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Department of Geography and ESRC STEPS Centre, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SJ, UK

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Journal article
Published: 09 April 2019 in Sustainability
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This paper examines the rapidly emerging and rapidly changing phenomenon of pay-as-you-go (PAYG), digitally enabled business models, which have had significant early success in providing poor people with access to technologies relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (e.g., for electricity access, water and sanitation, and agricultural irrigation). Data are analysed based on literature review, two stakeholder workshops (or “transformation labs”), and stakeholder interviews (engaging 41 stakeholders in total). This demonstrates the existing literature on PAYG is patchy at best, with no comprehensive or longitudinal, and very little theoretically grounded, research to date. The paper contributes to existing research on PAYG, and sustainability transformations more broadly, in two key ways. Firstly, it articulates a range of questions that remain to be answered in order to understand and deliver against the current and potential contribution of PAYG in affecting sustainability transformations (the latter we define as achieving environmental sustainability and social justice). These questions focus at three levels: national contexts for fostering innovation and technology uptake, the daily lives of poor and marginalised women and men, and global political economies and value accumulation. Secondly, the paper articulates three areas of theory (based on emerging critical social science research on sustainable energy access) that have potential to support future research that might answer these questions, namely: socio-technical innovation system-building, social practice, and global political economy and value chain analysis. Whilst recognising existing tensions between these three areas of theory, we argue that rapid sustainability transformations demand a level of epistemic pragmatism. Such pragmatism, we argue, can be achieved by situating research using any of the above areas of theory within the broader context of Leach et al.’s (2010) Pathways Approach. This allows for exactly the kind of interdisciplinary approach, based on a commitment to pluralism and the co-production of knowledge, and firmly rooted commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice that the SDGs demand.

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David Ockwell; Joanes Atela; Kennedy Mbeva; Victoria Chengo; Rob Byrne; Rachael Durrant; Victoria Kasprowicz; Adrian Ely. Can Pay-As-You-Go, Digitally Enabled Business Models Support Sustainability Transformations in Developing Countries? Outstanding Questions and a Theoretical Basis for Future Research. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2105 .

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David Ockwell, Joanes Atela, Kennedy Mbeva, Victoria Chengo, Rob Byrne, Rachael Durrant, Victoria Kasprowicz, Adrian Ely. Can Pay-As-You-Go, Digitally Enabled Business Models Support Sustainability Transformations in Developing Countries? Outstanding Questions and a Theoretical Basis for Future Research. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):2105.

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David Ockwell; Joanes Atela; Kennedy Mbeva; Victoria Chengo; Rob Byrne; Rachael Durrant; Victoria Kasprowicz; Adrian Ely. 2019. "Can Pay-As-You-Go, Digitally Enabled Business Models Support Sustainability Transformations in Developing Countries? Outstanding Questions and a Theoretical Basis for Future Research." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2105.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2018 in Energy Research & Social Science
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This special issue focusses on the now rapidly growing solar photovoltaics markets across various geographies and scales in Africa. Herein we summarise the contributions of the component papers and position them within the context of the sustainable energy access literature. We argue that there is an urgent need for greater attention to the neglected socio-cultural and political dimensions of sustainable energy access, dimensions that are vital to understand if ambitious global commitments to sustainable energy for all by 2030 are to be achieved. Included in this special issue are papers on the systemic and socio-technical nature of energy access transitions; their politics and political economy; gendered dimensions; critiques of their technologically determinist framing and the implications for marginalising local actors; and, perhaps for the first time in the energy access literature, application of social practice perspectives to the energy access challenge. The result is a diverse range of empirically-grounded, theoretically and methodologically novel approaches, providing new insights into and understandings of the neglected socio-cultural and political dimensions of sustainable energy access.

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David Ockwell; Rob Byrne; Ulrich Elmer Hansen; James Haselip; Ivan Nygaard. The uptake and diffusion of solar power in Africa: Socio-cultural and political insights on a rapidly emerging socio-technical transition. Energy Research & Social Science 2018, 44, 122 -129.

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David Ockwell, Rob Byrne, Ulrich Elmer Hansen, James Haselip, Ivan Nygaard. The uptake and diffusion of solar power in Africa: Socio-cultural and political insights on a rapidly emerging socio-technical transition. Energy Research & Social Science. 2018; 44 ():122-129.

