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Cross-sector policy research: insights from the UK energy and transport sectors 10.17863/CAM.14039 Peake, Stephen Robert Following established traditions in anthropology and sociology, where cross-border research helps to identify important themes which benefit from comparative study, this dissertation introduces cross-sector policy research as a new methodology for generating useful insights about public policy. The cross-sector method is applied to the study of the UK energy and transport sectors. A range of generic policy developments in the energy sector are identified including: the development of efficiency indicators, scenario analysis, and the establishment of energy efficiency programmes. Such developments have not, as yet, occurred in the transport sector. A structural analogy between energy and transport is developed which is used to generate a range of innovations for transport policy including: gross mass movements and intensities as indicators of the efficiency with which the economy uses transport; the projection of a quantitative scenario of sustainable mobility; and the outline of a transport efficiency programme. The insights from the analogy are generalised to consider the benefits of a wider application of cross-sector policy research to other policy areas. University of Cambridge 1993-10-26 Thesis Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) eng http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244626 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244626 https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/dffdb56b-c51d-4ab2-912e-e1881404cca6/download 9a4da22bfc31910e7bd91edf6f2ebca4 https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/25213b15-dd38-4689-9f57-23deb74e38eb/download 9a081d0539bc9a5622b896c2aa4a8a10 https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/ Cross-Sector Policy Research Policy Studies Political Science Energy Transport Energy policy Transport policy Energy efficiency Transport efficiency Demand management Analogical reasoning