Sobkowiak, Madlen (2020). Rendering biodiversity calculable: a case study of UK biodiversity accounting and the construction of biodiversity indicators. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.
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Abstract
This thesis seeks to explain how a national government becomes capable of rendering biodiversity calculable in a way that supports biodiversity conservation efforts. To do so, this research examines a single, explanatory case study of the construction of the annual UK Biodiversity Indicators Report using the theoretical framework of calculability – bringing together Callon’s (1998a) notion of framing and overflowing and Callon and Law’s (2005) three stages of calculation. This case is analysed to explain the process of framing a calculative space for biodiversity, thus enabling the UK government to see and understand its own biodiversity performance.
The construction of the UK Biodiversity Indicators Report relies upon data collected through non-governmental conservation and research work, statistical expertise of a small governmental project group and a governmental structure that enables the collaboration between these diverse actors and drives ongoing improvements of the indicators through the construction of continuous overflow aimed at making these Biodiversity Indicators useful for policy formulation.
This thesis contributes to the accounting for biodiversity literature by explaining how national governments can account for biodiversity in ways that allow the formulation of biodiversity policy and by outlining the process necessary to render biodiversity calculable. Additionally, the thesis has implications for biodiversity practitioners by highlighting the need for multi-organisation collaboration, the imperfectness of any calculability achieved and the possibilities for non-governmental engagement within the accounting process.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved All rights reserved | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences | |||||||||
| School or Department: | Birmingham Business School, Department of Accounting | |||||||||
| Funders: | Other | |||||||||
| Other Funders: | Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham | |||||||||
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting | |||||||||
| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/10323 |
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