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David Ockwell; Rob Byrne; Ulrich Elmer Hansen; James Haselip; Ivan Nygaard. 2018. "The uptake and diffusion of solar power in Africa: Socio-cultural and political insights on a rapidly emerging socio-technical transition." Energy Research & Social Science 44, no. : 122-129.

Research article
Published: 09 December 2015 in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
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Two-thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, a precursor of poverty reduction and development. The international community has ambitious commitments in this regard, e.g. the UN's Sustainable Energy for All by 2030. But scholarship has not kept up with policy ambitions. This paper operationalises a sociotechnical transitions perspective to analyse for the first time the potential of new, mobileenabled, pay-as-you-go approaches to financing sustainable energy access, focussing on a case study of pay-as-you-go approaches to financing solar home systems in Kenya. The analysis calls into question the adequacy of the dominant, two-dimensional treatment of sustainable energy access in the literature as a purely financial/technology, economics/ engineering problem (which ignores sociocultural and political considerations) and demonstrates the value of a new research agenda that explicitly attends to theories of social change – even when, as in this paper, the focus is purely on finance. The paper demonstrates that sociocultural considerations cut across the literature's traditional two-dimensional analytic categories (technology and finance) and are material to the likely success of any technological or financial intervention. It also demonstrates that the alignment of new payas- you-go finance approaches with existing sociocultural practices of paying for energy can explain their early success and likely longevity relative to traditional finance approaches.

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Paula Rolffs; David Ockwell; Rob Byrne. Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 2015, 47, 2609 -2627.

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Paula Rolffs, David Ockwell, Rob Byrne. Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 2015; 47 (12):2609-2627.

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Paula Rolffs; David Ockwell; Rob Byrne. 2015. "Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 47, no. 12: 2609-2627.

Journal article
Published: 14 June 2015 in Climate Policy
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David Ockwell; Rob Byrne. Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs). Climate Policy 2015, 16, 836 -854.

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David Ockwell, Rob Byrne. Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs). Climate Policy. 2015; 16 (7):836-854.

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David Ockwell; Rob Byrne. 2015. "Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)." Climate Policy 16, no. 7: 836-854.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2014 in Technovation
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Ulrich Elmer Hansen; David Ockwell. Learning and technological capability building in emerging economies: The case of the biomass power equipment industry in Malaysia. Technovation 2014, 34, 617 -630.

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Ulrich Elmer Hansen, David Ockwell. Learning and technological capability building in emerging economies: The case of the biomass power equipment industry in Malaysia. Technovation. 2014; 34 (10):617-630.

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Ulrich Elmer Hansen; David Ockwell. 2014. "Learning and technological capability building in emerging economies: The case of the biomass power equipment industry in Malaysia." Technovation 34, no. 10: 617-630.

Journal article
Published: 06 May 2014 in Climatic Change
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Using case study analysis across three sectors in China (cement, electric vehicles and coal fired electricity generation) and theoretical insights from the innovation studies literature, this paper analyses the development of China’s technological capabilities in low carbon technologies and the ways in which public policies have contributed to developing these capabilities. It finds that China has developed significant capabilities via a strategic approach. The paper’s findings have significant implications for international policies designed to support low carbon technology transfer to developing countries and broader processes of low carbon technological change and development. Such policies should go beyond the traditional focus on the transfer of technology hardware to focus on the development of low carbon technological capabilities in developing country firms.

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Jim Watson; Rob Byrne; David Ockwell; Michele Stua. Lessons from China: building technological capabilities for low carbon technology transfer and development. Climatic Change 2014, 131, 387 -399.

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Jim Watson, Rob Byrne, David Ockwell, Michele Stua. Lessons from China: building technological capabilities for low carbon technology transfer and development. Climatic Change. 2014; 131 (3):387-399.

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Jim Watson; Rob Byrne; David Ockwell; Michele Stua. 2014. "Lessons from China: building technological capabilities for low carbon technology transfer and development." Climatic Change 131, no. 3: 387-399.

