Professor Karen Henwood

BSc, PhD (Bristol)

2025

• Smith, H., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2025. The infrastructural ecologies of industrial decarbonisation: Visual methods and psychosocial logics in place-based public engagement. Energy Research & Social Science 120, article number: 103874. (10.1016/j.erss.2024.103874)

2024

• Shirani, F., Thomas, G., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2024. Going backwards? A temporal perspective of what constitutes improvement in domestic heating transitions. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy 20(1), article number: 2347075. (10.1080/15487733.2024.2347075)
• Roberts, E., Groves, C., Thomas, G., Shirani, F., Cherry, C., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2024. Attuning to ambiguous atmospheres: currents of air, discourse and time in a steel town. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 49(3), article number: e12631. (10.1111/tran.12631)
• O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2024. The role of Active Buildings in Smart Energy Imaginaries: Implications of living well in low carbon homes and neighbourhoods. In: Golubchikov, O. and Yenneti, K. eds. Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low‐Carbon Future. Wiley, pp. 93-110., (10.1002/9781118641156.ch6)
• Thomas, G. H., Flower, J., Gross, R., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., Spiers, J. and Pidgeon, N. 2024. A relational approach to characterizing householder perceptions of disruption in heat transitions. Nature Energy 9, pp. 570-576. (10.1038/s41560-024-01506-w)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Thomas, G., Roberts, E., Shirani, F. and Pidgeon, N. 2024. Where is ‘the local’ in localization? Exploring socio-technical and spatial visions of energy system decarbonization in South Wales. Energy Research and Social Science 107, article number: 103330. (10.1016/j.erss.2023.103330)
• Thomas, G. and Henwood, K. 2024. HI-ACT synthesis report: Interpreting and deliberating hydrogen visions. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://hi-act.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Synthesis-report-deliberation-expert-and-public-visions-2.pdf
• Hale, R., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2024. ‘It’s nice to have a bit of fresh air’: Interpretative flexibility and air quality regimes in active homes. Energy and Buildings

2023

• Thomas, G., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2023. Hydrogen, a less disruptive pathway for domestic heat? Exploratory findings from public perceptions research. Cleaner Production Letters 5, article number: 100047. (10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100047)
• O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2023. Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development: Connecting the past, present and future for sustainable liveable cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5, article number: 1139029. (10.3389/frsc.2023.1139029)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Cherry, C., Roberts, E., Shirani, F. and Thomas, G. 2023. Putting visions in their place: Responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization. Journal of Responsible Innovation 10(1), article number: 2149954. (10.1080/23299460.2022.2149954)
• Smith, H., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2023. Will industrial decarbonisation produce resilient communities?. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K. and Hale, R. 2023. Living well in low carbon homes project report. Project Report. Self-publish.

2022

• Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. From active houses to active homes: understanding resident experiences of transformational design and social innovation. Energies 15(19), article number: 7441. (10.3390/en15197441)
• Shirani, F., O'Sullivan, K., Hale, R., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Transformational innovation in home energy: How developers imagine and engage with future residents of low carbon homes in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science 91, article number: 102743.
• Shirani, F., O’Sullivan, K., Henwood, K., Hale, R. and Pidgeon, N. 2022. Living in an active home: household dynamics and unintended consequences. Buildings and Cities 3(1), pp. 589–604. (10.5334/bc.216)
• Thomas, M., Roberts, E., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. 'This funny place': uncovering the ambiguity of saltmarshes using a multimodal approach. People and Nature 4(3), pp. 804-815. (10.1002/pan3.10318)
• Thomas, G., Cherry, C., Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N. and Roberts, E. 2022. “It’s not a very certain future”: Emotion and infrastructure change in an industrial town. Geoforum 132, pp. 81-91. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.04.003)
• Cherry, C., Thomas, G., Groves, C., Roberts, E., Shirani, F., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2022. A personas-based approach to deliberating local decarbonisation scenarios: findings and methodological insights. Energy Research and Social Science 87, article number: 102455. (10.1016/j.erss.2021.102455)
• O'Sullivan, K., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2022. Why active buildings? Realising the potentials of energy networked homes: a social scientific perspective. In: Vahidinasab, V. and Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, . eds. Active Building Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology, pp. 25-49., (10.1007/978-3-030-79742-3_2)
• Henwood, K. 2022. Commentary: interpretive risk ethnography as a means of understanding risk problems: encounters with the ordinary-extraordinary and what comes after?. In: Świtek, B., Abramson, A. and Swee, H. eds. Extraordinary Risks, Ordinary Lives: Logics of Precariousness in Everyday Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 297–327., (10.1007/978-3-030-83962-8_12)

