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Nick Hacking

Research associate in environmental governance, Cardiff University

Research associate in environmental governance, Cardiff University My expertise is in environmental planning and the environmental governance of sustainability transitions in the waste, resources and energy sectors (specifically the 'circular economy'). I am particularly interested in the role of space, place, networked power relations, health, innovation and environmental justice in the governance of normative shifts towards sustainability. My research activity covers the delivery of new infrastructure via the planning system (e.g. energy-from-waste facilities and biomass energy plants). I currently maintain contact with several communities in England and Wales where such infrastructure has been (or is being) located. This includes Barry in South Wales where I am currently working on ESRC-funded research into citizen science.