CFP: The Role of Social Sciences in a Low-Carbon Energy Mix, May 25-7
SENIX Conference in Stockholm on May 25-27, 2015 – The Role of Social Sciences in a Low-Carbon Energy Mix. Building the future energy system will meet social and political challenges. This is well acknowledged, but still there is insufficient action to involve the stakeholders needed for transparent and robust decision making by the end users […]
Benjamin Sovacool on Disciplinary Perspectives in Energy Studies
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 […]