Exceptionalism and Evasion: How Scholars Reason About Air Travel

Eriksson, Elina,1979-KTH,Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (author)

Exceptionalism and Evasion : How Scholars Reason About Air Travel

Part of book: ISBN 978-981-16-4913-4, QC 20221003
Understanding how scholars reason about their own flying habits is important when dealing with the problems of large emissions from academic air travel. This study is based on a travel habits survey with scholars at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. KTH has relatively high emissions from air travel, but at the same time, it has a high profile in matters of sustainability and a lot of research related to this theme. One can therefore assume a high degree of knowledge about the climate crisis and the climate impact of various actions. It is also plausible that KTH scholars meet special expectations to be role models and that practices in conflict with their teaching can have consequences for the public confidence in the university. In this study, we look at how scholars reason about how emissions from their flying could be reduced. Their responses display a spectrum of varying attitudes, from climate scepticism to a commitment to radical transformation, with the majority in between, either suggesting different types of concrete changes or invoking arguments to justify the status quo. The proposed interventions, several of which are ingenious and wise, can guide university managements to strategies that have support from employees. The more reluctant arguments point to cultural and discursive habits that must be understood and met in an empathetic way.

Wolrath Söderberg, Maria,1967-Södertörns högskola,Retorik,Södertörn(Swepub:sh)SHMAWG (author)
Wormbs, Nina,Professor,1968-KTH,Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden(Swepub:kth)u1ibhpuf (author)
KTHMedieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID (creator_code:org_t)

In:Academic Flying and the Means of CommunicationSingapore : Palgrave Macmillan, s. 159-1839789811649103

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