David Bidwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 761458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bidwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Bidwell |
| SIGNATURE | BIDWELL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rhode Island |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7748-1357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 147 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social gap at the ballot box
Solar energy, and renewable energy in general, receives broad public support, but specific projects continue to face significant hurdles and high rejection rates. We leverage a municipal referendum on a specific solar array to study an individual-level support gap, defined as someone who holds positive attitudes of solar energy in general but votes against this specific project. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first paper to quantitative…
Conflict and coexistence
Framing the Wind
Media coverage shapes public acceptance of renewable energy, but how offshore wind is being communicated to the public, particularly in the United States, is understudied. This study investigates the framing approaches of media coverage of the first two large-scale offshore wind projects in the U.S. We find that most coverage is local, with media coverage increasing during debates around permitting, construction, and community impacts. Emphasis f…
Watered down justice
Perceived misinformation in offshore wind
Communication silos
Legitimacy through representation? Media sources and discourses of offshore wind development
Introduction The choice of which individuals and entities to include as sources in newspaper articles is an important decision for journalists, in large part because they can shape how readers understand the issue and which arguments become most salient. This is particularly important for issues that are relatively new or unknown to readers. The growing topic of offshore wind in the United States is a prime example of an issue that many people ar…
Anglers' support for an offshore wind farm
Community benefit agreements for solar energy
Love thy neighbor (or not)
Optimistic with reservations
Uncharted waters
Beyond the beach
Gatekeeping and Communities in Energy Transition
The Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) is the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Using gatekeeping theory as a framework, this research analyzes local and regional/national newspaper coverage of the BIWF paying particular attention to the use of sources. The data suggest that the differences between newspaper source usage from 1 January 2008 to 1 July 2017 is minimal. However, business sources appeared more than any other group, including …
Faring well in offshore wind power siting? Trust, engagement and process fairness in the United States
Although visual effects may be the most defining characteristic of a wind project, implementing fair, transparent and just decision-making processes may be a significant determining factor in success. To shed light on this question, we undertook a study of perceptions of mainland coastal and island residents proximate to the Block Island project—the first offshore wind project in the United States. The study included a longitudinal survey of resi…
Wind in the sails or choppy seas
Chains of trust
The social dynamics of turbine tourism and recreation
The role of values in public beliefs and attitudes towards commercial wind energy
Understanding U.S. public support for domestic climate change policies
Bison, Boundaries, and Brucellosis
A controversial management plan designed to reduce the risk of domestic cattle contracting the disease brucellosis calls for government officials to haze, capture, and kill wild bison that cross Yellowstone National Park's boundary with Montana. Perceptions of the brucellosis risk have been amplified by the actions of state and federal governmental institutions. These actions are shaped by the economic and political contexts in which these instit…
Is Community-Based Participatory Research Postnormal Science
Conventional, positivist science is not well suited for addressing the contemporary risk landscape. To address high-uncertainty, high-stakes risks, Funtowicz and Ravetz have called for a postnormal science. Two key characteristics of postnormal science are the involvement of an extended peer community and the deliberation of extended facts. The health research community has responded to the shortcomings of normal science with approaches to field …
Understanding U.S. public support for domestic climate change policies
Chains of trust
Faring well in offshore wind power siting? Trust, engagement and process fairness in the United States
Although visual effects may be the most defining characteristic of a wind project, implementing fair, transparent and just decision-making processes may be a significant determining factor in success. To shed light on this question, we undertook a study of perceptions of mainland coastal and island residents proximate to the Block Island project—the first offshore wind project in the United States. The study included a longitudinal survey of resi…
Wind in the sails or choppy seas
The social dynamics of turbine tourism and recreation
Beyond the beach
Is Community-Based Participatory Research Postnormal Science
Conventional, positivist science is not well suited for addressing the contemporary risk landscape. To address high-uncertainty, high-stakes risks, Funtowicz and Ravetz have called for a postnormal science. Two key characteristics of postnormal science are the involvement of an extended peer community and the deliberation of extended facts. The health research community has responded to the shortcomings of normal science with approaches to field …
Bison, Boundaries, and Brucellosis
A controversial management plan designed to reduce the risk of domestic cattle contracting the disease brucellosis calls for government officials to haze, capture, and kill wild bison that cross Yellowstone National Park's boundary with Montana. Perceptions of the brucellosis risk have been amplified by the actions of state and federal governmental institutions. These actions are shaped by the economic and political contexts in which these instit…
Uncharted waters
Community benefit agreements for solar energy
Watered down justice
Perceived misinformation in offshore wind
Communication silos
Love thy neighbor (or not)
Bison, Boundaries, and Brucellosis
A controversial management plan designed to reduce the risk of domestic cattle contracting the disease brucellosis calls for government officials to haze, capture, and kill wild bison that cross Yellowstone National Park's boundary with Montana. Perceptions of the brucellosis risk have been amplified by the actions of state and federal governmental institutions. These actions are shaped by the economic and political contexts in which these instit…
Is Community-Based Participatory Research Postnormal Science
Conventional, positivist science is not well suited for addressing the contemporary risk landscape. To address high-uncertainty, high-stakes risks, Funtowicz and Ravetz have called for a postnormal science. Two key characteristics of postnormal science are the involvement of an extended peer community and the deliberation of extended facts. The health research community has responded to the shortcomings of normal science with approaches to field …
Understanding U.S. public support for domestic climate change policies
The role of values in public beliefs and attitudes towards commercial wind energy
Wind in the sails or choppy seas
Chains of trust
The social dynamics of turbine tourism and recreation
Gatekeeping and Communities in Energy Transition
The Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) is the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Using gatekeeping theory as a framework, this research analyzes local and regional/national newspaper coverage of the BIWF paying particular attention to the use of sources. The data suggest that the differences between newspaper source usage from 1 January 2008 to 1 July 2017 is minimal. However, business sources appeared more than any other group, including …
Faring well in offshore wind power siting? Trust, engagement and process fairness in the United States
Although visual effects may be the most defining characteristic of a wind project, implementing fair, transparent and just decision-making processes may be a significant determining factor in success. To shed light on this question, we undertook a study of perceptions of mainland coastal and island residents proximate to the Block Island project—the first offshore wind project in the United States. The study included a longitudinal survey of resi…
Beyond the beach
Optimistic with reservations
Uncharted waters
Love thy neighbor (or not)
Anglers' support for an offshore wind farm
Community benefit agreements for solar energy
Legitimacy through representation? Media sources and discourses of offshore wind development
Introduction The choice of which individuals and entities to include as sources in newspaper articles is an important decision for journalists, in large part because they can shape how readers understand the issue and which arguments become most salient. This is particularly important for issues that are relatively new or unknown to readers. The growing topic of offshore wind in the United States is a prime example of an issue that many people ar…
Conflict and coexistence
Framing the Wind
Media coverage shapes public acceptance of renewable energy, but how offshore wind is being communicated to the public, particularly in the United States, is understudied. This study investigates the framing approaches of media coverage of the first two large-scale offshore wind projects in the U.S. We find that most coverage is local, with media coverage increasing during debates around permitting, construction, and community impacts. Emphasis f…
Watered down justice
Perceived misinformation in offshore wind
Communication silos
Social gap at the ballot box
Solar energy, and renewable energy in general, receives broad public support, but specific projects continue to face significant hurdles and high rejection rates. We leverage a municipal referendum on a specific solar array to study an individual-level support gap, defined as someone who holds positive attitudes of solar energy in general but votes against this specific project. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first paper to quantitative…
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · Business (14 works) · Wind power (14 works) · Engineering (13 works) · Offshore wind power (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (7 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works)