Rostan, JulieBilling, Suzannah LynnDoran, JohnHughes, Adam2024-04-032024-04-032022-05Rostan, J, Billing, S L, Doran, J & Hughes, A 2022, 'Creating a social license to operate? Exploring social perceptions of seaweed farming for biofuels in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland', Energy Research and Social Science, vol. 87, 102478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.1024782214-6296ORCID: /0000-0002-5573-4867/work/157221252https://hdl.handle.net/2164/23163Funding Information: This work was funded by the Bryden Centre project, supported by the European Union 's INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The views and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission or the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The project was conducted after ethical approval No OLETHSHE490 from the University of the Highlands and Islands. The authors would like to thank all the participants in this study. We would also like to thank Nuala Carr, Fatima Gianella and Ellie Ford for their help during the street data collection. A special thank you to Lola Paradinas who was involved in the pilot of the survey and joined the data collection in Northern Ireland and Scotland for several days. We would like to thank the reviewers for their pertinent comments that helped significantly improve this paper.183823116engSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energybiofuelsperceptionsscaleseaweed cultivationSocial license to operatesocial representationsQH301 BiologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentNuclear Energy and EngineeringFuel TechnologyEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)QH301Journal article10.1016/j.erss.2021.102478http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123934580&partnerID=8YFLogxK87