Journal article
Published: 25 April 2014 in Climatic Change
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While international cooperation to facilitate the transfer and uptake of climate technologies in developing countries is an ongoing part of climate policy conversations, international collaborative R&D has received comparatively little attention. Collaborative R&D, however, could be a potentially important contributor to facilitating the transfer and uptake of climate technologies in developing countries. But the complexities of international collaborative R&D options and their distributional consequences have been given little attention to date. This paper develops a systematic approach to informing future empirical research and policy analysis on this topic. Building on insights from relevant literature and analysis of empirical data based on a sample of existing international climate technology R&D initiatives, three contributions are made. First, the paper analyses the coverage of existing collaborative R&D efforts in relation to climate technologies, highlighting some important concerns, such as a lack of coverage of lower-income countries or adaptation technologies. Second, it provides a starting point for further systematic research and policy thinking via the development of a taxonomic approach for analysing collaborative designs. Finally, it matches characteristics of R&D collaborations against developing countries’ climate technology needs to provide policymakers with guidance on how to Configure R&D collaborations to meet these needs.

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David Ockwell; Ambuj Sagar; Heleen De Coninck. Collaborative research and development (R&D) for climate technology transfer and uptake in developing countries: towards a needs driven approach. Climatic Change 2014, 131, 401 -415.

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David Ockwell, Ambuj Sagar, Heleen De Coninck. Collaborative research and development (R&D) for climate technology transfer and uptake in developing countries: towards a needs driven approach. Climatic Change. 2014; 131 (3):401-415.

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David Ockwell; Ambuj Sagar; Heleen De Coninck. 2014. "Collaborative research and development (R&D) for climate technology transfer and uptake in developing countries: towards a needs driven approach." Climatic Change 131, no. 3: 401-415.

Book chapter
Published: 17 September 2013 in A Handbook of Environmental Management
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Claire H. Quinn; David G. Ockwell; Jon Lovett. The Link between Ecological and Social Paradigms and the Sustainability of Environmental Management: A Case Study of Semi-arid Tanzania. A Handbook of Environmental Management 2013, 1 .

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Claire H. Quinn, David G. Ockwell, Jon Lovett. The Link between Ecological and Social Paradigms and the Sustainability of Environmental Management: A Case Study of Semi-arid Tanzania. A Handbook of Environmental Management. 2013; ():1.

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Claire H. Quinn; David G. Ockwell; Jon Lovett. 2013. "The Link between Ecological and Social Paradigms and the Sustainability of Environmental Management: A Case Study of Semi-arid Tanzania." A Handbook of Environmental Management , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 17 September 2013 in A Handbook of Environmental Management
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Jon C. Lovett; David G. Ockwell. Introduction. A Handbook of Environmental Management 2013, 1 .

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Jon C. Lovett, David G. Ockwell. Introduction. A Handbook of Environmental Management. 2013; ():1.

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Jon C. Lovett; David G. Ockwell. 2013. "Introduction." A Handbook of Environmental Management , no. : 1.

Book chapter
Published: 17 September 2013 in A Handbook of Environmental Management
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David G. Ockwell; Yvonne Rydin; Jon Lovett. Analysing Dominant Policy Perspectives – The Role of Discourse Analysis. A Handbook of Environmental Management 2013, 1 .

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David G. Ockwell, Yvonne Rydin, Jon Lovett. Analysing Dominant Policy Perspectives – The Role of Discourse Analysis. A Handbook of Environmental Management. 2013; ():1.

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David G. Ockwell; Yvonne Rydin; Jon Lovett. 2013. "Analysing Dominant Policy Perspectives – The Role of Discourse Analysis." A Handbook of Environmental Management , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 31 October 2010 in Global Environmental Change
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Intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the transfer of low carbon technologies to developing countries have been the focus of sustained disagreement between many developed and developing country Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We argue that this disagreement stems from two conflicting political discourses of economic development and low carbon technology diffusion which tend to underpin developing and developed countries’ respective motivations for becoming party to the Convention. We illustrate the policy implications of these discourses by examining empirical evidence on IPRs and low carbon technology transfer and highlight how the two discourses are based on an incomplete understanding of the role of technological capacity in either economic development or technology diffusion. This has important implication for the success of post-2012 international climate agreements.

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David G. Ockwell; Ruediger Haum; Alexandra Mallett; Jim Watson. Intellectual property rights and low carbon technology transfer: Conflicting discourses of diffusion and development. Global Environmental Change 2010, 20, 729 -738.

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David G. Ockwell, Ruediger Haum, Alexandra Mallett, Jim Watson. Intellectual property rights and low carbon technology transfer: Conflicting discourses of diffusion and development. Global Environmental Change. 2010; 20 (4):729-738.

