Elizabeth Shove (born 7 November 1959) is a British sociologist who has written about social practice theory, consumption,

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and energy demand. She is Director of the Centre on the Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (DEMAND) at

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. The DEMAND Centre is one of six End Use Energy Demand Centres.

Early life

Shove was born on 7 November 1959 in

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, the daughter of John and Jocelyn Shove. She attended Godalming Grammar School and then

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, where she received a BA and then a PhD in 1986.

Career

She was a

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at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at York University from 1986 to 1992. She then became a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland from 1992 to 1995. Shove joined

in 1995 as the deputy director for the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, until 1998 when she became director of the Centre for Science Studies. She has been part of the department of sociology at the university since 2000. Shove's research on energy spans 25 years during which time she has held research awards from the Building Research Establishment, the

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, the

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, the European Social Fund, the

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, the

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, the Department of Transport,

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and

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. She is author/co-author of 9 books, including Sustainable Practices (2013: Routledge), The Dynamics of Social Practice (2012: Sage), and Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience (2003: Berg). Additionally, throughout her career she has explored the relationship between sociological theories and design methods.

Policy impact

On 15 September Shove gave evidence at the

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to a Design Commission enquiry on design and behaviour in the built environment. She was invited in response to an official submission to the enquiry. Shove is a regular contributor to '' The Conversation'' and a contributor to the

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's Agenda and ''

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''.

Selected publications

* Shove, E., Pantzar, M., Watson, M. (2012). The Dynamics of Social Practice, Sage: London. *Shove, E. (2010). Beyond the ABC: climate change policy and theories of social change. Environment and planning A 42 (6), 1273–1285. * Shove, E., Walker, G. (2007). CAUTION! Transitions ahead: politics, practice, and sustainable transition management. Environment and Planning A 39 (4), 763–770. * Shove, E., Pantzar, M. (2005). Consumers, Producers and Practices Understanding the invention and reinvention of Nordic walking. Journal of consumer culture 5 (1), 43–64. * Cass, N., Shove, E. & Urry, J. Social exclusion, mobility and access (2005). The sociological review 53 (3), 539-555http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00565.x/abstract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shove, Elizabeth Living people British sociologists Writers from Guildford 1959 births Alumni of the University of York Academics of Lancaster University People educated at Godalming Grammar School