Catherine Mitchell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Mitchell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitchell |
| SIGNATURE | MITCHELL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9932-3050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 248 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Filmic figurations of the ‘non-traditional’ student: The pedagogical problems and possibilities of Educating Rita
Films offer useful entry points into how the university and the university student may be understood within the social imagination. In this article, we explore the 1980s film Educating Rita (1983), which many commentators argue offers a ground-breaking portrayal of the ‘non-traditional’ higher education (HE) student. Educating Rita’s success, in part, arose from its novel depiction of an older working-class woman who transitions to study at an el…
What does Covid-19 teach us about English contract law
This paper examines how English courts have responded to the contract problems generated by the Covid-19 pandemic and considers what this tells us about future contract law development. In relation to consumers, the case law on pandemic-affected contracts, though limited, indicates that traditional contract doctrine does not necessarily produce beneficial outcomes for consumers. This further diminishes the importance of the common law in the cons…
Assessment of the Nasa carbon monitoring system wet carbon stakeholder community: Data needs, gaps, and opportunities
Wet carbon (WC) ecosystems are a critical part of the carbon cycle, yet they are underrepresented in many policy and science communities due to the relative under-investment in stakeholder and boundary organizations. WC systems include the hydrosphere and carbon cycling systems that operate in wetlands, oceans, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and permafrost. In this article, we provide evidence from a desk review of WC stakeholders, that includes …
Citizen policy entrepreneurship in UK local government climate emergency declarations
Policy entrepreneurship theory seeks to explain how actors, institutions, actions and interactions influence policy makers and policy outcomes; however, the role of citizens in this process remains largely unarticulated. Adopting a conception of policy entrepreneurship as a (distributed) pattern of agency rather than the actions of an individual, we analyse the development of local government climate emergency declarations (CEDs) (many of which v…
Vanishing Contract Law: Common Law in the Age of Contracts
An evolving risk perspective for policy instrument choice in sustainability transitions
Unpacking ‘regime resistance’ in low-carbon transitions: The case of the British Capacity Market
The ability of powerful incumbent actors to resist technological or institutional changes that threaten their vested interests is a core part of the literature on sustainable energy transitions, but more often asserted in general than tested in specific cases. This article presents analysis of a detailed study of the introduction of a Capacity Market (CM) for electricity in Great Britain in the period 2010–2011, using a process tracing approach. …
Engaging stakeholders in research to address water–energy–food (WEF) nexus challenges
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has become a popular, and potentially powerful, frame through which to analyse interactions and interdependencies between these three systems. Though the case for transdisciplinary research in this space has been made, the extent of stakeholder engagement in research remains limited with stakeholders most commonly incorporated in research as end-users. Yet, stakeholders interact with nexus issues in a variety of …
Wipeout? entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
In 2014, the European Council set energy and climate targets for 2030 that will have far-reaching implications for the decarbonisation of Europe’s economy as well as the nature and success of the energy integration project, the Energy Union. The targets mark a qualitative shift towards a more technology-neutral EU climate and energy policy than represented in targets for 2020, decided in 2007. Existing explanations emphasise the role of non-state…
Policies, politics and demand side innovations: The untold story of Germany’s energy transition
This article shines a light on a less examined aspect of sustainable energy transitions: governing for demand side innovations in Germany. Demand innovations are considered to be central to affordable, efficient and politically acceptable energy system transformations, however many argue that not enough is being done in governance terms. In a departure from much analysis on demand policy demand innovations are defined broadly here to explicitly i…
Towards pragmatic narratives of societal engagement in the UK energy system
The governance of industry rules and energy system innovation: The case of codes in Great Britain
Detailed energy industry rules are crucial to realising policy goals, but typically overlooked. • Governance arrangements determine ease of rule change for policy goals. • Delegation is a widespread institutional design principle but has risks of capture and inertia. • The case of code governance in Britain gives a demonstration of these risks. • A reform agenda is outlined and wider lessons drawn out
Historical institutionalism and the politics of sustainable energy transitions: A research agenda
Improving the understanding of the politics of sustainable energy transitions has become a major focus for research. This paper builds on recent interest in institutionalist approaches to consider in some depth the agenda arising from a historical institutionalist perspective on such transitions. It is argued that historical institutionalism is a valuable complement to socio-technical systems approaches, offering tools for the explicit analysis o…
Governing for sustainable energy system change: Politics, contexts and contingency
This paper offers a new, interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of governing for sustainable energy system change by drawing together insights from, and offering critiques of, socio-technical transitions and new institutionalist concepts of change. Institutions of all kinds, including rules and norms within political and energy systems, tend to have path-dependent qualities that make them difficult to change, whereas we also know that profo…
Measuring and explaining policy paradigm change: The case of UK energy policy
This paper contributes to the literature on institutional change by creating a framework that both measures and explains policy change. The framework is then applied to UK energy policy from 2000 to 2011 and finds that a policy paradigm change has occurred. Contrary to expectations in the literature, however, the process of change has been informed by multiple narratives and the new governance system is complex and incoherent. The analysis also f…
