Finding effective pathways to sustainable mobility: bridging the science–policy gap

Cohen, Scott; Higham, James; Gößling, Stefan; Peeters, Paul; Eijgelaar, E

doi:10.1080/09669582.2015.1136637

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“…Responses to climate change occur within a wide pyscho-societal context and social constraints that affect individual decision-making [40,74,75]. In this case, relationships between individual academics, their institution, and wider social and familial networks are also important to justifying plane travel.…”

Section: Context: the Tension Between Behavior And Attitude And The Pmentioning

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The Fear of Not Flying: Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on Insights from South Australia

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Universities are both disseminators and producers of the climate knowledge needed to institute the social and cultural change required for climate adaptation and mitigation to occur. They also have the opportunity to lead and model pro-environmental behavior, yet often have large carbon budgets, partly caused by staff travel. This paper explores this topic via an institutional case study of what factors motivate the academic community to undertake plane travel and the implications this has for wielding wider societal influence in terms of pro-environmental behavior. We report on a year-long qualitative social science study of academic plane travel at the University of Adelaide, South Australia where we investigated the tension between academic requirements to travel and the institution’s formal commitment to sustainability within the Campus Sustainability Plan. We found that, while many academics were worried about climate change, very few were willing to change their current practice and travel less because they are not institutionally incentivized to do so. There is a fear of not flying: plane travel is perceived as a key driver for career progression and this is an ongoing barrier to pro-environmental behavior. We conclude that institutional and political change will be required for individual change to occur and sustainable agendas to be met within academic communities.

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The Fear of Not Flying: Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on Insights from South Australia

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“…It appears that there has been no research to date, however, on the potential for celebrity activism, or role model advocacy beyond celebrities, such as through politicians, to form effective interventions for encouraging sustainable transport behavior, particularly in terms of the conspicuous consumption of leisure travel. This is despite Higham et al's (2013) observation that celebrity endorsement is a potential gateway for transforming public opinion on carbon intensive transport modes, and Cohen et al's (2016) further emphasis that trends are fashion driven, with role model advocacy potentially playing a role in driving social norms that may help to constitute a desirable transport future.…”

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Role model advocacy for sustainable transport

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…A separate target was set for the transport sector, declaring that emissions from domestic transport, excluding domestic aviation, will be reduced by at least 70% by 2030 compared with 2010 [5]. Hence, promoting more sustainable and energy-efficient travel behaviour is of substantial interest, and there is mostly a consensus among transport researchers on the need for levels of transport to be reduced in order for the sector to contribute to more sustainable development [6,7]. In order to reach these ambitious targets a number of measures need to be introduced including changing transport behaviour [8,9].…”

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Evaluating a Mobility Service Application for Business Travel: Lessons Learnt from a Demonstration Project

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Business travel contributes to significant greenhouse gas emissions, and there is a need for measures that reduce the demand for trips made with energy-intensive means of transport. In this study, a mobility service application (MSA) introduced in 13 Swedish organisations was tested and evaluated to facilitate booking and handling of business trips, in particular public transport. A before and after study consisting of surveys and interviews with employees at the organisations were conducted. The results show that the MSA was mostly used for regional and local public transport trips, and the users stated that the MSA made it easier to travel by public transport, although this particular result should be seen as tentative due to the small sample size. Three factors that influence the success of a new MSA as a means to increase sustainable business trips were identified: management control and proactiveness; perceived improvement of intervention; functions and technical sufficiency. The results also highlight the need to establish organisational conditions that facilitate sustainable business travel, such as coherent travel policy, accessibility to sustainable modes of transport, and a culture that encourages environmentally friendly behaviour. The study suggests improvements that can be made to similar interventions and strategies that can be introduced to promote sustainable business travel.

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Finding effective pathways to sustainable mobility: bridging the science–policy gap

Cited by 46 publications

References 83 publications

The Fear of Not Flying: Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on Insights from South Australia

The Fear of Not Flying: Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on Insights from South Australia

Role model advocacy for sustainable transport

Evaluating a Mobility Service Application for Business Travel: Lessons Learnt from a Demonstration Project

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