Jon Cloke
Biographic Data
| ID | 167443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Cloke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Cloke |
| SIGNATURE | CLOKE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4959-9045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Eschatological Geographies-Mass Consumption, Uncontrolled Waste and the Capitalist False Prophet
Recent geophysical research has indicated areas in which secondary waste-induced, climate-changing activities may be affecting previously natural geophysical processes, beyond more visual, primary phenomena such as wild-fires, droughts, hurricane strength and frequency and flooding. This secondary group of geophysical changes has the potential to act as a relatively new complex of forces likely to increase or accelerate rates of change in differe…
Extending energy access assessment: The added value of taking a gender perspective
Measurement methodologies are increasingly being deployed to monitor energy poverty or energy access, and to provide insights for policy development, both in the South and more recently also in the North. However, care should be taken with interpretation and use of the data, particularly if a gender perspective is lacking. This paper argues that taking a gender perspective is vital to understanding energy access and outcomes related to interventi…
Decentralization: The key to accelerating access to distributed energy services in sub-Saharan Africa
The decentralization of governance is increasingly considered crucial for delivering development and is being widely adopted in sub-Saharan countries. At the same time, distributed (decentralized) energy systems are increasingly recognized for their role in achieving universal access to energy and are being promoted in sub-Saharan countries. However, little attention has been paid by governments and energy practitioners to the dynamic interrelati…
Writing anthropandemics – the strangely connected social geographies of Covid-19, plastic waste, and obesity
The recent global spread of COVID-19 alongside a plethora of other growing phenomena of the Anthropocene increasingly affected by human activity – fires, flooding, droughts – urgently invites a reconsideration of the concepts of epidemics and pandemics. To date however, research into pandemics has focused almost entirely on biomedical aspects such as rate of contagion, origin of the offending organism, and lethality. This article seeks to suggest…
Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America ‐ edited by McNeish, John‐Andrew, Borchgrevink, Axel and Logan, Owen
Low carbon energy and international development: From research impact to policymaking
Few areas of international development research have seen as much transformation over recent years as those relating to energy access and low carbon transitions. New policy initiatives, technological innovations and business models have radically transformed the configuration and dynamics of the sector, driven by the urgency of ongoing climate change. This article asks how, given these rapidly moving contexts, policymakers can engage with researc…
Communities of energy
The call for social science to engage with energy infrastructures and users to enable low‐carbon transitions that benefit the poor in the Global South is welcome, but its urgency risks epistemic distortion. The theme of “community” in the social studies of energy needs critical reflection, disambiguation, and interrogation with empirical case studies. This article explores dimensions of assumed homogeneity at local scales. In attending to similar…
Empires of Waste and the Food Security Meme
Through a brief review of the literature in which the concept of food security has developed since the first use of the term in 1974, this paper suggests that the 'food security' appearing extensively in governmental, official and academic analysis is a social construct that acts to conceal the reality of corporate food production mechanisms dominating global food systems. Since the date of the first World Food Summit in Rome in 1996, representat…
An economic wonderland: Derivative castles built on sand
Purpose This paper seeks to use the way in which markets in derivatives have developed historically to examine how neo‐classical market‐oriented economic theory has been used as a stalking‐horse to create an illusionary market in the increasingly complex derivatives that have brought about the current global financial crisis and which threaten liberal democracy. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses the current global financial crisis us…
Facilitators of development or Kapos for capital: The primrose path to Gats
This article arose from work undertaken on behalf of a UK-based NGO developing a policy response to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It looks at GATS as a key to locating development NGOs (NGDOs) within the broader field of development aims and practices, examining the long-term implications of GATS with respect to the idea of a ‘fourth position’ for such NGOs. It is argued that this theoretical position fails to take into accou…
Communities of energy
The call for social science to engage with energy infrastructures and users to enable low‐carbon transitions that benefit the poor in the Global South is welcome, but its urgency risks epistemic distortion. The theme of “community” in the social studies of energy needs critical reflection, disambiguation, and interrogation with empirical case studies. This article explores dimensions of assumed homogeneity at local scales. In attending to similar…
Extending energy access assessment: The added value of taking a gender perspective
Measurement methodologies are increasingly being deployed to monitor energy poverty or energy access, and to provide insights for policy development, both in the South and more recently also in the North. However, care should be taken with interpretation and use of the data, particularly if a gender perspective is lacking. This paper argues that taking a gender perspective is vital to understanding energy access and outcomes related to interventi…
Decentralization: The key to accelerating access to distributed energy services in sub-Saharan Africa
The decentralization of governance is increasingly considered crucial for delivering development and is being widely adopted in sub-Saharan countries. At the same time, distributed (decentralized) energy systems are increasingly recognized for their role in achieving universal access to energy and are being promoted in sub-Saharan countries. However, little attention has been paid by governments and energy practitioners to the dynamic interrelati…