Effectiveness through risk reduction: A comparison of the renewable obligation in England and Wales and the feed-in system in Germany
Turning the Categories Inside-Out: Complex Identifications and Multiple Interactions in Religious Ethnography
This paper challenges the fixed boundaries that ethnographers have often constructed between religious insiders and outsiders. Drawing on Neitz's observations, it argues that the main task of reflexive fieldwork is locating the self in relation to ambiguous and shifting boundaries. We offer a comparative analysis of the experiences of two differently socially located researchers to illustrate how religious identity emerges as a continuum, on whic…
Governing for sustainable energy system change: Politics, contexts and contingency
This paper offers a new, interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of governing for sustainable energy system change by drawing together insights from, and offering critiques of, socio-technical transitions and new institutionalist concepts of change. Institutions of all kinds, including rules and norms within political and energy systems, tend to have path-dependent qualities that make them difficult to change, whereas we also know that profo…
Measuring and explaining policy paradigm change: The case of UK energy policy
This paper contributes to the literature on institutional change by creating a framework that both measures and explains policy change. The framework is then applied to UK energy policy from 2000 to 2011 and finds that a policy paradigm change has occurred. Contrary to expectations in the literature, however, the process of change has been informed by multiple narratives and the new governance system is complex and incoherent. The analysis also f…
Historical institutionalism and the politics of sustainable energy transitions: A research agenda
Improving the understanding of the politics of sustainable energy transitions has become a major focus for research. This paper builds on recent interest in institutionalist approaches to consider in some depth the agenda arising from a historical institutionalist perspective on such transitions. It is argued that historical institutionalism is a valuable complement to socio-technical systems approaches, offering tools for the explicit analysis o…
Unpacking ‘regime resistance’ in low-carbon transitions: The case of the British Capacity Market
The ability of powerful incumbent actors to resist technological or institutional changes that threaten their vested interests is a core part of the literature on sustainable energy transitions, but more often asserted in general than tested in specific cases. This article presents analysis of a detailed study of the introduction of a Capacity Market (CM) for electricity in Great Britain in the period 2010–2011, using a process tracing approach. …
An evolving risk perspective for policy instrument choice in sustainability transitions
Towards pragmatic narratives of societal engagement in the UK energy system
The governance of industry rules and energy system innovation: The case of codes in Great Britain
Detailed energy industry rules are crucial to realising policy goals, but typically overlooked. • Governance arrangements determine ease of rule change for policy goals. • Delegation is a widespread institutional design principle but has risks of capture and inertia. • The case of code governance in Britain gives a demonstration of these risks. • A reform agenda is outlined and wider lessons drawn out
Engaging stakeholders in research to address water–energy–food (WEF) nexus challenges
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has become a popular, and potentially powerful, frame through which to analyse interactions and interdependencies between these three systems. Though the case for transdisciplinary research in this space has been made, the extent of stakeholder engagement in research remains limited with stakeholders most commonly incorporated in research as end-users. Yet, stakeholders interact with nexus issues in a variety of …
Wipeout? entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
In 2014, the European Council set energy and climate targets for 2030 that will have far-reaching implications for the decarbonisation of Europe’s economy as well as the nature and success of the energy integration project, the Energy Union. The targets mark a qualitative shift towards a more technology-neutral EU climate and energy policy than represented in targets for 2020, decided in 2007. Existing explanations emphasise the role of non-state…
Turning the Categories Inside-Out: Complex Identifications and Multiple Interactions in Religious Ethnography
This paper challenges the fixed boundaries that ethnographers have often constructed between religious insiders and outsiders. Drawing on Neitz's observations, it argues that the main task of reflexive fieldwork is locating the self in relation to ambiguous and shifting boundaries. We offer a comparative analysis of the experiences of two differently socially located researchers to illustrate how religious identity emerges as a continuum, on whic…
Citizen policy entrepreneurship in UK local government climate emergency declarations
Policy entrepreneurship theory seeks to explain how actors, institutions, actions and interactions influence policy makers and policy outcomes; however, the role of citizens in this process remains largely unarticulated. Adopting a conception of policy entrepreneurship as a (distributed) pattern of agency rather than the actions of an individual, we analyse the development of local government climate emergency declarations (CEDs) (many of which v…
Policies, politics and demand side innovations: The untold story of Germany’s energy transition
This article shines a light on a less examined aspect of sustainable energy transitions: governing for demand side innovations in Germany. Demand innovations are considered to be central to affordable, efficient and politically acceptable energy system transformations, however many argue that not enough is being done in governance terms. In a departure from much analysis on demand policy demand innovations are defined broadly here to explicitly i…
Effectiveness through risk reduction: A comparison of the renewable obligation in England and Wales and the feed-in system in Germany
Turning the Categories Inside-Out: Complex Identifications and Multiple Interactions in Religious Ethnography
This paper challenges the fixed boundaries that ethnographers have often constructed between religious insiders and outsiders. Drawing on Neitz's observations, it argues that the main task of reflexive fieldwork is locating the self in relation to ambiguous and shifting boundaries. We offer a comparative analysis of the experiences of two differently socially located researchers to illustrate how religious identity emerges as a continuum, on whic…
