Selected Publications

Bidwell, D. and P-J. Schweizer. 2020. Public values and goals for public participation. Environmental Policy and Governance. DOI: 10.1002/eet.1913

Smythe, T., Bidwell, D., Moore, A., Smith, H., and McCann, J. 2020. Beyond the beach: Tradeoffs in tourism and recreation at the first offshore wind farm in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science, 70, 101726.

Russell, A., Firestone, J., Bidwell, D., and Gardner, M. 2020. Place meaning and consistency with offshore wind: An island and coastal tale. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 132, 110044.

Firestone, J., C. Hirt, D. Bidwell, M. Gardner, and J. Dwyer. 2020. Faring well in offshore wind power siting? Trust, engagement and process fairness in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science, 62:101393.

Gilbert, C., H. Smith, D. Bidwell, S. Smythe, A. Moore, J. McCann, and E. Miller. 2019. Gatekeeping and communities in energy system transition: A study of the Block Island Wind Farm. Environmental Communication. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1561484

Dwyer, J. and D. Bidwell. 2019. Chains of trust: Lessons on public engagement from the United States’ first offshore wind farm. Energy Research & Social Science, 47:166-176.

Lyons, S., D. Bidwell, and R. Pollnac. 2018. Factors influencing environmentally responsible behavior among coastal recreationists. Coastal Management, 46:488-509.

Smith, H., T. Smythe, A. Moore, D. Bidwell, and J. McCann. 2018. The social dynamics of turbine tourism and recreation: Introducing a mixed-methods approach to the study of the first U.S. offshore wind farm. Energy Research & Social Science, 45:307-317.

Firestone, J., D. Bidwell, M. Gardner, and L. Knapp. 2018. Wind in the sails or choppy seas?: People-place relations, aesthetics and public support for the United States’ first offshore wind power project.  Energy Research & Social Science, 40:232-243.

Sokoloski, R., E. Markowitz, and D. Bidwell. 2018. Public estimates of support for offshore wind energy: False consensus, pluralistic ignorance, and partisan effects. Energy Policy, 112:45-55.

Bidwell, D. 2017. Ocean beliefs and support for an offshore wind energy project. Ocean and Coastal Management, 146:99-108.

Bidwell, D. 2016. Effects of information on public attitudes towards renewable energy. Environment and Behavior, 48:743-768.

Bidwell, D. 2016. Thinking through participation in renewable energy decisions. Nature Energy, 1. Article number 16051. doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.51

Research Abstracts

• Analysis of Effects of the Block Island Wind Farm on Rhode Island Recreation and Tourism Activities - J. McCann, David Bidwell, Amelia Moore, H. Smith, and T. Smythe
  Using social science methods to assess the effects of the Block Island Wind Farm on tourism and recreation activities.
• Assessing Impacts of the Block Island Wind Farm on Recreational Saltwater Fishing - David Bidwell, T. Smythe, Tracey Dalton, and J. Livermore
  This study uses qualitative and quantitative data to assess effects of the Block Island Wind Farm on recreational saltwater angling.
• Beyond the beach: Tradeoffs in tourism and recreation at the first offshore wind farm in the United States - T. Smythe, David Bidwell, Amelia Moore, H. Smith, J. McCann
  An exploratory qualitative study through which tourism and recreation professionals and participants met in focus groups to discuss experiences with and observations of the 30-MW Block Island Wind Farm.
• Chains of trust: Lessons on public engagement from the United States’ first offshore wind farm - J. Dwyer and David Bidwell
  A case study highlighting the potential of engagement actions that meet stakeholder expectations and build trust, while also empirically demonstrating specific techniques that future process leaders could employ to increase stakeholder acceptance of RETs.
• Ocean beliefs and support for an offshore wind energy project - David Bidwell
  This article explores how underlying values and beliefs about the ocean influence public support for offshore wind energy.