Table 1 Dimensions, categories and indicators included in the semi-structured interviews and questionnaire survey
From: Stakeholders’ perceptions of hydrogen and reflections on energy transition governance
Dimensions | Categories | Indicators | Dimension description |
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | Gender | Male, female, other | Characteristics of social actor regarding gender, age and educational attainment level |
Age | Age number | ||
Educational level | Before tertiary education; undergraduate degree; master’s degree; doctorate/post-doctorate | ||
Organizational level | Country | Country’s name | Organizational context to which the social actor belongs, including the country of their organization, the group that is associated, and the organization's concerns and actions towards energy transition and hydrogen |
Group | NGO; Political Sector; Associations; Mass media; Hydrogen Consumers; Solid-State Carbon Consumers; Non-profit Research Centers; Other | ||
Organizational sustainability awareness | Concerns; actions | ||
Expectations | Governance | Public participation | Expectation is a belief about what might happen in the future |
Technological imaginaries | Perceived benefits | Technical; environmental; economic; social | The risks and benefits associated with hydrogen technologies |
Perceived risks | Technical; environmental; economic; social | ||
Knowledge | Familiarity | Hydrogen types; policies | Knowledge is defined as the degree of familiarity and proximity to energy transition and hydrogen issues |
Sources of information | Specialized, non-specialized and institutional sources | ||
Trust | Media; policy decision makers; science | ||
Subjective stance | Attitudes | Positive; negative; neutral | Refers to the positive, negative, or neutral subjective assessment towards overall hydrogen and hydrogen source of production |
Financial support | Positive; negative; neutral |