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David G. Ockwell; Ruediger Haum; Alexandra Mallett; Jim Watson. 2010. "Intellectual property rights and low carbon technology transfer: Conflicting discourses of diffusion and development." Global Environmental Change 20, no. 4: 729-738.

Journal article
Published: 31 May 2010 in Energy Policy
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This paper seeks to provide an accessible introduction to the relevance to energy policy of a fundamental insight from the policy sciences. This concerns the role that the linguistic framing of policy problems and solutions can play in sustaining the dominance of existing policy positions. The paper introduces a discourse perspective to understanding the policy process and uses it to analyse four central goals pursued in energy policy: access, security, efficiency and environmental acceptability, drawing on examples from UK policy documents. It introduces readers to how, as well as requiring technical and economic solutions, a transition to a low carbon energy system will also require a ‘reframing’ of energy policy problems and solutions in a way that either connects with, or overrides the powerful discourses that shape energy policy today.

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J. Ivan Scrase; David G. Ockwell. The role of discourse and linguistic framing effects in sustaining high carbon energy policy—An accessible introduction. Energy Policy 2010, 38, 2225 -2233.

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J. Ivan Scrase, David G. Ockwell. The role of discourse and linguistic framing effects in sustaining high carbon energy policy—An accessible introduction. Energy Policy. 2010; 38 (5):2225-2233.

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J. Ivan Scrase; David G. Ockwell. 2010. "The role of discourse and linguistic framing effects in sustaining high carbon energy policy—An accessible introduction." Energy Policy 38, no. 5: 2225-2233.

Reference book
Published: 01 January 2010 in A Handbook of Environmental Management
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Jon Lovett; David Ockwell. A Handbook of Environmental Management. A Handbook of Environmental Management 2010, 1 .

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Jon Lovett, David Ockwell. A Handbook of Environmental Management. A Handbook of Environmental Management. 2010; ():1.

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Jon Lovett; David Ockwell. 2010. "A Handbook of Environmental Management." A Handbook of Environmental Management , no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 07 January 2009 in Science Communication
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Climate communication approaches expend significant resources promoting attitudinal change, but research suggests that encouraging attitudinal change alone is unlikely to be effective. The link between an individual's attitudes and subsequent behavior is mediated by other influences, such as social norms and the “free-rider” effect. One way to engender mitigative behaviors would be to introduce regulation that forces green behavior, but government fears a resulting loss of precious political capital. Conversely, communication approaches that advocate individual, voluntary action ignore the social and structural impediments to behavior change. The authors argue that there are two crucial, but distinct, roles that communication could play in engaging the public in low carbon lifestyles: first, to facilitate public acceptance of regulation and second, to stimulate grass-roots action through affective and rational engagement with climate change. The authors also argue that using communication to stimulate demand for regulation may reconcile these “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches.

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David Ockwell; Lorraine Whitmarsh; Saffron O'Neill. Reorienting Climate Change Communication for Effective Mitigation. Science Communication 2009, 30, 305 -327.

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David Ockwell, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Saffron O'Neill. Reorienting Climate Change Communication for Effective Mitigation. Science Communication. 2009; 30 (3):305-327.

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David Ockwell; Lorraine Whitmarsh; Saffron O'Neill. 2009. "Reorienting Climate Change Communication for Effective Mitigation." Science Communication 30, no. 3: 305-327.

Journal article
Published: 31 December 2008 in Energy Policy
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This article attempts to summarise the complex, wide ranging and unresolved debate within the economics literature on the possibility of decoupling economic growth from energy use. It explores the difference between neo-classical and ecological economic worldviews and highlights how the ecological economic approach attempts to ground its analysis within the physical limits implied by the laws of thermodynamics. Once these laws are accounted for, the possibility of decoupling economic growth from energy use seems more limited than neo-classical economics implies. Analysis of empirical evidence also demonstrates that observed improvements in GDP/energy use ratios in the USA are better explained by shifts towards higher quality fuels than by improvements in the energy efficiency of technologies. This implies a need to focus on decarbonising energy supply. Furthermore, where energy-efficiency improvements are attempted, they must be considered within the context of a possible rebound effect, which implies that net economy-wide energy savings from energy-efficiency improvements may not be as large as the energy saved directly from the efficiency improvement itself. Both decarbonising energy supply and improving energy efficiency require the rapid development and deployment of new and existing low-carbon technologies. This review therefore concludes by briefly outlining areas of economic thought that have emerged as a result of engagement between economists and experts from other disciplines. They include ecological, evolutionary and institutional economics, all of which can make policy-relevant contributions to achieving a transition to a low-carbon economy.

