destructive recreation of renewable energy, shale gas ‘fracking,’ and nuclear power in the United Kingdom (50 citations)
  • Transformations to Sustainability: Combining Structural, Systemic and Enabling Approaches (41 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

Andrew Stirling focuses on Politics, Sustainability, Nuclear power, Democracy and Corporate governance. His study in Politics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sociotechnical system, Blame and Set. His Sustainability research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Foundation, General partnership, Agency, Public administration and Sustainable development.

His work is dedicated to discovering how Nuclear power, Renewable energy are connected with Agricultural economics, China and Economic system and other disciplines. His research integrates issues of Social value orientations, Positive economics, Harm and Political economy in his study of Democracy. Andrew Stirling has researched Corporate governance in several fields, including Public participation, Public relations, Engineering ethics and Mechanism.

Best Publications

  • The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions

    Adrian Smith;Andrew Stirling;Frans Berkhout;Frans Berkhout

  • "Opening up" and "closing down" power, participation, and pluralism in the social appraisal of technology

    Andrew Stirling

  • A general framework for analysing diversity in science, technology and society.

    Andrew Stirling

  • Socio-Technological Regimes and Transition Contexts

    F.G.H. Berkhout;A. Smith;A. Stirlingh

  • The politics of social-ecological resilience and sustainable socio-technical transitions

    Adrian Smith;Andy C Stirling

  • Keep it complex.

    Andrew Stirling

  • How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management

    Ismael Rafols;Ismael Rafols;Loet Leydesdorff;Alice O'Hare;Paul Nightingale

  • Dynamic Sustainabilities: Technology, Environment, Social Justice

    Melissa Leach;Ian Scoones;Andy Stirling

  • Transforming Power: social science and the politics of energy choices

    Andy Stirling

  • Transforming Innovation for Sustainability

    Melissa Leach;Johan Rockström;Paul Raskin;Ian Christopher Scoones

  • Transformations to Sustainability: Combining Structural, Systemic and Enabling Approaches

    Ian Scoones;Andrew Stirling;Dinesh Abrol;Joanes Atela

  • On the economics and analysis of diversity

    Andrew Stirling

  • Analysis, participation and power: justification and closure in participatory multi-criteria analysis

    Andrew Stirling

  • Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?

    Isak Stoddard;Kevin Anderson;Kevin Anderson;Stuart Capstick;Wim Carton

  • The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century : Late Lessons from Early Warnings

    Paul Harremoes;David Gee;Malcom MacGarvin;Andy Stirling

  • Risk, precaution and science: towards a more constructive policy debate. Talking point on the precautionary principle.

    Andrew Stirling

  • TAKING EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY SERIOUSLY Report of the Expert Group on Science and Governance to the Science, Economy and Society Directorate, Directorate-General for Research, European Commission

    Ulrike Felt;Brian Wynne;Michel Callon;Maria Eduarda Gonçalves

  • Opening Up Or Closing Down? Analysis, Participation And Power In The Social Appraisal Of Technology

    Andrew Stirling

  • Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto.

    Andrea Saltelli;Gabriele Bammer;Isabelle Bruno;Erica Charters

  • Governing epidemics in an age of complexity: Narratives, politics and pathways to sustainability

    Melissa Leach;Ian Scoones;Andrew Stirling

  • Transformations to Sustainability

    Ian Scoones;Andy Stirling;Dinesh Abrol;Joanes Atela

  • Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on Transitions, Resilience and Governance: Linking Technological, Ecological and Political Systems The Politics of Social-ecological Resilience and Sustainable Socio- technical Transitions

    Adrian Smith;Andy Stirling

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones University of Sussex
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Ismael Rafols
Ismael Rafols Leiden University
Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart
Melissa Leach
Melissa Leach Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI)
Brian Wynne
Brian Wynne Lancaster University
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
Jacquelin Burgess
Jacquelin Burgess University of East Anglia
Frans Berkhout
Frans Berkhout King's College London
Loet Leydesdorff
Loet Leydesdorff University of Amsterdam

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