Matthew Cashmore
Biographic Data
| ID | 209148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Cashmore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Cashmore |
| SIGNATURE | CASHMORE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1614-3204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 288 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
A moment of rupture and regime destablisation: The contested energy landscape of the Fosen peninsula, Norway
In October 2021 the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that two wind farms built on the Fosen peninsula, mid-Norway, interfered with the Sámi reindeer herders right to enjoy their own culture and hence the decisions to grant planning concessions were invalid. We interpret this ruling as a moment of rupture, with potential to destabilise the sociotechnical regime. In this article, we seek to explain this moment of rupture and the prevailing, of sorts, …
Extraterritorial political representation in environmental planning: Patterns and practices under the Unece Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
The UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context is significant in the context of environmental governance because it was one of the first multilateral environmental agreements to formalise extraterritorial actors’ involvement in the environmental planning of sovereign nation states. In this article, we examine patterns and practices of extraterritorial politi…
Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An Intersectional Analysis of Differentiated Abilities to Benefit From Diversification Processes
With increasingly fragmented rangelands, restricted mobility and climatic stress, diversification has accelerated among East African pastoralists. Diversification is also promoted as a climate change adaptation strategy to reduce climatic exposure. Through a study of a Maasai communal land in southern Kenya, we analyze how pastoralists navigate changing access to key productive resources that are linked to diversification processes, social differ…
Remaking science-policy interfaces in the quest for effectiveness
“How can we effectively address persisting challenges, in particular with regards to the effectiveness of IA instruments?” (Fischer & Bice, 2019, call for contributions to the special issue).In thi
Theorising EIA effectiveness: A contribution based on the Danish system
Reinventing the bicycle: How Calculative Practices Shape Urban Environmental Governance
The concept of sustainability transitions has become increasingly prominent in academic and policy discourses during recent decades, but the importance of the link between knowledge-producing epistemic practices and urban governance has been underappreciated in this discourse. Based on a case study of cycling in Copenhagen between 1900 and 2015, and drawing upon a governmentality-inspired analytical framework, this research demonstrates that tran…
Respatialization and local protest strategy formation: Investigating high-speed rail megaproject development in the UK
Environmental governance through guidance: The ‘making up’ of expert practitioners
The impact assessment ‘arms race’ and visions for the future
In this commentary on Morrison-Saunders et al.'s [Morrison-Saunders A, Pope J, Gunn JAE, Bond A, Retief F. 2014. Strengthening impact assessment: a call for integration and focus. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 44] position paper we focus on two main issues: their (1) call for unification and (2) assessment of the implications for impact assessment (IA) of the better regulation agenda. The importance of names and naming, plus the existence of g…
Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark
The mediation of environmental assessment's influence: What role for power
The significance of structural power in Strategic Environmental Assessment
Power and environmental assessment: Introduction to the special issue
Seeing power in international development cooperation: Environmental policy integration and the World Bank
The aim of this paper is to sharpen the ways in which power dynamics can be analytically ‘seen’ in complex governance contexts where particular ways of governing, and their associated horizons of thought, shape and are in turn shaped by intricate interactions between actors. A theoretical approach is proposed, combining a governmentality perspective with Stewart Clegg's theory of circuits of power. The framework is applied in a case study of expe…
Policy SEA: Lessons from development co-operation
This professional practice report reflects upon lessons learned from piloting and evaluating an innovative approach to policy strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in developing countries. The primary analytical focuses of the approach are institutions and governance characteristics, plus it places strong emphasis on learning. The piloting provides valuable insights about the conduct of SEA at the policy level and in socio-political where ther…
An investigation of environmental and sustainability discourses associated with the substantive purposes of environmental assessment
Power, knowledge and environmental assessment: The World Bank’s pursuit of ‘good governance’
This article sheds light on the dynamics of power in a contested field of action – environmental assessment (EA) – within which theorisation and analysis of power has been limited, and there has been little engagement with productive approaches to power. We use of a typology for analysing the production of social order to create a rich and complex narrative of the power dimensions of the institutionalisation of EA systems, and thereby to problema…
Benchmarking performance: Environmental impact statements in Egypt
Evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment instruments: Theorising the nature and implications of their political constitution
Application of the SEA Directive to EU structural funds: Perspectives on effectiveness
Introduction: The effectiveness of impact assessment instruments