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David G. Ockwell. Energy and economic growth: Grounding our understanding in physical reality. Energy Policy 2008, 36, 4600 -4604.

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David G. Ockwell. Energy and economic growth: Grounding our understanding in physical reality. Energy Policy. 2008; 36 (12):4600-4604.

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David G. Ockwell. 2008. "Energy and economic growth: Grounding our understanding in physical reality." Energy Policy 36, no. 12: 4600-4604.

Journal article
Published: 30 November 2008 in Energy Policy
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Based on Phase I of a UK–India collaborative study, this paper analyses two case studies of low carbon technologies—hybrid vehicles and coal-fired power generation via integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC). The analysis highlights the following six key considerations for the development of policy aimed at facilitating low carbon technology transfer to developing countries: (1) technology transfer needs to be seen as part of a broader process of sustained, low carbon technological capacity development in recipient countries; (2) the fact that low carbon technologies are at different stages of development means that low carbon technology transfer involves both vertical transfer (the transfer of technologies from the R&D stage through to commercialisation) and horizontal transfer (the transfer from one geographical location to another). Barriers to transfer and appropriate policy responses often vary according to the stage of technology development as well as the specific source and recipient country contexts; (3) less integrated technology transfer arrangements, involving, for example, acquisition of different items of plant from a range of host country equipment manufacturers, are more likely to involve knowledge exchange and diffusion through recipient country economies; (4) recipient firms that, as part of the transfer process, strategically aim to obtain technological know-how and knowledge necessary for innovation during the transfer process are more likely to be able to develop their capacity as a result; (5) whilst access to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) may sometimes be a necessary part of facilitating technology transfer, it is not likely to be sufficient in itself. Other factors such as absorptive capacity and risks associated with new technologies must also be addressed; (6) there is a central role for both national and international policy interventions in achieving low carbon technology transfer. The lack of available empirical analysis on low carbon technology transfer, coupled with the prominence of the issue within international climate negotiations, suggests an urgent need for further research effort in this area.

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David G. Ockwell; Jim Watson; Gordon MacKerron; Prosanto Pal; Farhana Yamin. Key policy considerations for facilitating low carbon technology transfer to developing countries. Energy Policy 2008, 36, 4104 -4115.

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David G. Ockwell, Jim Watson, Gordon MacKerron, Prosanto Pal, Farhana Yamin. Key policy considerations for facilitating low carbon technology transfer to developing countries. Energy Policy. 2008; 36 (11):4104-4115.

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David G. Ockwell; Jim Watson; Gordon MacKerron; Prosanto Pal; Farhana Yamin. 2008. "Key policy considerations for facilitating low carbon technology transfer to developing countries." Energy Policy 36, no. 11: 4104-4115.

Journal article
Published: 17 September 2008 in Policy Sciences
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Recent decades have witnessed increasing attention in theory and practice to participatory approaches to policy appraisal, in part due to the potential of such approaches to facilitate reflexive policy appraisal. It has been observed, however, that in practice these approaches are often as prone as traditional, non-participatory appraisal techniques to being limited in the extent to which that can achieve reflexivity e.g. due to the influence of interests and power and problems of representation. This article explores the extent to which Q Methodology, or ‘Q’, can play a role in ‘opening up’ (Stirling Science, Technology & Human Values, 33, 262–294, 2008) policy to reflexive appraisal. A Q study of fire management discourses in Cape York, northern Australia is presented which exposes the existence of four key discourses in the region: discourse A—rational fire management; discourse B—fire-free conservation; discourse C—pragmatic, locally controlled burning; and discourse D—indigenous controlled land management. At present only discourses A and C are reflected in policy. Appraising existing policy on the basis of the different constructions articulated by discourses B and D of the purpose of and practices involved in fire management, is successful in opening up existing policy to reflexive appraisal. In the face of considerable scientific uncertainty as to the ecological impacts of different burning regimes in northern Australia, this process of opening up has important potential for appraising the social desirability of existing policy and practice in the region. This analysis provides a practical demonstration of the wider potential of Q Methodology in opening up other important contemporary policy issues to reflexive appraisal. It also provides the basis for recommending the expansion of participatory processes for facilitating stakeholder engagement in fire management policy and practice in Cape York.

