Benjamin Sovacool on Disciplinary Perspectives in Energy Studies
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by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson on Aug 3, 2014

In an article in the science journal Nature, “Diversity: Energy studies need social science,” Benjamin Sovacool examines the bias towards hard sciences in energy studies, and makes a compelling case for the broadening of the field to include the social sciences and humanities. His quantitative analysis finds “four worrisome trends: an undervaluation of the influence […]