2021

• Roberts, E., Thomas, M., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2021. Valuing nature for wellbeing: narratives of socio-ecological change in dynamic intertidal landscapes. Environmental Values 30(4), pp. 501-523. (10.3197/096327120X15916910310635)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Cherry, C., Roberts, E., Shirani, F. and Thomas, G. 2021. The future is flexible? Exploring expert visions of energy system decarbonisation. Futures 130, article number: 102753. (10.1016/j.futures.2021.102753)
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Henwood, K., Roberts, E., Thomas, G., Cherry, C. and Pidgeon, N. 2021. ‘Who cares about valley people?’ – lived experiences of energy vulnerability in the South Wales valleys. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 29(1), pp. 103-120. (10.1332/175982720X16074511160827)
• Thomas, M., Roberts, E., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2021. Using photographs in coastal research and engagement: reflections on two case studies. In: Gustavsson, M. et al. eds. Researching People and the Sea: Methodologies and Traditions. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 181-208.
• Pidgeon, N., Groves, C., Cherry, C., Thomas, G., Shirani, F. and Henwood, K. 2021. ‘A little self-sufficient town close to the beach’: local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things. In: Webb, J., Wade, F. and Tingey, M. eds. Research Handbook on Energy and Society. Edward Elgar, pp. 299-316.
• Henwood, K. and Shirani, F. 2021. Researching the temporal. In: Cooper, H. ed. APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology: Second Edition. American Psychological Association
• Henwood, K. 2021. Interpretive risk ethnography as a means of understanding risk problems: encounters with the ordinary-extraordinary and what comes after?. In: Switek, B., Swee, H. and Abramson, A. eds. Risk, Limits, Exposure: Ethnographies of the Ordinary-Extraordinary. Palgrave Macmillan
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Roberts, E. and Thomas, G. 2021. Mine water heating in Caerau: Thoughts from local residents. 2020 Report. Project Report. FLEXIS.
• Groves, C., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N., Cherry, C., Thomas, G., Roberts, E. and Henwood, K. 2021. A missing link? Capabilities, the ethics of care, and the relational context of energy justice. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 22(2), pp. 249-269. (10.1080/19452829.2021.1887105)

2020

• Groves, C., Shirani, F., Pidgeon, N., Cherry, C., Thomas, G., Roberts, E. and Henwood, K. 2020. ‘The bills are a brick wall’: narratives of energy vulnerability, poverty and adaptation in South Wales. Energy Research and Social Science 70, article number: 101777. (10.1016/j.erss.2020.101777)
• O'Sullivan, K., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2020. Active buildings in the changing policy landscape: conceptual challenges and social scientific perspectives. Project Report. Cardiff University.
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N. and Roberts, E. 2020. 'I'm the smart meter': Perceptions and experiences of smart technology amongst vulnerable consumers.. Energy Policy 144, article number: 111637. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111637)
• Henwood, K., Shirani, F. and Finn, M. 2020. ‘So you think we’ve moved, changed, the representation got more what?’: methodological and analytical reflections on visual (photo-elicitation) methods used in the men-as-fathers study. In: Reavey, P. ed. A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research 2nd Edition. Routledge, (10.4324/9781351032063-3732)
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N. and Roberts, E. 2020. What counts as success? Wider implications of achieving planning permission in a low-impact ecovillage. Environmental Values 29(3), pp. 339-359. (10.3197/096327119X15579936382536)

