Papers by Stuart Capstick
Effects of personal carbon allowances on decision-making: evidence from an experimental simulation
Climate Policy, 2010
... a challenge to the notion that PCT might be effective for those people who are &a... more ... a challenge to the notion that PCT might be effective for those people who are 'immune' to other policies (Roberts and Thumim, 2006 ... was funded by the UK Energy Research Centre, with substantial contributions made towards its design by Yael Parag and Deborah Strickland of ...
Choosing a course of study and career in pharmacy - student attitudes and intentions across three years at a New Zealand School of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Education, 2007
Abstract: Factors influencing undergraduates' selection of Pharmacy as a course ... more Abstract: Factors influencing undergraduates' selection of Pharmacy as a course of study, career, study and professional perspectives were evaluated by survey over the years 2004-2006 at Otago University, New Zealand. Altruistic intent emerged as a powerful motivator for choosing pharmacy and entrepreneurial career intentions were prominent. A sizeable though declining number of students selected pharmacy secondarily to medicine or dentistry. Gender differences were found between intended areas of practice.
A comparison of student attitudes and intentions at the start and end of their BPharm degree programme
Pharmacy Education, 2007
Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2008
Objective: To explore student perceptions of rural pharmacy practice, factors affecting interest ... more Objective: To explore student perceptions of rural pharmacy practice, factors affecting interest in rural work and effects of an educational intervention designed to raise awareness of rural practice.Design: Qualitative and quantitative survey questionnaire administered before and after a week-long rural externship.Setting: Undergraduate – rural pharmacy externship.Participants: Third-year Bachelor of Pharmacy undergraduate cohort (n = 123).Intervention: Week-long exposure to rural pharmacy practiceMain outcome measures: Rural/urban origin of students, interest in working in rural practice, views held of rural practice and towards externship.Results: Rural-origin students were significantly more likely to report they would consider working in rural practice prior to the intervention than urban-origin students (77% rural origin versus 40% urban origin). The intervention significantly increased the overall proportion (48% pre-versus 73% post-externship), proportion of female students (48% pre versus 79% post-externship) and proportion of urban-origin students (38% pre-versus 67% post-externship) prepared to consider rural practice. Despite apprehension towards the externship, students reported overwhelmingly positive experiences of it. Negative aspects related mainly to travel and accommodation costs incurred.Conclusions: This targeted, experiential intervention affected perceptions of rural practice in a positive direction among urban-origin students by raising awareness and challenging their preconceptions of rural pharmacy practice. Further research is required to see whether this will affect recruitment and to investigate what appears to be a particular effect on female students.
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2011
This study presents a detailed investigation of public scepticism about anthropogenic climate cha... more This study presents a detailed investigation of public scepticism about anthropogenic climate change in Britain using the trend, attribution, and impact scepticism framework of . The study found that climate scepticism is currently not widespread in Britain. Although uncertainty and scepticism about the potential impacts of climate change were fairly common, both trend and attribution scepticism were far less prevalent. It further showed that the different types of scepticism are strongly interrelated. Although this may suggest that the general public does not clearly distinguish between the different aspects of the climate debate, there is a clear gradation in prevalence along the Rahmstorf typology.
A comparative experiment in the UK examined people's willingness to change energy consumption beh... more A comparative experiment in the UK examined people's willingness to change energy consumption behavior under three different policy framings: energy tax, carbon tax, and personal carbon allowances (PCA). PCA is a downstream cap-and-trade policy proposed in the UK, in which emission rights are allocated to individuals. We hypothesized that due to economic, pro-environmental and mental accounting drivers PCA would have greater potential to deliver emissions reduction than taxation. Participants (n ϭ 1,096) received one version of a survey with the same energybehavior-related questions and identical incurred costs under one of the following framings: energy tax (where carbon was not mentioned), carbon tax, and PCA. Results suggest that policies that draw people's attention to carbon (PCA and carbon taxation) could have greater impact on their stated willingness to reduce energy consumption, and on the reduction amounts prompted, than would a nonovert price signal (energy tax). There is mixed evidence, however, as to whether PCA or carbon taxation would produce the largest energy demand reductions. Some indication was found for a spillover toward wider carbon conservation under the PCA framing.
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