Measuring and explaining policy paradigm change: The case of UK energy policy
This paper contributes to the literature on institutional change by creating a framework that both measures and explains policy change. The framework is then applied to UK energy policy from 2000 to 2011 and finds that a policy paradigm change has occurred. Contrary to expectations in the literature, however, the process of change has been informed by multiple narratives and the new governance system is complex and incoherent. The analysis also f…
Governing for sustainable energy system change: Politics, contexts and contingency
This paper offers a new, interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of governing for sustainable energy system change by drawing together insights from, and offering critiques of, socio-technical transitions and new institutionalist concepts of change. Institutions of all kinds, including rules and norms within political and energy systems, tend to have path-dependent qualities that make them difficult to change, whereas we also know that profo…
Historical institutionalism and the politics of sustainable energy transitions: A research agenda
Improving the understanding of the politics of sustainable energy transitions has become a major focus for research. This paper builds on recent interest in institutionalist approaches to consider in some depth the agenda arising from a historical institutionalist perspective on such transitions. It is argued that historical institutionalism is a valuable complement to socio-technical systems approaches, offering tools for the explicit analysis o…
Policies, politics and demand side innovations: The untold story of Germany’s energy transition
This article shines a light on a less examined aspect of sustainable energy transitions: governing for demand side innovations in Germany. Demand innovations are considered to be central to affordable, efficient and politically acceptable energy system transformations, however many argue that not enough is being done in governance terms. In a departure from much analysis on demand policy demand innovations are defined broadly here to explicitly i…
Towards pragmatic narratives of societal engagement in the UK energy system
The governance of industry rules and energy system innovation: The case of codes in Great Britain
Detailed energy industry rules are crucial to realising policy goals, but typically overlooked. • Governance arrangements determine ease of rule change for policy goals. • Delegation is a widespread institutional design principle but has risks of capture and inertia. • The case of code governance in Britain gives a demonstration of these risks. • A reform agenda is outlined and wider lessons drawn out
Engaging stakeholders in research to address water–energy–food (WEF) nexus challenges
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has become a popular, and potentially powerful, frame through which to analyse interactions and interdependencies between these three systems. Though the case for transdisciplinary research in this space has been made, the extent of stakeholder engagement in research remains limited with stakeholders most commonly incorporated in research as end-users. Yet, stakeholders interact with nexus issues in a variety of …
Wipeout? entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target
In 2014, the European Council set energy and climate targets for 2030 that will have far-reaching implications for the decarbonisation of Europe’s economy as well as the nature and success of the energy integration project, the Energy Union. The targets mark a qualitative shift towards a more technology-neutral EU climate and energy policy than represented in targets for 2020, decided in 2007. Existing explanations emphasise the role of non-state…
Unpacking ‘regime resistance’ in low-carbon transitions: The case of the British Capacity Market
The ability of powerful incumbent actors to resist technological or institutional changes that threaten their vested interests is a core part of the literature on sustainable energy transitions, but more often asserted in general than tested in specific cases. This article presents analysis of a detailed study of the introduction of a Capacity Market (CM) for electricity in Great Britain in the period 2010–2011, using a process tracing approach. …
An evolving risk perspective for policy instrument choice in sustainability transitions
Vanishing Contract Law: Common Law in the Age of Contracts
Assessment of the Nasa carbon monitoring system wet carbon stakeholder community: Data needs, gaps, and opportunities
Wet carbon (WC) ecosystems are a critical part of the carbon cycle, yet they are underrepresented in many policy and science communities due to the relative under-investment in stakeholder and boundary organizations. WC systems include the hydrosphere and carbon cycling systems that operate in wetlands, oceans, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and permafrost. In this article, we provide evidence from a desk review of WC stakeholders, that includes …
Citizen policy entrepreneurship in UK local government climate emergency declarations
Policy entrepreneurship theory seeks to explain how actors, institutions, actions and interactions influence policy makers and policy outcomes; however, the role of citizens in this process remains largely unarticulated. Adopting a conception of policy entrepreneurship as a (distributed) pattern of agency rather than the actions of an individual, we analyse the development of local government climate emergency declarations (CEDs) (many of which v…
What does Covid-19 teach us about English contract law
This paper examines how English courts have responded to the contract problems generated by the Covid-19 pandemic and considers what this tells us about future contract law development. In relation to consumers, the case law on pandemic-affected contracts, though limited, indicates that traditional contract doctrine does not necessarily produce beneficial outcomes for consumers. This further diminishes the importance of the common law in the cons…
Filmic figurations of the ‘non-traditional’ student: The pedagogical problems and possibilities of Educating Rita
Films offer useful entry points into how the university and the university student may be understood within the social imagination. In this article, we explore the 1980s film Educating Rita (1983), which many commentators argue offers a ground-breaking portrayal of the ‘non-traditional’ higher education (HE) student. Educating Rita’s success, in part, arose from its novel depiction of an older working-class woman who transitions to study at an el…
Political science (15 works) · Economics (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economic system (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 works)