Overall report on results of the eight thematic research lines: Intersectional and qualitative comparative analyses

The ACCTING project set out in February 2022 to investigate how policy programmes like the European Green Deal (EGD), which aim to transform societies towards environmental sustainability and climate neutrality, affect individuals and communities who, from a gender+ intersectional perspective, can be considered marginalised or vulnerable. Moreover, the project examined what enables or hinders these groups from partaking in and actively contributing to shaping the green transformation. 

This deliverable presents conclusions based on an overall and in-depth analysis of the complex relation between multidimensional vulnerability factors, inequalities, and behavioural change. An intersectional analysis presented in Part I brings together quantitative data generated in the two research cycles. The empirical material provides evidence on the factors that tend to enable or hinder behavioural change among individuals and collectives with specific multidimensional vulnerability backgrounds across various spheres of life (analogous to the Green Deal policy areas and research lines). This is followed by Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Part II, which is used to examine the second cycle cases as complex, dynamic systems and link their outcomes to configurations of factors that explain their variance. In other words, it defines different ‘causal recipes’ (Ragin 2008) that can explain when individual and collective actors move towards inclusive behavioural change. The combination of the two sections provides a rich set of knowledge that can inform the development and implementation of appropriate and successful measures and actions for both policymakers and civil society actors. The deliverable ends in Part III with a discussion of the central, overarching conclusions of the project, as well as policy recommendations and gaps for future research based on the evidence gathered.