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TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobilizing the new mobilities paradigm
AU - Sheller, Mimi
AU - Urry, John Richard
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A new mobilities paradigm emerged a decades or so ago in the context of significant theoretical shifts, methodological developments and novel research questions and approaches. We begin by considering what is meant by the idea of a “paradigm” from Thomas Kuhn. We then examine many ways in which this new paradigm transformed applied mobilities research over the past decade and how it might continue to reconfigure it. The new paradigm and three interconnected theoretical approaches are set out, before turning to assess the impact of the new paradigm upon emerging fields of social science by using various quantitative and qualitative measures. We examine the transformed ecology of this significant emergent field. Finally, the article explores the paradigm’s important relevance for applied research in urban transportation, climate change and energy transitions.
AB - A new mobilities paradigm emerged a decades or so ago in the context of significant theoretical shifts, methodological developments and novel research questions and approaches. We begin by considering what is meant by the idea of a “paradigm” from Thomas Kuhn. We then examine many ways in which this new paradigm transformed applied mobilities research over the past decade and how it might continue to reconfigure it. The new paradigm and three interconnected theoretical approaches are set out, before turning to assess the impact of the new paradigm upon emerging fields of social science by using various quantitative and qualitative measures. We examine the transformed ecology of this significant emergent field. Finally, the article explores the paradigm’s important relevance for applied research in urban transportation, climate change and energy transitions.
KW - Mobilities
KW - paradigm
KW - network capital
KW - inequality
KW - science studies
U2 - 10.1080/23800127.2016.1151216
DO - 10.1080/23800127.2016.1151216
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 10
EP - 25
JO - Applied Mobilities
JF - Applied Mobilities
SN - 2380-0127
IS - 1
ER -