Empires of Waste and the Food Security Meme
Through a brief review of the literature in which the concept of food security has developed since the first use of the term in 1974, this paper suggests that the 'food security' appearing extensively in governmental, official and academic analysis is a social construct that acts to conceal the reality of corporate food production mechanisms dominating global food systems. Since the date of the first World Food Summit in Rome in 1996, representat…
Low carbon energy and international development: From research impact to policymaking
Few areas of international development research have seen as much transformation over recent years as those relating to energy access and low carbon transitions. New policy initiatives, technological innovations and business models have radically transformed the configuration and dynamics of the sector, driven by the urgency of ongoing climate change. This article asks how, given these rapidly moving contexts, policymakers can engage with researc…
Writing anthropandemics – the strangely connected social geographies of Covid-19, plastic waste, and obesity
The recent global spread of COVID-19 alongside a plethora of other growing phenomena of the Anthropocene increasingly affected by human activity – fires, flooding, droughts – urgently invites a reconsideration of the concepts of epidemics and pandemics. To date however, research into pandemics has focused almost entirely on biomedical aspects such as rate of contagion, origin of the offending organism, and lethality. This article seeks to suggest…
An economic wonderland: Derivative castles built on sand
Purpose This paper seeks to use the way in which markets in derivatives have developed historically to examine how neo‐classical market‐oriented economic theory has been used as a stalking‐horse to create an illusionary market in the increasingly complex derivatives that have brought about the current global financial crisis and which threaten liberal democracy. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses the current global financial crisis us…
Facilitators of development or Kapos for capital: The primrose path to Gats
This article arose from work undertaken on behalf of a UK-based NGO developing a policy response to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It looks at GATS as a key to locating development NGOs (NGDOs) within the broader field of development aims and practices, examining the long-term implications of GATS with respect to the idea of a ‘fourth position’ for such NGOs. It is argued that this theoretical position fails to take into accou…
Empires of Waste and the Food Security Meme
Through a brief review of the literature in which the concept of food security has developed since the first use of the term in 1974, this paper suggests that the 'food security' appearing extensively in governmental, official and academic analysis is a social construct that acts to conceal the reality of corporate food production mechanisms dominating global food systems. Since the date of the first World Food Summit in Rome in 1996, representat…
Communities of energy
The call for social science to engage with energy infrastructures and users to enable low‐carbon transitions that benefit the poor in the Global South is welcome, but its urgency risks epistemic distortion. The theme of “community” in the social studies of energy needs critical reflection, disambiguation, and interrogation with empirical case studies. This article explores dimensions of assumed homogeneity at local scales. In attending to similar…
Low carbon energy and international development: From research impact to policymaking
Few areas of international development research have seen as much transformation over recent years as those relating to energy access and low carbon transitions. New policy initiatives, technological innovations and business models have radically transformed the configuration and dynamics of the sector, driven by the urgency of ongoing climate change. This article asks how, given these rapidly moving contexts, policymakers can engage with researc…
Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America ‐ edited by McNeish, John‐Andrew, Borchgrevink, Axel and Logan, Owen
Decentralization: The key to accelerating access to distributed energy services in sub-Saharan Africa
The decentralization of governance is increasingly considered crucial for delivering development and is being widely adopted in sub-Saharan countries. At the same time, distributed (decentralized) energy systems are increasingly recognized for their role in achieving universal access to energy and are being promoted in sub-Saharan countries. However, little attention has been paid by governments and energy practitioners to the dynamic interrelati…
Writing anthropandemics – the strangely connected social geographies of Covid-19, plastic waste, and obesity
The recent global spread of COVID-19 alongside a plethora of other growing phenomena of the Anthropocene increasingly affected by human activity – fires, flooding, droughts – urgently invites a reconsideration of the concepts of epidemics and pandemics. To date however, research into pandemics has focused almost entirely on biomedical aspects such as rate of contagion, origin of the offending organism, and lethality. This article seeks to suggest…
Extending energy access assessment: The added value of taking a gender perspective
Measurement methodologies are increasingly being deployed to monitor energy poverty or energy access, and to provide insights for policy development, both in the South and more recently also in the North. However, care should be taken with interpretation and use of the data, particularly if a gender perspective is lacking. This paper argues that taking a gender perspective is vital to understanding energy access and outcomes related to interventi…
Eschatological Geographies-Mass Consumption, Uncontrolled Waste and the Capitalist False Prophet
Recent geophysical research has indicated areas in which secondary waste-induced, climate-changing activities may be affecting previously natural geophysical processes, beyond more visual, primary phenomena such as wild-fires, droughts, hurricane strength and frequency and flooding. This secondary group of geophysical changes has the potential to act as a relatively new complex of forces likely to increase or accelerate rates of change in differe…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)