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Project Code [2015-SE-DS-3]
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Project title
A critical review of community interventions and identification of drivers which compel sustainable-behaviour change .
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)
Lead Applicant
Sarah McCormack
Project Abstract
This project will critically evaluate the success of current responsible consumption practices/interventions adopted to raise awareness as a means to change behaviour in communities. It will critically examine community interventions designed to deliver behaviour change as a means to establish any key characteristics of success, the factors that deflect outcomes from intentions and identify potential for transferability where success has been achieved. It will evaluate how local buy-in has been achieved and sustained and what practical guidance could be developed in relation to progressing sustainable development, renewable energy, resource efficiency. This research builds on previous work by the proposed team (Carragher et al., 2011). It will develop an extensive list of stakeholders from communities, community actors and related policy makers. It engages in outreach with these and facilitates a comprehensive list of drivers and barriers from academic and practitioner source material. It tests, enhances and ranks these drivers and barriers using Focus Groups and a Roundtable event. It develops a Transferability Report such that policy makers, community actors and communities can define paths in the future which drive sustainable-behaviour change and ownership of sustainable-intervention endeavour. This research uniquely: (1) Leverages relevant research and the specific review study mentioned. (2) Combats sectorisation communicating with all relevant actors. (3) Utilises community actors and contacts from multi-various interventions and projects. (4) Critiques and enhances the evidence acquired using Focus Groups and Roundtable event. (5) Generates a potent Transferability Report for the actors involved which is specifically targeted at and communicating to policy makers so that challenges are addressed.
Grant Approved
�99,269.00
Research Hub
Sustainability
Research Theme
Socio-Economic Considerations
Initial Projected Completion Date
01/04/2017