The global application of impact assessment instruments to achieve a variety of policy integration goals (e.g. the mainstreaming of environmental, gender or economic efficiency concerns) continues to proliferate. These instruments represent important components of contemporary political governance and hence are an important locus for applied research. This special issue of Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal critically examines ‘state-of-the-…
The role and functioning of environmental assessment: Theoretical reflections upon an empirical investigation of causation
Decision-oriented environmental assessment: An empirical study of its theory and methods
Impact mitigation in environmental impact assessment: Paper promises or the basis of consent conditions
This study analysed 40 planning applications in the East of England to investigate the practice of translating paper recommendations in the environmental statement (ES) into legal conditions and obligations. A high proportion (50%) of suggested mitigation measures were not translated into planning conditions or obligations. However, a significant number of additional conditions or obligations, not directly based on the ES, were imposed on develop…
The interminable issue of effectiveness: Substantive purposes, outcomes and research challenges in the advancement of environmental impact assessment theory
An analysis of studies of the outcomes of environmental impact assessment (EIA) indicates that its role in consent and design decisions is limited, due primarily to passive integration with the decision processes it is intended to inform. How much EIA helps sustainable development is largely unknown, but it is hypothesised that it is more than is typically assumed, through a plethora of causes, including emancipation of stakeholders and increment…
The role of science in environmental impact assessment: Process and procedure versus purpose in the development of theory
Evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment instruments: Theorising the nature and implications of their political constitution
Environmental impact assessment of projects in the People's Republic of China: New law, old problems
Power and environmental assessment: Introduction to the special issue
The mediation of environmental assessment's influence: What role for power
Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark
Theorising EIA effectiveness: A contribution based on the Danish system
Environmental governance through guidance: The ‘making up’ of expert practitioners
Power, knowledge and environmental assessment: The World Bank’s pursuit of ‘good governance’
This article sheds light on the dynamics of power in a contested field of action – environmental assessment (EA) – within which theorisation and analysis of power has been limited, and there has been little engagement with productive approaches to power. We use of a typology for analysing the production of social order to create a rich and complex narrative of the power dimensions of the institutionalisation of EA systems, and thereby to problema…
Decision-oriented environmental assessment: An empirical study of its theory and methods
Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An Intersectional Analysis of Differentiated Abilities to Benefit From Diversification Processes
With increasingly fragmented rangelands, restricted mobility and climatic stress, diversification has accelerated among East African pastoralists. Diversification is also promoted as a climate change adaptation strategy to reduce climatic exposure. Through a study of a Maasai communal land in southern Kenya, we analyze how pastoralists navigate changing access to key productive resources that are linked to diversification processes, social differ…
The significance of structural power in Strategic Environmental Assessment
An investigation of environmental and sustainability discourses associated with the substantive purposes of environmental assessment
Application of the SEA Directive to EU structural funds: Perspectives on effectiveness
Benchmarking performance: Environmental impact statements in Egypt
Respatialization and local protest strategy formation: Investigating high-speed rail megaproject development in the UK
Seeing power in international development cooperation: Environmental policy integration and the World Bank
The aim of this paper is to sharpen the ways in which power dynamics can be analytically ‘seen’ in complex governance contexts where particular ways of governing, and their associated horizons of thought, shape and are in turn shaped by intricate interactions between actors. A theoretical approach is proposed, combining a governmentality perspective with Stewart Clegg's theory of circuits of power. The framework is applied in a case study of expe…
Reinventing the bicycle: How Calculative Practices Shape Urban Environmental Governance
The concept of sustainability transitions has become increasingly prominent in academic and policy discourses during recent decades, but the importance of the link between knowledge-producing epistemic practices and urban governance has been underappreciated in this discourse. Based on a case study of cycling in Copenhagen between 1900 and 2015, and drawing upon a governmentality-inspired analytical framework, this research demonstrates that tran…
Environmental impact assessment of projects in the People's Republic of China: New law, old problems
The interminable issue of effectiveness: Substantive purposes, outcomes and research challenges in the advancement of environmental impact assessment theory
An analysis of studies of the outcomes of environmental impact assessment (EIA) indicates that its role in consent and design decisions is limited, due primarily to passive integration with the decision processes it is intended to inform. How much EIA helps sustainable development is largely unknown, but it is hypothesised that it is more than is typically assumed, through a plethora of causes, including emancipation of stakeholders and increment…
The role of science in environmental impact assessment: Process and procedure versus purpose in the development of theory
