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Patrick Devine-Wright

Patrick Devine-Wright

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
71
Citations
26018
World Ranking
719
National Ranking
136

Overview

Patrick Devine-Wright is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and environmental science fields, with a focus on sociology and political science as well as global and planetary change.

Their work concentrates on topics including social acceptance of renewable energy, sustainability and climate change governance, climate change communication and perception, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, energy and environment impacts, environmental education and sustainability, and place attachment and urban studies.

Recent published papers include the following:

  • "Scale, history and justice in community wind energy: An empirical review," 2020, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Re-placed" - Reconsidering relationships with place and lessons from a pandemic," 2020, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Effect of 'finite pool of worry' and COVID-19 on UK climate change perceptions," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Decarbonisation of industrial clusters: A place-based research agenda," 2022, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "Integrating sociotechnical and spatial imaginaries in researching energy futures," 2021, Energy Research & Social Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Devine-Wright include Stacia Ryder, Chad Walker, Darrick Evensen, Lorraine Whitmarsh, and Jennifer Dickie.

Their publications have appeared most often in the following academic venues:

  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Energy Policy
  • Oxford Open Energy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among book publications, Devine-Wright has contributed to works published by Cambridge University Press, including the book titled Changing Senses of Place (2021).

Best Publications

  • Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity

    Richard A Fuller;Katherine N Irvine;Patrick Devine-Wright;Philip H Warren

  • Rethinking NIMBYism: The role of place attachment and place identity in explaining place‐protective action

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Beyond NIMBYism: Towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Community renewable energy: What should it mean?

    Gordon Walker;Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Disruption to place attachment and the protection of restorative environments: A wind energy case study

    Patrick Devine-Wright;Yuko Howes

  • Trust and community: Exploring the meanings, contexts and dynamics of community renewable energy

    Gordon Walker;Patrick Devine-Wright;Sue Hunter;Sue Hunter;Helen High;Helen High

  • Place Attachment

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  • Psychological research and global climate change

    Susan Clayton;Patrick Devine-Wright;Paul C. Stern;Lorraine Whitmarsh

  • Social acceptance of low carbon energy and associated infrastructures: A critical discussion

    Susana Batel;Susana Batel;Patrick Devine-Wright;Torvald Tangeland

  • Think global, act local? The relevance of place attachments and place identities in a climate changed world

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Place attachment and public acceptance of renewable energy: A tidal energy case study

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Harnessing Community Energies: explaining and evaluating community-based localism in renewable energy policy in the UK.

    Gordon Walker;Sue Hunter;Patrick Devine-Wright;Bob Evans

  • Place Attachment : Advances in Theory, Methods and Applications

    Lynne C. Manzo;Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Explaining “NIMBY” Objections to a Power Line: The Role of Personal, Place Attachment and Project-Related Factors

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Psychological responses to the proximity of climate change

    Adrian Brügger;Suraje Dessai;Suraje Dessai;Patrick Devine-Wright;Thomas A. Morton

  • Understanding Urban Green Space as a Health Resource: A Qualitative Comparison of Visit Motivation and Derived Effects among Park Users in Sheffield, UK

    Katherine N. Irvine;Sara L. Warber;Patrick Devine-Wright;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Societal acceptance of wind farms: Analysis of four common themes across Australian case studies

    Nina Hall;Peta Ashworth;Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Reconsidering public attitudes and public acceptance of renewable energy technologies: a critical review

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Renewable Energy and the Public : From NIMBY to Participation

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Local aspects of UK renewable energy development: exploring public beliefs and policy implications

    Patrick Devine-Wright

  • Good Neighbours, Public Relations and Bribes: The Politics and Perceptions of Community Benefit Provision in Renewable Energy Development in the UK

    Noel Cass;Gordon Walker;Patrick Devine-Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Walker
Gordon Walker Lancaster University
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton College of Wooster
Wouter Poortinga
Wouter Poortinga Cardiff University
Yvonne Rydin
Yvonne Rydin University College London
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Janet K. Swim
Janet K. Swim Pennsylvania State University
Iain Walker
Iain Walker University of Melbourne
Daniel R. Williams
Daniel R. Williams US Forest Service
David Infield
David Infield University of Strathclyde

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