ISA 2025 panel cfp disruption and green energy transitions

[Matthew Paterson]

Dear all

 

Another panel proposal that may be of interest for next year’s ISA, being organised by Sandra Barragán, James Jackson and myself. Please do get in touch if you are interested in participating. The ISA deadline is looming (doesn’t it always!) so if you can let us know and send us an abstract by Weds 22^nd May that would be ideal. Paper proposals should have a title (50 words max), an author list (names, emails, affiliations), and an abstract (200 words max). To submit a proposal, all authors must have an ISA account (these are free to register for).

 

Thanks

 

Mat

 

The Disruptive dynamics of Green Energy Transitions

 

Panel abstract: 

 

It is increasingly evident that various aspects of green energy transitions (GETs) are highly disruptive, impacting supply chains, extraction sites, trade flows, geopolitical dynamics, and state finances. It is also clear that diverse disruptive strategies are necessary to generate such transitions, from novel forms of transnational social movement activism to targeted economic through green industrial strategy. It is also clear that they raise profound questions of social justice. This panel aims to examine the disruptive qualities of GETs as well as the current geopolitical contexts in which they are unfolding.

 

We invite papers that explore these dynamics in any of the following areas:

 

1.      Disruptions caused by transitioning away from fossil fuels, particularly affecting regions reliant on them.

2.      Disruptions linked to the shift towards renewable energy and electrification, including challenges with critical minerals and geopolitical dynamics.

3.      Disruptions resulting from global crises like COVID-19 and the Ukraine crisis impacting green energy transitions.

4.      Disruptions arising from the shift to industrial strategy in pursuit of green energy transitions, involving trade conflicts, geopolitical rivalries over resources, and related issues.

 

 

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Matthew Paterson

Director, Sustainable Consumption Institute/Dept of Politics

University of Manchester

 

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