2019

• Henwood, K., Dicks, B. and Housley, W. 2019. Qualitative research in reflexive mode: The participatory turn and interpretive social science. Qualitative Research 19(3), pp. 241-246. (10.1177/1468794119844103)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N., Shirani, F., Cherry, C. and Thomas, G. 2019. Better energy futures: Developing a framework for addressing fuel poverty poverty. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Henwood, K. 2019. Investigating risk – methodological insights from interpretive social science and sustainable energy transitions research. In: Olofsson, A. and Zinn, J. O. eds. Researching Risk and Uncertainty: Methodologies, Methods and Research Strategies. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 129-152.
• Roberts, E. and Henwood, K. 2019. “It’s an old house and that’s how it works”: Living sufficiently well in inefficient homes. Housing, Theory and Society 36(4), pp. 469-488. (10.1080/14036096.2019.1568296)

2018

• Roberts, E. and Henwood, K. 2018. Exploring the everyday energyscapes of rural dwellers in Wales: putting relational space to work in research on everyday energy use. Energy Research and Social Science 36, pp. 44-51. (10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.023)
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Cherry, C., Thomas, G., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2018. UK smart living demonstrator (better energy futures) – research report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2017

• Henwood, K., Shirani, F. and Groves, C. 2017. Using photographs in interviews: When we lack the words to say what practice means. In: Flick, U. ed. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. SAGE Publications, pp. 599-614.
• Thomas, G., Groves, C., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2017. Texturing waste: attachment and identity in every-day consumption and waste practices. Environmental Values 26(6), pp. 733-755., article number: 23. (10.3197/096327117X15046905490362)
• Housley, W., Dicks, B., Henwood, K. and Smith, R. 2017. Qualitative methods and data in digital societies. Qualitative Research 17(6), pp. 607-609. (10.1177/1468794117730936)
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Parkhill, K., Butler, C., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2017. Critical moments? Life transitions and energy biographies. Geoforum 86, pp. 86-92. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.09.006)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., Thomas, G. and Pidgeon, N. 2017. Why mundane energy use matters: Energy biographies, attachment and identity. Energy Research and Social Science 30, pp. 71-81. (10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.016)

2016

• Henwood, K., Groves, C. and Shirani, F. 2016. Relationality, entangled practices, and psychosocial exploration of intergenerational dynamics in sustainable energy studies. Families, Relationships and Societies 5(3), pp. 393-410. (10.1332/204674316X147584383416945)
• Shirani, F., Groves, C., Butler, C., Parkhill, K., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2016. Living in the future: environmental concerns, parenting, and low-impact lifestyles. In: Ansell, N., Klocker, N. and Skelton, T. eds. Geographies of Global Issues: Change and Threat., Vol. 8. Geographies of Children and Young People Singapore: Springer, pp. 1-20., (10.1007/978-981-4585-95-8_4-1)
• Shirani, F., Parkhill, K., Butler, C., Groves, C., Pidgeon, N. and Henwood, K. 2016. Asking about the future: methodological insights from energy biographies. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 19(4), pp. 429-444. (10.1080/13645579.2015.1029208)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., Butler, C., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2016. Invested in unsustainability? On the psychosocial patterning of engagement in practices. Environmental Values 25(3), pp. 309-328. (10.3197/096327116X14598445991466)
• Henwood, K. L., Dicks, B. and Housley, W. 2016. Editorial. Qualitative Research 16(3), pp. 257. (10.1177/1468794116638982)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., Butler, C., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2016. Energy biographies: narrative genres, lifecourse transitions and practice change. Science, Technology, and Human Values 41(3), pp. 483-508. (10.1177/0162243915609116)
• Groves, C., Henwood, K., Shirani, F., Butler, C., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2016. The grit in the oyster: using energy biographies to question socio-technical imaginaries of 'smartness'. Journal of Responsible Innovation 3(1), pp. 4-25. (10.1080/23299460.2016.1178897)
• Henwood, K., Pidgeon, N. F., Groves, C., Shirani, F., Butler, C. and Parkhill, K. 2016. Energy Biographies Research Report. Project Report. Cardiff: .Energy Biographies.

