Benjamin K. Sovacool

Science Policy Research Unit

Falmer, Brighton BN1 9SL

United Kingdom

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/373957

Boston University - Department of Earth and Environment

Boston, MA

United States

Department of Business Technology & Development

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“  I work as a researcher and consultant on issues pertaining to energy policy, energy justice, energy security, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. More specifically, my research focuses on renewable energy and energy efficiency, the politics of large-scale energy infrastructure, the ethics and morality of energy decisions, designing public policy to improve energy security and access to electricity, and building adaptive capacity to the consequences of climate change.  ”

Scholarly Papers (90)

1.

The Avian and Wildlife Costs of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences vol. 9, no. 4, December 2012, 255-278, Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 04-13
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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wind power, avian mortality, wind turbines

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Sustainable Minerals and Metals for a Low-Carbon Future

Science 367 (6473) (January 3, 2020), pp. 30-33
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Delaware, Colorado School of Mines, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics, KU Leuven, System IQ and University of California, Berkeley
Downloads 608 (77,207)
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minerals, metals, energy transitions, energy, climate

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Energy Justice: Conceptual Insights and Practical Applications

Applied Energy 142 (2015) 435–444
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Michael Dworkin
Science Policy Research Unit and Vermont Law School
Downloads 573 (83,145)
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Energy justice, Environmental justice, Fuel poverty, Energy and equity

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Conceptualizing and Measuring Energy Security: A Synthesized Approach

Energy 36 (2011) 5343-5355
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Ishani Mukherjee
Science Policy Research Unit and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Downloads 432 (117,169)
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Energy security, Security of supply, Energy poverty

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Deploying Off-Grid Technology to Eradicate Energy Poverty

Science, vol. 338, 5 October 2012, 47-48, Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 05-13
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 396 (129,580)
Citation 1

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energy access, electrification, energy poverty, energy and development

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States, Markets, and Institutions: Integrating International Political Economy and Global Energy Politics

The Palgrave Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy, 2016
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Sep 2016
Ghent University, Science Policy Research Unit, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Hampshire College
Downloads 354 (146,743)

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International Political Economy; Energy

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Environmental Issues, Climate Changes, and Energy Security in Developing Asia

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 399, Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 17-14
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 309 (169,691)
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environment, water policy, climate change, energy security, Asia-Pacific

Competing Dimensions of Energy Security: An International Perspective

Annual Review of Environment & Resources 35 (2010), pp. 77–108
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown
Science Policy Research Unit and Georgia Institute of Technology
Downloads 298 (175,113)
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energy policy, energy poverty, energy vulnerability, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), security of supply

Competing Dimensions of Energy Security: An International Perspective

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 35, pp. 77-108, 2010
Posted: 11 Nov 2010
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown
Science Policy Research Unit and Georgia Institute of Technology

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Sociotechnical Transitions for Deep Decarbonization

Science Vol 357 (6357) (September 22, 2017), pp. 1242-1244
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Frank Geels, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Tim Schwanen and Steven Robert Sorrell
The University of Manchester, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Utrecht and University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
Downloads 290 (181,323)
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climate policy, energy policy, sustainability transitions, decarbonisation

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Urban Electrification: Knowledge Pathway Toward an Integrated Research and Development Agenda

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of Colorado at Boulder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arizona State University (ASU), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of Chicago - Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Science Policy Research Unit, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Colorado School of Mines, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of Chicago - Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and University of Chicago
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Design Principles for Renewable Energy Programs in Developing Countries

Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 9157-9162, Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 06-13
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Jan 2013
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 227 (231,211)

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energy access, electrification, energy poverty, energy and development

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Who Are the Victims of Low-Carbon Transitions? Towards a Political Ecology of Climate Change Mitigation

Energy Research & Social Science Volume 73, March 2021, 101916
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Feb 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 221 (237,126)
Citation 10

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political economy, political ecology, low-carbon transitions, energy transitions, climate change mitigation

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The energy use implications of 5G: Reviewing whole network operational energy, embodied energy, and indirect effects

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 157 (2022) 112033
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Laurence Williams, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Timothy J. Foxon
University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit and University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
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5G, Mobile networks, Green mobile networks, Narrative review, Energy efficiency, Energy consumption, Energy demand, Sustainability, Embodied energy, Rebound effects, User behaviour, Indirect effects

