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Dr Shane Fudge

Short Biography:

Shane joined CES in 2006. His work for the H2 strand of RESOLVE explores the governance and political decision-making aspects of energy and environmental policy. Shane's first year in RESOLVE produced a historical analysis of UK energy policy from 1945 to the present day, which considered the implications for the current commitment to a sustainable energy economy flowing from command and control era regulation and then market-led policy. He is currently working on an international energy policy review which explores the intersection between national policy and the influence of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Research Interests:

Shane comes from a non-traditional academic background and went to the University of Glamorgan in 1998 where he studied sociology. After graduation from Glamorgan in 2001 he stayed on as a research assistant, spending a year developing and publishing research in the areas of European integration, the contemporary influence of civil society, the meaning of contemporary citizenship, and the global and domestic third way debate. Shane uses a political economy approach in his current work on energy and the environment.

Research Collaborations:

Shane has worked with Dr Yacob Mulugetta on 'Policy conversations on climate change', Dr Michael Peters on 'Motivating individual carbon reduction through local government-led community initiatives'.

Selected Publication/Conference Presentations:

Publications

• Dunkerley D. and Fudge S. (2004) 'European integration and civil society: a framework for analysis'. European Societies. 6:2
• Fudge S. and Williams S. (2006) 'Beyond left and right: can the third way deliver a reinvigorated social democracy?' Critical Social Policy. 32:4
• Fudge S. (2006) 'Objective 1 and community development: democratizing the economic and political landscape in south Wales?' Contemporary Wales 19
• Fudge S. (forthcoming) 'Reconciling agency and structure: the contradictions and paradoxes of capacity building in Wales' 2000-2006 Objective 1 programme'. Critical Social Policy

• Fudge S, Hunt L, Jackson T, Mulugetta Y, and Peters M. (2008) 'The political economy of energy regulation in the UK 1945-2008: paradigms and policy'. RESOLVE working paper series
• Fudge S. and Mulugetta Y. (2008) 'Reconciling markets and governance: energy regulation in the UK 1989-2008. RESOLVE working paper series
• Fudge S. (2008) 'Governing environmental policy beyond the nation-state: reflexive modernization or business-as-usual?' RESOLVE working paper series

• Mulugetta Y. and Fudge S. (2007) 'Policy conversations and climate change: the place of NGOs'. DANGO Conference, Birmingham University 5-6 July 2007
• Peters M. and Fudge S. (2008) 'Local level policy-making for carbon reduction in communities: the role of local government as an agent of social change'. SCORE Conference, Brussels 10-11 March 2008

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