2015

• Capstick, S. B., Pidgeon, N. F. and Henwood, K. 2015. Stability and change in British public discourses about climate change between 1997 and 2010. Environmental Values 24(6), pp. 725-753. (10.3197/096327115X14420732702617)
• Parkhill, K., Shirani, F., Butler, C., Henwood, K., Groves, C. R. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2015. "We are a community but that takes a certain amount of energy": Exploring shared visions, social action and resilience in place-based community-led initiatives. Environmental Science & Policy 53(A), pp. 60-69. (10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.014)
• Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. 2015. Gender, ethical voices and UK energy policy in the post-Fukushima Era. In: Tahbi, B. and Roeser, S. eds. The Ethics of Nuclear Energy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 67-84.
• Housley, W., Dicks, B., Henwood, K. L. and Smith, R. J. 2015. Editorial. Qualitative Research 15(1), pp. 3-3. (10.1177/1468794114567381)
• Shirani, F., Butler, C., Henwood, K., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2015. I’m not a tree hugger, I’m just like you’: changing perceptions of sustainable lifestyles. Environmental Politics 24(1), pp. 57-74. (10.1080/09644016.2014.959247)

2014

• Butler, C., Parkhill, K. A., Shirani, F., Henwood, K. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2014. Examining the dynamics of energy demand through a biographical lens. Nature and Culture 9(2), pp. 164-182. (10.3167/nc.2014.090204)

2013

• Shirani, F. J., Butler, C., Henwood, K. L., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2013. Disconnected futures: exploring notions of ethical responsibility in energy practices. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 18(4), pp. 455-468. (10.1080/13549839.2013.779236)

2012

• Venables, D., Pidgeon, N. F., Parkhill, K., Henwood, K. L. and Simmons, P. 2012. Living with nuclear power: Sense of place, proximity, and risk perceptions in local host communities. Journal of Environmental Psychology 32(4), pp. 371-383. (10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.06.003)
• Shirani, F. J., Henwood, K. L. and Coltart, C. 2012. Meeting the challenges of intensive parenting culture: gender, risk management and the moral parent. Sociology 46(1), pp. 25-40. (10.1177/0038038511416169)
• Shirani, F. J., Henwood, K. L. and Coltart, C. 2012. "Why aren't you at work?": negotiating economic models of fathering identity. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers 10(3), pp. 274-290. (10.3149/fth.1003.274)

2011

• Henwood, K. L., Shirani, F. J. and Finn, M. 2011. “So you think we've moved, changed, the representation got more what?” Methodological and analytical reflections on visual (photo-elicitation) methods used in the Men as Fathers study. In: Reavey, P. ed. Visual methods in psychology: using and interpreting images in qualitative research. Hove: Psychology Press, pp. 330-345.
• Parkhill, K., Henwood, K. L., Pidgeon, N. F. and Simmons, P. 2011. Laughing it off? Humour, affect and emotion work in communities living with nuclear risk. British Journal of Sociology 62(2), pp. 324-346. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01367.x)
• Shirani, F. J. and Henwood, K. L. 2011. Taking one day at a time: temporal experiences in the context of unexpected life course transitions. Time & Society 20(1), pp. 49-68. (10.1177/0961463X10374906)
• Shirani, F. J. and Henwood, K. L. 2011. Continuity and change in a qualitative longitudinal study of fatherhood: relevance without responsibility. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14(1), pp. 17-29. (10.1080/13645571003690876)
• Henwood, K. L., Shirani, F. J. and Procter, J. K. N. 2011. On delayed fatherhood: the social and subjective “logics” at work in men’s lives (a UK study). In: Beets, G., Schippers, J. J. and te Velde, E. R. eds. The future of motherhood in western societies: late fertility and its consequences. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 159-176., (10.1007/978-90-481-8969-4_11)

2010

• Parkhill, K., Pidgeon, N., Henwood, K. L., Simmons, P. and Venables, D. 2010. From the familiar to the extraordinary: local residents’ perceptions of risk when living with nuclear power in the UK. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 35(1), pp. 39-58. (10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00364.x)
• Henwood, K. L. and Finn, M. 2010. Researching masculine and paternal subjects in times of change: Insights from a Qualitative Longitudinal (QLL) and psychosocial case study. In: Thomson, R. et al. eds. Intensity and Insight: Qualitative Longitudinal Methods as a Route to the Psycho-Social. Timescapes Working Paper Series Vol. 3. Leeds: University of Leeds, pp. 34-45.
• Henwood, K. L., Shirani, F. J. and Coltart, C. 2010. Fathers and financial risk-taking during the economic downturn: insights from a QLL study of men's identities-in-the-making. 21st Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences 5(2), pp. 137-147. (10.1080/17450141003783355)
• Henwood, K. L., Pidgeon, N. F., Parkhill, K. and Simmons, P. 2010. Researching risk: Narrative, biography, subjectivity. FQS: Forum Qualitative Social Research - Sozialforschung 11(1), article number: 20.

