2014
DOI: 10.1007/s40518-014-0010-9
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Social Planning for Energy Transitions

Abstract: Energy transitions are thoroughly social affairs. Despite this fact, energy policy rarely incorporates the social dimensions of energy systems change in an intentional, explicit, and broad fashion. Reviewing extensive recent research, we introduce the concept of social planning for energy transitions as an innovative framing for energy policy that can accompany technical and economic analyses and decisionmaking, especially in the current context of flux and uncertainty in the energy sector. We define social pl… Show more

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“…Over the past quarter century, extensive research has documented that energy-typically represented as a technological and economic phenomenon-is also fundamentally social in its origins and organization, woven into societal, geographic, and geopolitical arrangements at scales from the individual to the planet (for recent reviews, see Sovacool 2014, Miller and Richter 2014, Zimmerer 2011. To date, however, work in the energy social sciences has had little impact on energy policy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Over the past quarter century, extensive research has documented that energy-typically represented as a technological and economic phenomenon-is also fundamentally social in its origins and organization, woven into societal, geographic, and geopolitical arrangements at scales from the individual to the planet (for recent reviews, see Sovacool 2014, Miller and Richter 2014, Zimmerer 2011. To date, however, work in the energy social sciences has had little impact on energy policy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Identifying, diagnosing and redressing the unequal costs of energy transitions across multiple levels of governance and supply-chains that stretch across different political jurisdictions is a challenging task for publics, researchers and decision-makers alike (Miller and Richter, 2014). Thus there is a need for greater examination of how energy justice is constructed so that decision-makers, citizens and other actors can identify and address the unequal distribution of costs, risks and vulnerabilities across entire energy lifecycles-supply chains, production, distribution and waste chains, and therefore a fortiori, energy system transitions .…”
Section: Democratizing Energy System Transitions: Political Pathways mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The collection of research and analysis that falls under the rubric of “ social planning for energy transitions” is focused on questions about energy futures, energy policy designs, and institutions to enhance public participation, behaviors, and social acceptance (Miller & Richter 2014 ). There is a long history of energy, petrochemical, and infrastructure projects with very negative impacts.…”
Section: Major Debates About Energy Transitionsmentioning
confidence: 99%