Interviews with SHARED GREEN DEAL Experiment Participants - Clean Energy

The SHARED GREEN DEAL (Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Reponsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL) project aims to drive progress towards EU Green Deal targets. At the heart of this EU Horizon 2020 project are six streams of innovative, participatory social experiments focused on six Green Deal priority areas: Clean Energy, Circular Economy, Efficient Renovations, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Food, and Preserving Biodiversity. Experiments for each of the six streams were implemented in four locations across Europe between April 2023 and June 2024. The experiments were lead by local partners (NGOs and local, regional, or national governments). Whilst the activities undertaken by each of the local partners differed across expriment stream, a core component of each experiment was that different stakeholders were involved. Upon the completion of the SHARED GREEN DEAL experiments, each local partner conducted around 10 interviews with participants involved in their experiment (totalling around 40 interviews in each stream). The purpose of these interviews was to learn more about individuals' experiences of participating in the local experiment. The interviews were carried out in spring 2024. Within the Clean Energy stream questions covered a range of topics including their general experience of the experiment, the impact of community visioning workshops on undertanding/developing solutions for clean energy futures, the social dynamics and impacts of the experiment, and recommendations for policymakers/those interested in undertaking activities similar to those undertaken in the experiment. This Zenodo upload includes 1) the interview protocol used during the interviews and 2) the anonymised interview transcripts for the Clean Energy experiment stream. These interviews were conducted by the experiment stream's local partners: Alliance of Associations (Poland), Diptuacion de Granada (Spain), and Essex County Council (UK). There are 40 transcripts in total.