Scientists as policy actors: A study of the language of biofuel research |
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| Institution: | 1. Centre for Integrated Energy Research and Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK;2. Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland;3. Sustainable Consumption Institute, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester, The Harold Hankins Building, Manchester Business School, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;4. Fudan University, China;1. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA;2. Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85764 Germany;3. Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA;4. Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 USA;5. Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA;6. School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA;1. College of Physics and Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology and Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Changshu 215500, China;2. College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China;1. Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran;2. University of Messina, Messina, Italy;1. 102 Chobham Road, Stratford, London E15 1LZ, United Kingdom;2. University College London, UCL Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, 2nd Floor, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Theory suggests that the influence of science on policy will be greater when scientific discourse is aligned with the language and meaning of wider social concerns. Seeking to assess whether scientists may be guided by such propositions in a controversial environmental policy arena, we examine the language and content of public-facing, UK scientific research grant abstracts on biofuels for the period 2007–2011, comparing these to stakeholder position statements and newspaper articles of the same period. We find that UK scientists have indeed broadly reflected societal concerns about biofuels during this period. However we also find that both science and society have paid less attention to procedural issues. We comment on the implications of the findings for the role of science in environmental policy development. |
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| Keywords: | Biofuels Science Discursive institutionalism Institutional change Legitimacy Governance |
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