Engaging communities in climate action - A transdisciplinary approach

This book focuses on Dingle Peninsula 2030 an awarding winning example of a transdisciplinary collaboration for sustainability. It provides many useful lessons for researchers and students seeking to build transdisciplinary partnerships for sustainability and climate action. The book follows the PhD journeys of two early career researchers from Energy Engineering and Sociology, working together with community partners, national bodies, and other groups on a regional development project. It outlines the institutional and practical challenges of doing such work and the story, successes, and trials of Dingle Peninsula 2030.
This book offers students and researchers an invaluable framework to consider when embarking on inter- or transdisciplinary collaborations. The book follows the authors PhD journeys, critically reflecting on the transdisciplinary approach taken, as well as outlining a practical guide for how to engage communities in climate action and sustainability issues.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction (Connor McGookin & Evan Boyle).- Chapter 2. Transdisciplinarity for sustainability (Evan Boyle & Connor McGookin).- Chapter 3. The power of acting local; case studies of regional energy transitions from across the EU (Connor McGookin).- Chapter 4. Irish Environmental Narratives, Policy, and Energy Infrastructure (Evan Boyle).- Chapter 5. A question of Community: Dingle Peninsula 2030 (Evan Boyle).- Chapter 6. Developing a community-led strategy: a co-production approach to energy planning (Connor McGookin).- Chapter 7. Diffusion of Sustainability and Scaling Deep (Evan Boyle).- Chapter Eight: Community engagement approaches (Connor McGookin & Evan Boyle).- Chapter 9. Reflections on the engaged research approach (Connor McGookin & Evan Boyle).- Chapter 10. Conclusion (Evan Boyle & Connor McGookin).

Product details

• Authors: Evan Boyle, Connor McGookin
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9783031934971
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3193497-1
• No. of pages: 166
• Illustrations: XVIII, 166 p. 18 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Soziologie, Geographie, Humangeographie, Climate Change, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), energy transition, Adaptation, Environmental Social Sciences, Climate Policy, Climate Action, Human Geography, Climate Sciences, Integrated Geography, Reflective Practice, Environmental Sustainability, energy communities, community action, low-carbon