2009

• Finn, M. and Henwood, K. L. 2009. Exploring masculinities within men’s identificatory imaginings of first time fatherhood. British Journal of Social Psychology 48(3), pp. 547-562. (10.1348/014466608X386099)
• Shirani, F., Henwood, K. L. and Coltart, C. 2009. Men’s experiences of antenatal services: findings from the ‘Men as Fathers’ Study. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/research/researchprojects/menasfathers/publications/antenatalreport.pdf
• Venables, D., Pidgeon, N. F., Simmons, P., Henwood, K. L. and Parkhill, K. 2009. Living with nuclear power: a Q-Method study of local community perceptions. Risk Analysis 29(8), pp. 1089-1104. (10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01259.x)

2008

• Henwood, K. L., Finn, M. and Shirani, F. J. 2008. Use of visual methods to explore paternal identities in historical time and social change: reflections from the ‘men-as-fathers’ project. Qualitative Researcher 9, pp. 2-5.
• Henwood, K. L., Parkhill, K. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2008. Science, technology and risk perception: from gender differences to the effects made by gender. Equal Opportunities International 27(8), pp. 662-676. (10.1108/02610150810916730)
• Henwood, K. L. 2008. Qualitative research, reflexivity and living with risk: valuing and practicing epistemic reflexivity and centering marginality. Qualitative Research in Psychology 5(1), pp. 45-55. (10.1080/14780880701863575)
• Pidgeon, N. F., Simmons, P., Sarre, S., Henwood, K. L. and Smith, N. 2008. The ethics of socio-cultural risk research. Health, Risk & Society 10(4), pp. 321-329. (10.1080/13698570802334526)

2007

• Charmaz, K. and Henwood, K. L. 2007. Grounded theory. In: Willig, C. and Stainton-Rogers, W. eds. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology. London: Sage, pp. 240-260.
• Salter, C., Holland, R., Harvey, I. and Henwood, K. L. 2007. "I haven't even phoned my doctor yet".  The advice giving role of the pharmacist during consultations for medication review with patients aged 80 or more: qualitative discourse analysis. British Medical Journal 334, pp. 1101-1104. (10.1136/bmj.39171.577106.55)

2003

• Henwood, K. L. and Procter, J. 2003. The 'good father': reading men's accounts of paternal involvement during the transition to first time fatherhood. British Journal of Social Psychology 42(3), pp. 337-356. (10.1348/014466603322438198)
• Henwood, K. L. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2003. Grounded theory in psychological research. In: Camic, P. M., Rhodes, J. E. and Yardley, L. eds. Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design. Washington, DC: APA Publications, pp. 131-155.

2002

• Henwood, K. L. and McQueen, C. 2002. Young men in 'crisis': Attending to the language of teenage boys' distress. Social Science & Medicine 55(9), pp. 1493-1509. (10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00186-1)

2001

• Henwood, K. L. and Pidgeon, N. F. 2001. Talk about woods and trees: threat of urbanization, stability, and biodiversity. Journal of Environmental Psychology 21(2), pp. 125-147. (10.1006/jevp.2000.0196)

1999

• Pidgeon, N. F., Henwood, K. L. and Horlick-Jones, T. E. 1999. Risk communication: new challenges for European health policy. Eurohealth 5(2), pp. 12-14.

1995

• Henwood, K. L. and Pidgeon, N. F. 1995. Remaking the link: qualitative research and feminist standpoint theory. Feminism and Psychology 5(1), pp. 7-30. (10.1177/0959353595051003)
• Henwood, K. L. and Pidgeon, N. F. 1995. Grounded theory and psychological research. The Psychologist 8(3), pp. 115-118.