2017-01-25

Supervisor meeting 2 academia UoN

Check if Uni Essex is affiliated with Brighton Earthship

Dissertations in the School office. Ask Esther where I can find previous dissertations (and to recommend a good one)

Introduction

Lit review (this term)

Methodology (this term)

Research

Adjust research question

Focus it on OSAT

University of Sheffield (SPERI): business models for capitalism

In pinning it down, some AT and 'Grassroots innovation' (inclusive innovation) http://grassrootsinnovation.org (Adrian Smith)

Adrian Smith did a review of politics of technology

Technology innovation and democracy: Andrew Stirling

Three areas: for innovation to further democracy

AT4 sustainable development

Open Source

Alternative economic model

OSAT

Less of:

Climate and Energy are more background

Theory of change (John Gevanka, participatory action research)

Politics of infrastructure

Regenerative development is too broad

Research questions: what prevents this from scaling-up?

Part of my output is synthesising

Mapping can make a chapter in my data chapters in PhD

Next time : 3 or 4 pages of a draft introduction. 11:30 on Friday 24 Feb

Check the manual to see if we have forms.

ESRC Nexus conference 16 March: Sustainability in Turbulent Times

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