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Practicing stewardship: EU biofuels policy and certification in the UK and Guatemala (2016)
Journal Article
Helliwell, R., & Tomei, J. (2017). Practicing stewardship: EU biofuels policy and certification in the UK and Guatemala. Agriculture and Human Values, 34(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-016-9737-9

Biofuels have transitioned from a technology expected to deliver numerous benefits to a highly contested socio-technical solution. Initial hopes about their potential to mitigate climate change and to deliver energy security benefits and rural develo... Read More about Practicing stewardship: EU biofuels policy and certification in the UK and Guatemala.

How should land be used?: bioenergy and responsible innovation in agricultural systems (2016)
Book Chapter
Mohr, A., Shortall, O., Helliwell, R., & Raman, S. (2016). How should land be used?: bioenergy and responsible innovation in agricultural systems. In I. Gordon, G. Squire, & H. Prins (Eds.), Food Production and Nature Conservation: Conflicts and Solutions. Earthscan (Routledge)

Bioenergy has been proposed as both a problem and a solution for land use conflicts arising at the nexus between food security and environmental conservation. But such assessments need to be considered in light of differences in the way people value... Read More about How should land be used?: bioenergy and responsible innovation in agricultural systems.

Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012 (2016)
Book Chapter
Shaw, C., Hellsten, I., & Nerlich, B. (2016). Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012. In J. Crichton, C. N. Candlin, & A. S. Firkins (Eds.), Communicating risk. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137478788_13

The issue of climate change is intimately linked to notions of risk and uncertainty, concepts that pose challenges to climate science, climate change communication, and science-society interactions. While a large majority of climate scientists are in... Read More about Framing risk and uncertainty in social science articles on climate change, 1995–2012.