Catherine Cherry
Biographic Data
| ID | 5437462 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Cherry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Cherry |
| SIGNATURE | CHERRY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1443-9634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Envisioning low-carbon futures: Exploring the relationship between individual lifestyle change and systemic transformation
Achieving a low-carbon future requires both systemic transformation and individual lifestyle changes, yet public perspectives on what is desirable and achievable remain underexplored. This paper uses deliberative visioning methods to actively engage people in imagining low-carbon futures, offering insights into how they perceive the intersection of individual and systems change. We conducted 14 deliberative visioning workshops with 97 participant…
Discourses of climate inaction undermine public support for 1.5 °C lifestyles
We conducted unique public visioning workshops on radical low-carbon lifestyles. • We found strong public support for many low-carbon lifestyle strategies and futures. • Narratives of inaction create a public discourse of delay, undermining this support. • Narratives of inaction held emotional resonances that evoked defensive responses. • Countering this public discourse of delay is essential for meaningful climate action. Urgent action to tackle…
Attuning to ambiguous atmospheres: Currents of air, discourse and time in a steel town
How atmospheric pollution is perceived by urban dwellers has long been a topic of interest within geography and the social sciences, whether to draw attention to environmental injustices, to better understand the materialities and affects associated with polluted air, or to grasp how people ‘tune in’ to polluted matter. In this paper, we draw on three interrelated geographical and social science literatures on polluted air to inform our explorati…
Putting visions in their place: Responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization
Decarbonizing energy systems by 2050 is an ambitious socio-technical project. Such a transition is likely to have very significant implications for social justice, given the increasing dependence of societies globally on energy services. Eliciting non-expert values and perspectives as part of reflection on the desirability of visions of socio-technical change has long been promoted within RRI. However, RRI has typically focused upstream engagemen…
It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town
Four decades on from the onset of deindustrialisation in the UK and other late-capitalist societies, industrial places are again emerging as key objects of policy discourse. Under the dual pressures of decarbonisation, and the recognition of ‘left behind’ regions as potential hotspots for feelings of political marginalisation, new strategies for clean growth are emerging, aiming to boost local economic and environmental performance. Presenting da…
A personas-based approach to deliberating local decarbonisation scenarios: Findings and methodological insights
A Missing Link? Capabilities, the Ethics of Care and the Relational Context of Energy Justice
Difficulties experienced in obtaining energy services have been represented as unjust because of how they can prevent people from realising primary human capabilities. Capabilities are relational, being embedded within complex interdependencies between people and socio-material systems. These complexities can cause problems for approaches to energy justice that are based on concepts of welfare rights. We argue that the ethics of care, with its em…
Who cares about Valley people?’ Lived experiences of energy vulnerability in the South Wales Valleys
Energy vulnerability is an area of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. In this article we analyse data from a qualitative longitudinal interview study of a deprived ex-mining community in South Wales to explore lived experiences of energy vulnerability in detail. While demonstrating the relevance of caring responsibilities in experiences of energy use and scarcity, we consider the importance of local relationships in helping people to…
The future is flexible? Exploring expert visions of energy system decarbonisation
The bills are a brick wall’: Narratives of energy vulnerability, poverty and adaptation in South Wales
Homes as machines: Exploring expert and public imaginaries of low carbon housing futures in the United Kingdom
Low carbon housing policies embody visions of the future that shape and constrain current choices between different technological pathways. These socio-technical imaginaries include expectations around new ways of living and interacting with technology, with implications for everyday lives. This paper investigates existing expert visions of low carbon housing, and explores these futures with members of the public; utilising empirical data from po…
Media discourses of low carbon housing: The marginalisation of social and behavioural dimensions within the British broadsheet press
Decarbonising housing is a key UK government policy to mitigate climate change. Using discourse analysis, we assess how low carbon housing is portrayed within British broadsheet media. Three distinct storylines were identified. Dominating the discourse, Zero carbon housing promotes new-build, low carbon houses as offering high technology solutions to the climate problem. Retrofitting homes emphasises the need to reduce emissions within existing h…
Homes as machines: Exploring expert and public imaginaries of low carbon housing futures in the United Kingdom
Low carbon housing policies embody visions of the future that shape and constrain current choices between different technological pathways. These socio-technical imaginaries include expectations around new ways of living and interacting with technology, with implications for everyday lives. This paper investigates existing expert visions of low carbon housing, and explores these futures with members of the public; utilising empirical data from po…
A personas-based approach to deliberating local decarbonisation scenarios: Findings and methodological insights
It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town
Four decades on from the onset of deindustrialisation in the UK and other late-capitalist societies, industrial places are again emerging as key objects of policy discourse. Under the dual pressures of decarbonisation, and the recognition of ‘left behind’ regions as potential hotspots for feelings of political marginalisation, new strategies for clean growth are emerging, aiming to boost local economic and environmental performance. Presenting da…
The future is flexible? Exploring expert visions of energy system decarbonisation
Discourses of climate inaction undermine public support for 1.5 °C lifestyles
We conducted unique public visioning workshops on radical low-carbon lifestyles. • We found strong public support for many low-carbon lifestyle strategies and futures. • Narratives of inaction create a public discourse of delay, undermining this support. • Narratives of inaction held emotional resonances that evoked defensive responses. • Countering this public discourse of delay is essential for meaningful climate action. Urgent action to tackle…
