Publications
Books
Cotton, M. (2014) Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory
Approach. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
SAPERE (Springer, Berlin).
Cotton, M. and Motta, B.H. (eds.) (2011) Engaging with Environmental
Justice: Governance, Education and Citizenship (Inter-Disciplinary Press,
Oxford).
Journal articles
Cotton, M., Rattle, I., and Van Alstine, J. (2014) “Shale gas policy in the United
Kingdom: an argumentative discourse analysis. Energy Policy
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.031
Cotton, M. (2014) Structure, agency and post-Fukushima nuclear policy: an
alliance-context-actantiality model of political change in special issue: ‘Sociotechnical challenges of nuclear power production and waste management
after
Fukushima’.
Journal
of
Risk
Research
DOI:
10.1080/13669877.2014.919512
Cotton, M. and Marhoos-Alsaiari, A. (2014) Key actor perspectives on
stakeholder engagement in Omani EIA: an application of Q-methodology
Journal
of
Environmental
Planning
and
Management,
DOI:
10.1080/09640568.2013.847822
Cotton, M. (2014) Environmental justice challenges in UK infrastructure
planning: lessons from a Welsh incinerator project Environmental Justice 7(2):
39-44.
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2013) Putting pylons into place: a UK case
study of public perspectives on the impacts of high voltage overhead
transmission lines Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 56(8):
1225-1245.
Cotton, M. (2013) Deliberating intergenerational environmental equity: a
pragmatic, future studies approach Environmental Values 22(3): 317-337.
Cotton, M. (2013) NIMBY or not? Integrating social factors into shale gas
community engagements Natural Gas & Electricity 29(9): 8-12.
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2012) Making electricity networks
‘visible’: industry actor representations of ‘publics’ and public engagement in
infrastructure planning Public Understanding of Science 21(1): 17-35.
Cotton, M. (2012) Industry and stakeholder perspectives on the social and
ethical aspects of radioactive waste management options Journal of
Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies 11(1): 8-26.
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2011) Discourses of energy infrastructure
development: a Q-method study of electricity transmission line siting in the
UK Environment and Planning A 43(4): 942-960.
Cotton, M. (2010) Discourse, upstream public engagement and the
governance of human life extension research Special issue on Technoscience
and Technology Assessment. Poiesis & Praxis 7(1-2) pp.135-150.
Cotton, M. (2009) Ethical assessment in radioactive waste management: a
proposed reflective equilibrium-based deliberative approach Journal of Risk
Research 12(5): 603-618.
Cotton, M. (2009) Evaluating the ‘ethical matrix’ as a radioactive waste
management deliberative decision-support tool Environmental Values 18(2):
153-176.
Book chapters and refereed proceedings
Cotton, M. (forthcoming) “Not in My Back Yard: place identity, environmental
justice and the politics of scale” in Leonard, L., and Kedzior, S. (eds.) Occupy the
Earth: Global Environmental Movements (Emerald Publishing, Bingley).
Cotton, M. (2014) Ethical Matrix and Agriculture in Thompson, B., and
Kaplan, D. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (Springer,
Berlin).
Cotton, M. (2011) Public engagement and community opposition to wind
energy in the UK
Tortoro, M. (ed.) Sustainable Systems and Energy
Management at the Regional Level: Comparative Approaches (IGI Publishing,
Hershay, PA): 310-327.
Cotton, M. (2011) Public participation in UK infrastructure planning:
Democracy, technology and environmental Justice in Cotton, M. and Motta,
B.H. (eds.) Engaging with Environmental Justice: Governance, Education and
Citizenship (Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford): 201-211.
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2010) NIMBYism and community
consultation in electricity transmission network planning in Devine-Wright,
P. (ed.) Renewable Energy and the Public: from NIMBY to Participation
(Routledge, London): 115-128.
Cotton, M. (2006) “Developing a deliberative process for ethically informed
radioactive waste management decision-making. In Andersson, K. (ed.)
VALDOR 2006 - Values in Decisions on Risk Proceedings (Informationsbolaget
Nyberg & Co, Stockholm): 181-189.
Cotton, M. (2005) The Problem of Moral Philosophy and Intergenerational
Equity in a Potential Radioactive Waste Siting Process: An Ethical
Conundrum with a Pragmatic Solution. In Proceedings of the 10th
International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive
Waste Management (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Washington
D.C.): 2300-2306.
Book reviews
Cotton, M. (2012) Review of “Biotechnology and Public Engagement in
Europe" by Hansen, J. Science Studies 25(1): 74-75
Cotton, M. (2008) Review of “Stakeholders: Theory and Practice” by
Friedman A.L. and Miles, S. Journal of Risk Research 11(6): 841-843.
