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Paul Upham is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on multiple subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Pollution.

The core topics of their work cover areas such as Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Energy and Environment Impacts, Green IT and Sustainability, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Environmental Education and Sustainability, and Risk Perception and Management.

Frequent venues for Upham's publications include Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Research & Social Science, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Sustainability, and Political Geography. These represent interdisciplinary platforms that bridge energy systems, environmental governance, and societal transformation topics.

Their recent papers are:

  • Just transitions for industrial decarbonisation: A framework for innovation, participation, and justice, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • The revolution is conditional? The conditionality of hydrogen fuel cell expectations in five European countries, 2020, Energy Research & Social Science

Paul Upham has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Benjamin K. Sovacool, Paula Maria Bögel, Rita Klapper, Chukwuka G. Monyei, and Katinka Johansen. Collaboration appears sustained and consistent across different research projects.

Overall, the research trajectory aligns with interdisciplinary approaches linking technology, society, and environmental change, particularly emphasizing governance frameworks and social dimensions in the transition toward sustainable energy and environmental systems.

Best Publications

  • International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the past quarter century

    Stuart B. Capstick;Lorraine E. Whitmarsh;Wouter Poortinga;Nicholas Frank Pidgeon

  • Voluntary carbon offsetting schemes for aviation: efficiency, credibility and sustainable tourism.

    Stefan Gössling;John Broderick;Paul Upham;Jean-Paul Ceron

  • Commercial orientation in grassroots social innovation: Insights from the sharing economy

    Chris J. Martin;Paul Upham;Leslie Budd

  • Carbon labelling of grocery products: public perceptions and potential emissions reductions

    Paul Upham;Leonie Dendler;Mercedes Bleda

  • Towards a cross-paradigmatic framework of the social acceptance of energy systems

    Paul Upham;Christian Oltra;Àlex Boso

  • Environmental capacity and airport operations: current issues and future prospects

    Paul Upham;Callum Thomas;David Gillingwater;David Raper

  • Grassroots social innovation and the mobilisation of values in collaborative consumption: a conceptual model

    Chris J. Martin;Paul Upham

  • Towards Sustainable Aviation

    Paul Upham;Janet Maughan;David Raper;Callum Thomas

  • The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe: An assessment of the key determining factors. Part 2. The social acceptability of CCS and the wider impacts and repercussions of its implementation

    Simon Shackley;David Reiner;Paul Upham;Heleen de Coninck

  • UK public perceptions of shale gas hydraulic fracturing: The role of audience, message and contextual factors on risk perceptions and policy support

    Lorraine Whitmarsh;Nicholas Nash;Paul Upham;Alyson Lloyd

  • Climate Change and Aviation. Issues, Challenges and Solutions.

    Stefan Gössling;Paul Upham

  • Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS or Bio-CCS)

    Clair Gough;Paul Upham

  • Argentinean soy-based biodiesel: An introduction to production and impacts

    Julia Tomei;Paul Upham

  • Energy model, boundary object and societal lens: 35 years of the MARKAL model in the UK

    Peter G. Taylor;Paul Upham;Will McDowall;David Christopherson

  • Public perceptions of CCS: Emergent themes in pan-European focus groups and implications for communications

    Paul Upham;Paul Upham;Paul Upham;Thomas Roberts

  • Democratising platform governance in the sharing economy: An analytical framework and initial empirical insights

    Chris J. Martin;Paul Upham;Paul Upham;Rita Klapper

  • Integrated assessment of bioelectricity technology options

    Patricia Thornley;Paul Upham;Ye Huang;Sina Rezvani

  • Assessing the structure of UK environmental concern and its association with pro-environmental behaviour

    Rebecca Rhead;Mark Elliot;Paul Upham

  • The case of a proposed 21.5 MWe biomass gasifier in Winkleigh, Devon: Implications for governance of renewable energy planning

    Paul Upham;Simon Shackley

  • Local public opinion of a proposed 21.5 MW(e) biomass gasifier in Devon: questionnaire survey results.

    P. Upham;Simon Shackley

  • The role of psychology in sociotechnical transitions literature : A review and discussion in relation to consumption and technology acceptance

    Paula Maria Bögel;Paul Upham

  • The role of attitudes in technology acceptance management: Reflections on the case of hydrogen fuel cells in Europe

    Paula Bögel;Christian Oltra;Roser Sala;Monica Lores

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Shackley
Simon Shackley University of Edinburgh
Lorraine Whitmarsh
Lorraine Whitmarsh University of Bath
Wouter Poortinga
Wouter Poortinga Cardiff University
Paula Kivimaa
Paula Kivimaa University of Sussex
Stefan Gössling
Stefan Gössling Linnaeus University
Patrick Devine-Wright
Patrick Devine-Wright University of Exeter
Les Levidow
Les Levidow The Open University
Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge
Ye Huang
Ye Huang University of Ulster
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo

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