Who cares about Valley people?’ Lived experiences of energy vulnerability in the South Wales Valleys
Energy vulnerability is an area of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. In this article we analyse data from a qualitative longitudinal interview study of a deprived ex-mining community in South Wales to explore lived experiences of energy vulnerability in detail. While demonstrating the relevance of caring responsibilities in experiences of energy use and scarcity, we consider the importance of local relationships in helping people to…
A Missing Link? Capabilities, the Ethics of Care and the Relational Context of Energy Justice
Difficulties experienced in obtaining energy services have been represented as unjust because of how they can prevent people from realising primary human capabilities. Capabilities are relational, being embedded within complex interdependencies between people and socio-material systems. These complexities can cause problems for approaches to energy justice that are based on concepts of welfare rights. We argue that the ethics of care, with its em…
The bills are a brick wall’: Narratives of energy vulnerability, poverty and adaptation in South Wales
Attuning to ambiguous atmospheres: Currents of air, discourse and time in a steel town
How atmospheric pollution is perceived by urban dwellers has long been a topic of interest within geography and the social sciences, whether to draw attention to environmental injustices, to better understand the materialities and affects associated with polluted air, or to grasp how people ‘tune in’ to polluted matter. In this paper, we draw on three interrelated geographical and social science literatures on polluted air to inform our explorati…
Media discourses of low carbon housing: The marginalisation of social and behavioural dimensions within the British broadsheet press
Decarbonising housing is a key UK government policy to mitigate climate change. Using discourse analysis, we assess how low carbon housing is portrayed within British broadsheet media. Three distinct storylines were identified. Dominating the discourse, Zero carbon housing promotes new-build, low carbon houses as offering high technology solutions to the climate problem. Retrofitting homes emphasises the need to reduce emissions within existing h…
Homes as machines: Exploring expert and public imaginaries of low carbon housing futures in the United Kingdom
Low carbon housing policies embody visions of the future that shape and constrain current choices between different technological pathways. These socio-technical imaginaries include expectations around new ways of living and interacting with technology, with implications for everyday lives. This paper investigates existing expert visions of low carbon housing, and explores these futures with members of the public; utilising empirical data from po…
The bills are a brick wall’: Narratives of energy vulnerability, poverty and adaptation in South Wales
A personas-based approach to deliberating local decarbonisation scenarios: Findings and methodological insights
A Missing Link? Capabilities, the Ethics of Care and the Relational Context of Energy Justice
Difficulties experienced in obtaining energy services have been represented as unjust because of how they can prevent people from realising primary human capabilities. Capabilities are relational, being embedded within complex interdependencies between people and socio-material systems. These complexities can cause problems for approaches to energy justice that are based on concepts of welfare rights. We argue that the ethics of care, with its em…
Who cares about Valley people?’ Lived experiences of energy vulnerability in the South Wales Valleys
Energy vulnerability is an area of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. In this article we analyse data from a qualitative longitudinal interview study of a deprived ex-mining community in South Wales to explore lived experiences of energy vulnerability in detail. While demonstrating the relevance of caring responsibilities in experiences of energy use and scarcity, we consider the importance of local relationships in helping people to…
The future is flexible? Exploring expert visions of energy system decarbonisation
Putting visions in their place: Responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization
Decarbonizing energy systems by 2050 is an ambitious socio-technical project. Such a transition is likely to have very significant implications for social justice, given the increasing dependence of societies globally on energy services. Eliciting non-expert values and perspectives as part of reflection on the desirability of visions of socio-technical change has long been promoted within RRI. However, RRI has typically focused upstream engagemen…
It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town
Four decades on from the onset of deindustrialisation in the UK and other late-capitalist societies, industrial places are again emerging as key objects of policy discourse. Under the dual pressures of decarbonisation, and the recognition of ‘left behind’ regions as potential hotspots for feelings of political marginalisation, new strategies for clean growth are emerging, aiming to boost local economic and environmental performance. Presenting da…
Attuning to ambiguous atmospheres: Currents of air, discourse and time in a steel town
How atmospheric pollution is perceived by urban dwellers has long been a topic of interest within geography and the social sciences, whether to draw attention to environmental injustices, to better understand the materialities and affects associated with polluted air, or to grasp how people ‘tune in’ to polluted matter. In this paper, we draw on three interrelated geographical and social science literatures on polluted air to inform our explorati…
Discourses of climate inaction undermine public support for 1.5 °C lifestyles
We conducted unique public visioning workshops on radical low-carbon lifestyles. • We found strong public support for many low-carbon lifestyle strategies and futures. • Narratives of inaction create a public discourse of delay, undermining this support. • Narratives of inaction held emotional resonances that evoked defensive responses. • Countering this public discourse of delay is essential for meaningful climate action. Urgent action to tackle…
Envisioning low-carbon futures: Exploring the relationship between individual lifestyle change and systemic transformation
Achieving a low-carbon future requires both systemic transformation and individual lifestyle changes, yet public perspectives on what is desirable and achievable remain underexplored. This paper uses deliberative visioning methods to actively engage people in imagining low-carbon futures, offering insights into how they perceive the intersection of individual and systems change. We conducted 14 deliberative visioning workshops with 97 participant…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Vision (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)