Kathryn B Janda
Biographic Data
| ID | 4867985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn B Janda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn B |
| FAMILY NAME | Janda |
| SIGNATURE | JANDA K B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2978-430X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 191 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Beyond the ‘skills gap’
The skilled worker shortage in the installation trades constitutes a critical challenge to implementing low-carbon transitions globally, but the scientific attention to installers and their perspectives remains limited. This paper studies perspectives of craft entrepreneurs in four installation trades in Germany: roofers, electricians, heating installers, and painters. For this, it takes a novel mixed methods approach, drawing from interviews and…
Pursuing a net-zero carbon future for all
Preparing ‘middle actors’ to deliver zero-carbon building transitions
The urgent transition to a zero-carbon economy requires building professionals to be supportive of, and prepared for, delivering zero-carbon buildings. Building professionals are important ‘middle actors’ who can either enable or inhibit such societal transitions. This paper explores building professionals’ perspectives on delivering zero-carbon buildings, leading to a practical synthesis of knowledge and skill requirements and training pathways.…
Encouraging energy efficiency in United Kingdom independent retail? The case of the butcher, fishmonger and cycle-shop
Crafting sustainability in iconic skyscrapers
This paper focuses on coordination, fragmentation, and the potential for transition in the system of building professions in the American construction industry. The paper relies mainly on local press coverage of three iconic New York skyscrapers—the Empire State Building (completed in 1931), the U.N. Secretariat (completed in 1952) and One World Trade Center (completed in 2014)— to compare how the roles of different building professionals are see…
Using stories, narratives, and storytelling in energy and climate change research
Energy and climate change research has been dominated by particular methods and approaches to defining and addressing problems, accomplished by gathering and analysing the corresponding forms of evidence. This special issue starts from the broad concepts of stories, narratives, and storytelling to go beyond these analytic conventions, approaching the intersection of nature, humanity, and technology in multiple ways, using lenses from social scien…
Telling tales
To benefit and protect the populace, government policies often promise aspirational changes to current practice. Different kinds of narratives are important in the framing, explanation, motivation, and understanding of policies and strategies. For example, the UK government's 2008 Climate Change Act proclaimed that all new homes will be zero carbon by 2016. This ‘hero story’, where society is ‘saved’ by clever technologies, is inspiring, positive…
Integrating social science in energy research
More than filler
From “if only” to “social potential” in schemes to reduce building energy use
Using stories, narratives, and storytelling in energy and climate change research
Energy and climate change research has been dominated by particular methods and approaches to defining and addressing problems, accomplished by gathering and analysing the corresponding forms of evidence. This special issue starts from the broad concepts of stories, narratives, and storytelling to go beyond these analytic conventions, approaching the intersection of nature, humanity, and technology in multiple ways, using lenses from social scien…
More than filler
Integrating social science in energy research
From “if only” to “social potential” in schemes to reduce building energy use
Preparing ‘middle actors’ to deliver zero-carbon building transitions
The urgent transition to a zero-carbon economy requires building professionals to be supportive of, and prepared for, delivering zero-carbon buildings. Building professionals are important ‘middle actors’ who can either enable or inhibit such societal transitions. This paper explores building professionals’ perspectives on delivering zero-carbon buildings, leading to a practical synthesis of knowledge and skill requirements and training pathways.…
More than filler
From “if only” to “social potential” in schemes to reduce building energy use
Telling tales
To benefit and protect the populace, government policies often promise aspirational changes to current practice. Different kinds of narratives are important in the framing, explanation, motivation, and understanding of policies and strategies. For example, the UK government's 2008 Climate Change Act proclaimed that all new homes will be zero carbon by 2016. This ‘hero story’, where society is ‘saved’ by clever technologies, is inspiring, positive…
Integrating social science in energy research
Crafting sustainability in iconic skyscrapers
This paper focuses on coordination, fragmentation, and the potential for transition in the system of building professions in the American construction industry. The paper relies mainly on local press coverage of three iconic New York skyscrapers—the Empire State Building (completed in 1931), the U.N. Secretariat (completed in 1952) and One World Trade Center (completed in 2014)— to compare how the roles of different building professionals are see…
Using stories, narratives, and storytelling in energy and climate change research
Energy and climate change research has been dominated by particular methods and approaches to defining and addressing problems, accomplished by gathering and analysing the corresponding forms of evidence. This special issue starts from the broad concepts of stories, narratives, and storytelling to go beyond these analytic conventions, approaching the intersection of nature, humanity, and technology in multiple ways, using lenses from social scien…
Encouraging energy efficiency in United Kingdom independent retail? The case of the butcher, fishmonger and cycle-shop
Preparing ‘middle actors’ to deliver zero-carbon building transitions
The urgent transition to a zero-carbon economy requires building professionals to be supportive of, and prepared for, delivering zero-carbon buildings. Building professionals are important ‘middle actors’ who can either enable or inhibit such societal transitions. This paper explores building professionals’ perspectives on delivering zero-carbon buildings, leading to a practical synthesis of knowledge and skill requirements and training pathways.…
Pursuing a net-zero carbon future for all
Beyond the ‘skills gap’
The skilled worker shortage in the installation trades constitutes a critical challenge to implementing low-carbon transitions globally, but the scientific attention to installers and their perspectives remains limited. This paper studies perspectives of craft entrepreneurs in four installation trades in Germany: roofers, electricians, heating installers, and painters. For this, it takes a novel mixed methods approach, drawing from interviews and…
Political science (6 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (4 works) · Economics (3 works)