{{short description|British sociologist (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{unreliable sources|date=September 2016}} {{infobox scientist |name=Elizabeth Shove |birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|11|7|df=y}} |birth_place=Guildford, Surrey, England |education=Godalming Grammar School<br>University of York (BA, PhD) |occupation=Sociologist |parents=John Shove<br>Jocelyn Shove |fields=Sociology }} '''Elizabeth Shove''' (born 7 November 1959) is a British sociologist who has written about social practice theory, consumption, everyday life and energy demand. She is Director of the Centre on the Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (DEMAND)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demand.ac.uk/|title=Demand - The Demand Centre – Collaborative Research & Engagement}}</ref> at Lancaster University. The DEMAND Centre is one of six End Use Energy Demand Centres.
== Early life == Shove was born on 7 November 1959 in Guildford, the daughter of John and Jocelyn Shove. She attended Godalming Grammar School and then York University, where she received a BA and then a PhD in 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Shove, Prof. Elizabeth, (born 7 Nov. 1959), Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University, since 2005|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-293345|access-date=2021-11-07|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2019|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U293345|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref>
== Career == She was a research fellow 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 Lancaster University 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.<ref name=":0" />
Shove's research on energy spans 25 years during which time she has held research awards from the Building Research Establishment, the European Union, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the European Social Fund, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department of Education, the Department of Transport, Transport for London and Unilever. She is author/co-author of 9 books, including Sustainable Practices (2013: Routledge),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.routledge.com/Sustainable-Practices-Social-Theory-and-Climate-Change/Shove-Spurling/p/book/9780415540650|title=Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change (Hardback) - Routledge}}</ref> The Dynamics of Social Practice (2012: Sage),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-dynamics-of-social-practice/book235021#tabview=title|title=The Dynamics of Social Practice - SAGE Publications Inc|date=2018-11-24}}</ref> and Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience (2003: Berg).<ref>{{cite book|title=Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The Social Organization of Normality|first=Elizabeth|last=Shove|date=1 July 2003|publisher=Berg Publishers|id= {{ASIN|1859736300|country=uk}}}}</ref>
Additionally, throughout her career she has explored the relationship between sociological theories and design methods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Julier|first=Guy|title=Value, Relationally and Unfinished Objects: Guy Julier Interview with Scott Lash and Celia Lury|journal=Design and Culture|date=2009|volume=1|issue=1|pages=93–103|doi=10.2752/175470709787375760|s2cid=143652215}}</ref>
== Policy impact == On 15 September Shove gave evidence at the House of Lords 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/100893779431259245173/posts/6rjAxqJ6oe7|title=Google+}}</ref>
Shove is a regular contributor to ''The Conversation''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/elizabeth-shove-15730|title=Elizabeth Shove|date=9 November 2012 }}</ref> and a contributor to the World Economic Forum's Agenda<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/elizabeth-shove|title=Elizabeth Shove - Agenda Contributor - World Economic Forum}}</ref> and ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/climate-change-and-you/beyond-abc-climate-change-policy|title=Going beyond the ABC of climate change policy|first=Elizabeth|last=Shove|date=16 November 2009|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
== Selected publications == * Shove, E., Pantzar, M., Watson, M. (2012). The Dynamics of Social Practice, Sage: London.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shove |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Pantzar |first2=Mika |last3=Watson |first3=Matt |date=2012 |title=The Dynamics of Social Practice |url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-dynamics-of-social-practice/book235021 |location=London |publisher= Sage |isbn=9780857020437}}</ref> *Shove, E. (2010). Beyond the ABC: climate change policy and theories of social change. Environment and planning A 42 (6), 1273–1285.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change|first=Elizabeth|last=Shove|date=1 June 2010|journal=Environment and Planning A|volume=42|issue=6|pages=1273–1285|doi=10.1068/a42282|citeseerx=10.1.1.472.5018|s2cid=29976796}}</ref> * Shove, E., Walker, G. (2007). CAUTION! Transitions ahead: politics, practice, and sustainable transition management. Environment and Planning A 39 (4), 763–770.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Caution! Transitions Ahead: Politics, Practice, and Sustainable Transition Management|journal=Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space|volume=39|issue=4|pages=763–770|doi=10.1068/a39310|year=2007|last1=Shove|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Walker|first2=Gordon|s2cid=10809538|url = http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/761/2/A_cautionary_note_on_transition_managementv5.pdf}}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Consumers, Producers and Practices Understanding the invention and reinvention of Nordic walking|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Shove|first2=Mika|last2=Pantzar|date=1 March 2005|journal=Journal of Consumer Culture|volume=5|issue=1|pages=43–64|doi=10.1177/1469540505049846|s2cid=143538400}}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Social exclusion, mobility and access1|journal = The Sociological Review|first1=Noel|last1=Cass|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Shove|first3=John|last3=Urry|date=1 August 2005|volume=53|issue=3|pages=539–555|doi=10.1111/j.1467-954X.2005.00565.x|s2cid = 146311876}}</ref>
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