Impact mitigation in environmental impact assessment: Paper promises or the basis of consent conditions
This study analysed 40 planning applications in the East of England to investigate the practice of translating paper recommendations in the environmental statement (ES) into legal conditions and obligations. A high proportion (50%) of suggested mitigation measures were not translated into planning conditions or obligations. However, a significant number of additional conditions or obligations, not directly based on the ES, were imposed on develop…
Decision-oriented environmental assessment: An empirical study of its theory and methods
The role and functioning of environmental assessment: Theoretical reflections upon an empirical investigation of causation
Introduction: The effectiveness of impact assessment instruments
The global application of impact assessment instruments to achieve a variety of policy integration goals (e.g. the mainstreaming of environmental, gender or economic efficiency concerns) continues to proliferate. These instruments represent important components of contemporary political governance and hence are an important locus for applied research. This special issue of Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal critically examines ‘state-of-the-…
Benchmarking performance: Environmental impact statements in Egypt
Evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment instruments: Theorising the nature and implications of their political constitution
Application of the SEA Directive to EU structural funds: Perspectives on effectiveness
Power, knowledge and environmental assessment: The World Bank’s pursuit of ‘good governance’
This article sheds light on the dynamics of power in a contested field of action – environmental assessment (EA) – within which theorisation and analysis of power has been limited, and there has been little engagement with productive approaches to power. We use of a typology for analysing the production of social order to create a rich and complex narrative of the power dimensions of the institutionalisation of EA systems, and thereby to problema…
Policy SEA: Lessons from development co-operation
This professional practice report reflects upon lessons learned from piloting and evaluating an innovative approach to policy strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in developing countries. The primary analytical focuses of the approach are institutions and governance characteristics, plus it places strong emphasis on learning. The piloting provides valuable insights about the conduct of SEA at the policy level and in socio-political where ther…
An investigation of environmental and sustainability discourses associated with the substantive purposes of environmental assessment
Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark
The mediation of environmental assessment's influence: What role for power
The significance of structural power in Strategic Environmental Assessment
Power and environmental assessment: Introduction to the special issue
Seeing power in international development cooperation: Environmental policy integration and the World Bank
The aim of this paper is to sharpen the ways in which power dynamics can be analytically ‘seen’ in complex governance contexts where particular ways of governing, and their associated horizons of thought, shape and are in turn shaped by intricate interactions between actors. A theoretical approach is proposed, combining a governmentality perspective with Stewart Clegg's theory of circuits of power. The framework is applied in a case study of expe…
The impact assessment ‘arms race’ and visions for the future
In this commentary on Morrison-Saunders et al.'s [Morrison-Saunders A, Pope J, Gunn JAE, Bond A, Retief F. 2014. Strengthening impact assessment: a call for integration and focus. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 44] position paper we focus on two main issues: their (1) call for unification and (2) assessment of the implications for impact assessment (IA) of the better regulation agenda. The importance of names and naming, plus the existence of g…
Respatialization and local protest strategy formation: Investigating high-speed rail megaproject development in the UK
Environmental governance through guidance: The ‘making up’ of expert practitioners
Theorising EIA effectiveness: A contribution based on the Danish system
Reinventing the bicycle: How Calculative Practices Shape Urban Environmental Governance
The concept of sustainability transitions has become increasingly prominent in academic and policy discourses during recent decades, but the importance of the link between knowledge-producing epistemic practices and urban governance has been underappreciated in this discourse. Based on a case study of cycling in Copenhagen between 1900 and 2015, and drawing upon a governmentality-inspired analytical framework, this research demonstrates that tran…
Remaking science-policy interfaces in the quest for effectiveness
“How can we effectively address persisting challenges, in particular with regards to the effectiveness of IA instruments?” (Fischer & Bice, 2019, call for contributions to the special issue).In thi
Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An Intersectional Analysis of Differentiated Abilities to Benefit From Diversification Processes
With increasingly fragmented rangelands, restricted mobility and climatic stress, diversification has accelerated among East African pastoralists. Diversification is also promoted as a climate change adaptation strategy to reduce climatic exposure. Through a study of a Maasai communal land in southern Kenya, we analyze how pastoralists navigate changing access to key productive resources that are linked to diversification processes, social differ…
Political science (24 works) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (21 works) · Economics (17 works) · Law (16 works) · Mining and Resource Management (16 works) · Environmental planning (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Environmental resource management (11 works)