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Sociotechnical Matters: Reviewing and Integrating Science and Technology Studies with Energy Social Science

Energy Research & Social Science Volume 65, July 2020, 101462
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Mar 2020
David J. Hess and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Vanderbilt University and Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 204 (255,365)
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Science and technology studies, Science, technology & society, Social construction of technology, Socio-technical systems, Actor-networks, Public engagement

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Contested Regionalism in Southeast Asia: The Politics of the Trans-Asean Gas Pipeline Project

CAG Working Paper No. 002
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Nov 2010
Toby James Carroll and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy - Centre on Asia and Globalisation and Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 179 (286,831)
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ASEAN, trans-ASEAN gas pipeline (TAGP), energy governance

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Valuing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power: A Critical Survey

Energy Policy 36 (2008) 2940-2953
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 174 (294,116)
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Nuclear power, Lifecycle analysis, Greenhouse gas emissions

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Individual Behavior, the Social Sciences, and Climate Change

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper, 15-20
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Michael P. Vandenbergh and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Science Policy Research Unit
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Individual Behavior; Households; Norms; Beliefs; Climate Change Mitigation

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Smart Home Technologies in Europe: A Critical Review of Concepts, Benefits, Risks and Policies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 120 (2020) 109663
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Jan 2020
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio
Science Policy Research Unit and Imperial College London
Downloads 157 (320,971)
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smart homes, smart grids, digital society

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Quantifying the Health and Environmental Benefits of Wind Power to Natural Gas

Energy Policy 53 (2013) 429-441, Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 03-13
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Donald R. McCubbin and Benjamin K. Sovacool
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 149 (335,188)
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The Misallocation of Climate Research Funding

Energy Research & Social Science 62 (April, 2020), 101349, pp. 1-13
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Jan 2020
Indra Overland and Benjamin K. Sovacool
NUPI - Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 146 (340,727)

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Climate mitigation, Research funding, Social sciences, Natural sciences

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What Are We Doing Here? Analyzing Fifteen Years of Energy Scholarship and Proposing a Social Science Research Agenda

Energy Research & Social Science 1 (2014) 1–29
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Content analysis, Media content analysis, Energy studies research

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Public Participation in China's Energy Governance: The Non-Case of Chongqing Green Volunteers v. Yangzonghai Power Company

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2012
Adam J. Moser and Benjamin K. Sovacool
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 141 (350,279)
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China energy governance, China public participation, China environmental courts, public interest standing, China energy security public participation

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Energy transitions from the cradle to the grave: A meta-theoretical framework integrating responsible innovation, social practices, and energy justice

Energy Research & Social Science 75 (May, 2021), 102027, pp. 1-16.
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Mar 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool, David J. Hess and Roberto Cantoni
Science Policy Research Unit, Vanderbilt University and Autonomous University of Barcelona - Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
Downloads 122 (391,157)
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energy justice, sociotechnical transitions, sustainability transitions, climate justice, environmental justice

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How Long Will It Take? Conceptualizing the Temporal Dynamics of Energy Transitions

Energy Research & Social Science 13 (2016) 202–215
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Aug 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 113 (413,683)
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Time, Speed, Energy Transition, Socio-Technical Transition

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The Barriers to Energy Efficiency in China: Assessing Household Electricity Savings and Consumer Behavior in Liaoning Province

Energy Policy, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 1202-1209, 2009, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP10-17
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2011
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dianshu Feng and Vu Ming M. Khuong
Science Policy Research Unit, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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Liaoning Province, energy efficiency, household electricity consumption

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Decarbonizing the Food and Beverages Industry: A Critical and Systematic Review of Developments, Sociotechnical Systems and Policy Options

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 143 (2021) 110856
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Mar 2021
Science Policy Research Unit, Colorado School of Mines, Khalifa University, Hangyang University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Climate change, Climate mitigation, Food and drinks, Industrial decarbonization, Net-zero, Energy policy, Food processing, Food manufacturing, Food systems, Sustainability transitions, Innovation

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It Starts at Home? Climate Policies Targeting Household Consumption and Behavioral Decisions Are Key to Low-Carbon Futures