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David G. Ockwell. ‘Opening up’ policy to reflexive appraisal: a role for Q Methodology? A case study of fire management in Cape York, Australia. Policy Sciences 2008, 41, 263 -292.

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David G. Ockwell. ‘Opening up’ policy to reflexive appraisal: a role for Q Methodology? A case study of fire management in Cape York, Australia. Policy Sciences. 2008; 41 (4):263-292.

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David G. Ockwell. 2008. "‘Opening up’ policy to reflexive appraisal: a role for Q Methodology? A case study of fire management in Cape York, Australia." Policy Sciences 41, no. 4: 263-292.

Original articles
Published: 01 June 2006 in Environmental Politics
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Using as a case study the dominant pro-burning policy paradigm in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, this article examines how knowledge claims become adopted in environmental policy. Stakeholder views in Cape York are polarised between pro and anti discourses regarding anthropogenic burning, each with their own contested knowledge claims. This article carries out a discourse analysis of stakeholder views on the use of fire and enhances this with detailed stakeholder consultation and policy analysis. Through this it demonstrates how an examination of the discursive nature of the conflicts and alliances among different knowledge-holders within an environmental policy debate can provide a powerful heuristic approach to fully understanding how contested knowledge claims become accredited and established in policy.

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David Ockwell; Yvonne Rydin. Conflicting discourses of knowledge: Understanding the policy adoption of pro-burning knowledge claims in Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Environmental Politics 2006, 15, 379 -398.

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David Ockwell, Yvonne Rydin. Conflicting discourses of knowledge: Understanding the policy adoption of pro-burning knowledge claims in Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Environmental Politics. 2006; 15 (3):379-398.

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David Ockwell; Yvonne Rydin. 2006. "Conflicting discourses of knowledge: Understanding the policy adoption of pro-burning knowledge claims in Cape York Peninsula, Australia." Environmental Politics 15, no. 3: 379-398.

Journal article
Published: 31 March 2006 in African Journal of Ecology
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Jon C. Lovett; Claire H. Quinn; David G. Ockwell; Robbie Gregorowski. Two cultures and tragedy of the commons. African Journal of Ecology 2006, 44, 1 -5.

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Jon C. Lovett, Claire H. Quinn, David G. Ockwell, Robbie Gregorowski. Two cultures and tragedy of the commons. African Journal of Ecology. 2006; 44 (1):1-5.

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Jon C. Lovett; Claire H. Quinn; David G. Ockwell; Robbie Gregorowski. 2006. "Two cultures and tragedy of the commons." African Journal of Ecology 44, no. 1: 1-5.

Journal article
Published: 30 April 2005 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Using Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia as a case study, this paper combines field sampling of woody vegetation with cost–benefit analysis to compare the social optimality of fire-assisted pastoralism with sustainable forestry. Carbon sequestration is estimated to be significantly higher in the absence of fire. Integration of carbon sequestration benefits for mitigating future costs of climate change into cost–benefit analysis demonstrates that sustainable forestry is a more socially optimal land use than fire-assisted pastoralism. Missing markets for carbon, however, imply that fire-assisted pastoralism will continue to be pursued in the absence of policy intervention. Creation of markets for carbon represents a policy solution that has the potential to drive land use away from fire-assisted pastoralism towards sustainable forestry and environmental conservation.

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David Ockwell; Jon C. Lovett. Fire assisted pastoralism vs. sustainable forestry—the implications of missing markets for carbon in determining optimal land use in the wet–dry tropics of Australia. Journal of Environmental Management 2005, 75, 1 -9.

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David Ockwell, Jon C. Lovett. Fire assisted pastoralism vs. sustainable forestry—the implications of missing markets for carbon in determining optimal land use in the wet–dry tropics of Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 2005; 75 (1):1-9.

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David Ockwell; Jon C. Lovett. 2005. "Fire assisted pastoralism vs. sustainable forestry—the implications of missing markets for carbon in determining optimal land use in the wet–dry tropics of Australia." Journal of Environmental Management 75, no. 1: 1-9.