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Overview

David J. Hess is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields of study with a primary focus on social sciences and environmental science. Within these broad areas, their work specifically engages with subfields such as sociology and political science, global and planetary change, pollution, political science and international relations, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's scholarly output covers significant topics including sustainability and climate change governance, social acceptance of renewable energy, energy and environment impacts, climate change communication and perception, human-automation interaction and safety, environmental justice and health disparities, and transportation and mobility innovations.

David J. Hess has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Climatic Change
  • Utilities Policy

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research" (2020), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Sociotechnical matters: Reviewing and integrating science and technology studies with energy social science" (2020), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Conflicted transitions: Exploring the actors, tactics, and outcomes of social opposition against energy infrastructure" (2022), published in Global Environmental Change
  • "Energy transitions from the cradle to the grave: A meta-theoretical framework integrating responsible innovation, social practices, and energy justice" (2021), published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Climate policy conflict in the U.S. states: a critical review and way forward" (2022), published in Climatic Change

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's work include Dasom Lee, Rachel G. McKane, Benjamin K. Sovacool, and Kaelee Belletto, reflecting a collaborative research approach.

In addition to journal articles, David J. Hess has published books, including a title under New York University Press eBooks:

  • "Science Studies" (2020)

Best Publications

  • An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

    Jonathan Köhler;Frank W. Geels;Florian Kern;Jochen Markard

  • Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction

    David J Hess

  • Undone Science: Charting Social Movement and Civil Society Challenges to Research Agenda Setting.

    Scott Frickel;Sahra Gibbon;Jeff Howard;Joanna Kempner

  • Ordering theories: Typologies and conceptual frameworks for sociotechnical change:

    Benjamin K Sovacool;David J Hess

  • Science and technology in a multicultural world

    David J. Hess

  • Repression, Backfire, and The Theory of Transformative Events

    David Hess;Brian Martin

  • Science and Technology in a Multicultural World: The Cultural Politics of Facts and Artifacts

    David J. Hess

  • Sustainability transitions: A political coalition perspective

    David J. Hess

  • Sociotechnical agendas : Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research

    Benjamin K Sovacool;David J Hess;Sulfikar Amir;Frank W Geels

  • Science and neoliberal globalization: a political sociological approach

    Kelly Moore;Daniel Lee Kleinman;David Hess;Scott Frickel

  • Ethnography and the Development of Science and Technology Studies

    David Hess

  • Technology- and Product-Oriented Movements: Approximating Social Movement Studies and Science and Technology Studies

    David J. Hess

  • Science Studies and Activism Possibilities and Problems for Reconstructivist Agendas

    Edward Woodhouse;David Hess;Steve Breyman;Brian Martin

  • Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States

    David J. Hess

  • Sociotechnical matters: reviewing and integrating science and technology studies with energy social science

    David J. Hess;Benjamin K. Sovacool

  • Energy democracy and social movements: A multi-coalition perspective on the politics of sustainability transitions

    David J. Hess

  • The politics of niche-regime conflicts: Distributed solar energy in the United States

    David J. Hess

  • Medical modernisation, scientific research fields and the epistemic politics of health social movements

    David J. Hess

  • Undone Science: Social Movements, Mobilized Publics, and Industrial Transitions

    David J. Hess

  • The Potentials and Limitations of Civil Society Research: Getting Undone Science Done

    David J. Hess

  • Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction

    Kelly Moore;David J. Hess

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
George M. Hornberger
George M. Hornberger Vanderbilt University
Frank W. Geels
Frank W. Geels University of Manchester
Johan Schot
Johan Schot Utrecht University
Jennie C. Stephens
Jennie C. Stephens Northeastern University
Andrew Stirling
Andrew Stirling University of Sussex
Lucy Suchman
Lucy Suchman Lancaster University
Jochen Markard
Jochen Markard ETH Zurich
Paula Kivimaa
Paula Kivimaa University of Sussex
Janos Sztipanovits
Janos Sztipanovits Vanderbilt University

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