Energy Research & Social Science 52 (2019) 144–158
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Ghislain Dubois, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Carlo Aall and Rainer Sauerborn
Ramboll Consulting, Science Policy Research Unit, Western Norway Research Institute and Heidelberg University - Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health
Downloads 108 (427,494)
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Deep decarbonisation, Climate change, Mitigation, Household decision-making, Behavioral wedge, Climate policy, Greenhouse gases

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Decarbonization and Its Discontents: A Critical Energy Justice Perspective on Four Low-Carbon Transitions

Climatic Change, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Mari Martiskainen, Andrew Hook and Dr. Lucy Baker
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Downloads 106 (433,120)
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energy justice, climate justice, environmental justice

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Cobenefits and Trade-Offs of Green and Clean Energy: Evidence from the Academic Literature and Asian Case Studies

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 502
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jan 2017
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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climate change

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Energy Access and Energy Security in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 383
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2014
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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energy access, energy and development, energy poverty, indoor air pollution

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Anarchy, War, or Revolt? Radical Perspectives for Climate Protection, Insurgency and Civil Disobedience in a Low-Carbon Era

Energy Research & Social Science Volume 86, April 2022, 102416, Forthcoming
Posted: 30 Jan 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Alexander Dunlap
Science Policy Research Unit and University of Oslo
Downloads 98 (457,390)
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Green anarchism, Social movements, Social opposition, Guerilla warfare, Resistance, Covert climate action, Obstructive direct action

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The Political Economy of Energy Poverty: A Review of Key Challenges

Energy for Sustainable Development 16 (2012) 272–282
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
Downloads 94 (470,004)
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Energy access, Energy poverty, Rural electrification

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The Political Economy of Technological Capabilities and Global Production Networks in South Africa’s Wind and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Industries

Political Geography 60 (2017) 1-12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Dr. Lucy Baker and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex and Science Policy Research Unit
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Technological capabilities, Global production networks, Wind, Solar photovoltaics, Local content, South Africa, Renewable electricity, Renewable energy

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Rejecting Renewables: The Socio-Technical Impediments to Renewable Electricity in the United States

Energy Policy 37 (2009) 4500–4513
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Renewable energy, Renewable electricity, Renewable power

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Processes of Elite Power and Low-Carbon Pathways: Experimentation, Financialisation, and Dispossession

Global Environmental Change 59 (November, 2019), 101985, pp. 1-14.
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Oct 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dr. Lucy Baker, Andrew Hook and Mari Martiskainen
Science Policy Research Unit, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
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low-carbon transitions; elites; power; financialisation; dispossession; experimentation

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Beyond Batteries: An Examination of the Benefits and Barriers to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) and a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Transition

Energy Policy 37 (2009) 1095–1103
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Richard Hirsh
Science Policy Research Unit and Virginia Tech
Downloads 88 (489,891)
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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, Vehicle-to-grid, Transportation policy

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Developing Asia and the Electricity Sector: Dynamics, Trends and Policy Implications

East Asian Policy, Vol. 2, No.3, pp. 81-95, 2010, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP10-16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2011
Vu Ming M. Khuong and Benjamin K. Sovacool
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Science Policy Research Unit
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The Decarbonisation Divide: Contextualizing Landscapes of Low-Carbon Exploitation and Toxicity in Africa

Global Environmental Change 60 (2020) 102028
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jan 2020
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex and The University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School
Downloads 86 (500,519)
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energy transitions, sustainability transitions

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Elite Power in Low-Carbon Transitions: A Critical and Interdisciplinary Review

Energy Research & Social Science 57 (2019) 101242
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marie Claire Brisbois
Science Policy Research Unit and University of Sussex
Downloads 86 (496,920)
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Energy transitions, Energy justice, Climate justice, Political economy

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Beyond Cost and Carbon: The Multidimensional Co-Benefits of Low Carbon Transitions in Europe

Ecological Economics 169 (March, 2020), 106529, pp. 1-19.
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Mari Martiskainen, Andrew Hook and Dr. Lucy Baker
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
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energy transitions; sustainability transitions; nuclear energy; solar energy; smart grids; electric mobility

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Ordering Theories: Typologies and Conceptual Frameworks for Sociotechnical Change

