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Spanning cultures, geographies, and academic disciplines, these studies reflect the breadth of issues explored in social science: they cover a huge range of topics, from political protests, veganism, and climate change, to online dating, emojis, and Instagram selfies. Seiten Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand, Einband minimal lagerspurig, Papier in sehr gutem Zustand, RFID-Chip im Nachsatz. We’re here to give you support when you need us, care about the things you care about, and fight for you when need someone in your corner.Dr Luke Sloan is a Reader, Deputy Director of the Social Data Science Lab, and Co-Director of Cardiff Q-Step at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, UK. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates residential energy consumption in the UK by using a novel and topical approach based on behavioural analysis. The findings allow us to understand why important recent policy initiatives such as the UK Green Deal failed to achieve their objectives and they suggest lessons for more effective incentive based policy making in the field of residential energy consumption. He has been an invited speaker at the Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions, the European Parliament in Brussels, the House of Lords, and the UN in New York, as a world leading expert on ageing.

However, case study participants largely agree on the beneficial role of government regulation and efforts to “nudge” them in the right direction with regard to their energy use. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Also available as an e-book enhanced with self-assessment activities and multi-media content to offer a fully immersive experience and extra learning support. The text also features examples from studies that employ an intersectional analysis, and engages meaningfully with discussions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability.have variously focussed on the sociology of evil, student experiences of higher education, and football fandom. A key lesson from recent advances in behavioural economics is that the responses of individuals to both policy incentives and uncertainty may differ from the predictions of classical rational optimising behaviour.