Reports
Cotton, M. et al., (ed). (2006) The social and ethical aspects of radioactive
waste: A review of contemporary literature (UK Nirex Ltd, Harwell).
Cotton, M. (2004) “Critical Evaluation of the ‘Ethical Matrix’ in Long -term
Radioactive Waste Management” (UK Nirex Ltd, Harwell).
Recent international conference papers (*invited)
*Cotton, M. “Municipal radioactive waste management? An argument for ethical
incrementalism” at Les industries nucleaires et le stockage des
dechets: politiques publiques, debats publics et perceptions du(es) risque(s)
(Nuclear industry and waste depositories: public policy, public debates and risk
perception), Maison des sciences de l'Homme Lorraine, Nancy (18th-20th
December 2013).
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk
Connelly, S., Cotton, M., Molyneux-Hodgson, S., and Watson, M “New perspectives
on understanding nuclear societies” at the Conference on STS Perspectives
on Energy, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon (4th-5th
November 2013).
Cotton, M. (2013) “Radioactive waste management in the United Kingdom:
paragon of deliberative democratic governance?” Asian Conference on
Energy, Sustainability and Society”, International Academic Forum, Osaka
(7 th -9 th June 2013)
Cotton, M. (2012) “Ethics and participatory technology assessment: a
reflective ethical mapping approach” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for
Social Studies of Science (4S) and European Association for the Study of
Science and Technology (EASST), Copenhagen Business School, Copenhage n,
(17 th -21 st October 2012).
Cotton, M. “Public participation and environmental justice legislation in the
UK: the Aarhus Convention and the Planning Act 2008” at the 9 th Global
Conference on Citizenship and Global Environmental Justice, Mansfield
College, Oxford University (11 th -13 th July 2010).
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2010) “Opposition and engagement in
electricity network infrastructure planning” ‘Equality, Inclusion and
Environmental Justice’ track of the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference
‘Diversity and Convergence: Planning in a World of Change’, Anglia Ruskin
University, Chelmsford (7-9 April 2010).
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. (2009) “How electricity transmission and
distribution network operators conceive and practice ‘customer ’,
‘stakeholder’ and ‘public’ engagement” Royal Geographical Society and
Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference,
Manchester (26 th -28 th August, 2009).
Cotton, M. (2006) “Ethical tools for radioactive waste management decision making” Value in Decisions on Risk Conference, Stockholm ( 14th–18th May,
2006).
Recent national and local conferences, seminars, workshop papers and
guest lectures (*invited)
*Cotton, M. “Infrastructure planning for major energy projects: social and political
challenges” RE-Arch 2014 Conference, Sheffield School of Architecture, (28th
February, 2014)
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk
Cotton, M. “Discourse Coalitions in UK Shale Gas Policy”, Department of
Town and Regional Planning Seminar, University of Sheffield (May 2013)
*Cotton, M. “Deliberative tools for ethical decision-making: building on
Rawls and Habermas” Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied (IDEA) Centre
seminar, Leeds (February 2013)
Cotton, M. “A critical realist approach to understanding nuclear policy
following the Fukushima disaster” Sustainability Research Institute seminar,
University of Leeds (July 2012).
Cotton, M. “Environmental justice and the governance of energy technology
projects” Social and Political Dimensions of Sustainability seminar,
University of Leeds (November 2011)
*Cotton, M. “Public participation, design and sustainable development”
Sustainable Urbanism guest lecture at the University of Manchester (March
2011)
*Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. “Public engagement and electricity
network planning: research findings” National Grid consultation workshop,
Warwick (March 2010) (with Patrick Devine-Wright)
Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. “Engaging the public with electricity
network technologies” Supergen FlexNet Assembly, Manchester (21 st -22 nd
May, 2009)
*Cotton, M. and Devine-Wright, P. “Social scientific research into electricity
network development” ‘National Grid 2030’ workshop, Warwick (27 th April
2009)
*Cotton, M. “Intergenerational equity and environmental management”
Environmental Politics and Management guest lecture, University of East
Anglia, Norwich (March 2008)
*Cotton, M. “The politics and ethics of environmental change” ‘Forbidden Dialogues’
public workshop, Norwich (January 2008)
Cotton, M. “Pragmatism, ethics and stakeholder involvement in radioactive
waste management.” Social science seminar series, University of East Anglia,
Norwich (February 2007)
Cotton, M. “Institutions and engagement” Citizen stakeholders, Agencies
responsible for radioactive waste management, social science Research
organizations and Licensing and regulatory authorities (CARL) workshop, Antwerp
(November 30th- December 1st 2005)
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk
Cotton, M. “Perspectives on intergenerational equity”, Centre for
Environmental Risk seminar University of East Anglia, Norwich (July 2005)
Dr Matthew Cotton
Lecturer, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
m.cotton@sheffield.ac.uk