Nick Hacking


(MENAFN- The Conversation) Research associate in environmental governance, cardiff university profile articles activity

My expertise is in environmental planning and the environmental governance of sustainability transitions in the waste, resources and energy sectors (specifically the 'circular economy'). I am particularly interested in the role of space, place, networked power relations, health, innovation and environmental justice in the governance of normative shifts towards sustainability. My research activity covers the delivery of new infrastructure via the planning system (e.g. energy-from-waste facilities and biomass energy plants). I currently maintain contact with several communities in England and Wales where such infrastructure has been (or is being) located. This includes Barry in South Wales where I am currently working on ESRC-funded research into citizen science.

Experience
  • 2021–2023 Researcher, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD), Cardiff University
  • 2018–2021 Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
  • 2017–2018 Researcher, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
  • 2010–2013 Researcher, Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI), Cardiff University
  • 2009–2010 Training Officer, Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU), Cardiff University / Public Health Wales
Education
  • 2017
    Cardiff University, Doctor of Philosophy Sustainability Studies
  • 2010
    Cardiff University, MSc Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy (SPEP)
  • 1990
    Manchester University, BA (Hons) Geography
Publications
  • 2023 Expanding citizen science: Community action without primary data collection, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
  • 2020 Conceptualising environmental governance in turbulent times: Insights from Brexit and waste in the UK, Political Geography
  • 2019 Setting standards for a circular economy: A challenge too far for neoliberal environmental governance?, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • 2019 Mapping innovation and diffusion of hydrogen fuel cell technologies: Evidence from the UK's hydrogen fuel cell technological innovation system, 1954–2012, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • 2019 Governance of the circular economy: A comparative examination of the use of standards by China and the United Kingdom, Environmental Innovation & Societal Transitions
  • 2018 Protesting against neoliberal & illiberal governmentalities: A comparative analysis of waste governance in the UK & China, Political Geography
  • 2017 Networks, power & knowledge in the planning system: A case study of energy from waste, Progress in Planning
  • 2015 Expert hydrogen perspectives for technological innovation: A Q-method study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • 2014 Networks, protest and regulatory systems: The case of Energy from Waste, Local Environment
  • 2013 Health impact assessment in the UK planning system: The possibilities and limits of community engagement, Health Promotion International
  • 2013 Reflecting on regional energy transitions: Finding pathways to future hydrogen infrastructure in South Wales, Materials Architecture Design Environment (MADE)

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