Social Studies of Science 2017, Vol. 47(5) 703–750
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and David J. Hess
Science Policy Research Unit and Vanderbilt University
Downloads 78 (526,822)
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agency, discourse, justice, social theory, sociotechnical systems, structure

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Cornucopia or Curse? Reviewing the Costs and Benefits of Shale Gas Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 37 (2014) 249–264
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Natural gas, Unconventional natural gas, Fracking, Hydrofracking

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The Whole Systems Energy Injustice of Four European Low-Carbon Transitions

Global Environmental Change 58 (2019) 101958
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Andrew Hook, Mari Martiskainen and Dr. Lucy Baker
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
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Energy transitions, Energy justice, Energy policy, Climate policy, Whole systems

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The Energy Trilemma and the Smart Grid: Implications Beyond the United States

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 70-84, January 2017, Crawford School Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Jeannie Oliver and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Independent and Science Policy Research Unit
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smart gid, energy trilemma, energy security, sustainable development, communication

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Can Prosuming Become Perilous? Exploring Systems of Control and Domestic Abuse in the Smart Homes of the Future Benjamin Sovacool

Frontiers in Energy Research 9 (November, 2021), pp. 1-18.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Jan 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio and Mari Martiskainen
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex and University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
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domestic violence, domestic abuse, smart homes, smart grids

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Twelve Metropolitan Carbon Footprints: A Preliminary Comparative Global Assessment

Energy Policy 38 (2010) 4856–4869
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown
Science Policy Research Unit and Georgia Institute of Technology
Downloads 66 (577,446)
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Carbon footprint, Metropolitan areas, Climate change

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It’s About Dam Time: Improving Microhydro Electrification in Tanzania

Energy for Sustainable Development 17 (2013) 378–385
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Eric Adebayo, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Sara Imperiale
Independent, Science Policy Research Unit and Independent
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Microhydro, Rural Electrification, Energy Poverty

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What Causes Energy and Transport Poverty in Ireland? Analyzing the Demographic, Economic, and Social Dynamics and Policy Solutions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 May 2022
affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Manchester, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Trinity College (Dublin), Science Policy Research Unit, Khalifa University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Energy poverty, Transport Poverty, Covid-19, Ireland, Nationally Representative Survey

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From forests to factories: How modern slavery deepens the crisis of climate change

Energy Research & Social Science 77 (2021) 102096
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 May 2021
Kevin Bales and Benjamin K. Sovacool
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Science Policy Research Unit
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Slavery in the Anthropocene, Modern slavery, Climate justice, Energy justice, Environmental justice, Human rights

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Promoting Novelty, Rigor, and Style in Energy Social Science: Towards Codes of Practice for Appropriate Methods and Research Design

Energy Research & Social Science 45 (2018) 12–42
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Jonn Axsen and Steven Robert Sorrell
Science Policy Research Unit, Simon Fraser University (SFU) and University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
Downloads 56 (626,300)
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Validity, Research methods, Research methodology, Interdisciplinary research, Research excellence

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The Roles of Users in Electric, Shared and Automated Mobility Transitions

Transportation Research Part D 71 (2019) 1–21
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Jonn Axsen and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Science Policy Research Unit
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Automated vehicles, Shared mobility, Electric vehicles, Car-share, Ride-hailing, Consumer behavior

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Policy Mixes for Incumbency: Exploring the Destructive Recreation of Renewable Energy, Shale Gas ‘Fracking,’ and Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom

Energy Research & Social Science 33 (2017) 147–162
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Philip Johnstone, Andy Stirling and Benjamin K. Sovacool
University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex and Science Policy Research Unit
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Incumbency, Politics, Energy policy, Socio-technical

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Clean, low-carbon but corrupt? Examining corruption risks and solutions for the renewable energy sector in Mexico, Malaysia, Kenya and South Africa

Energy Strategy Reviews 38 (November 2021), 100723, pp. 1-21.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Bribery Corruption Transparency Energy governance Wind power Solar energy Hydroelectricity

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The hidden costs of energy and mobility: A global meta-analysis and research synthesis of electricity and transport externalities

Energy Research & Social Science Volume 72, February 2021, 101885
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Feb 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Jinsoo Kim
Science Policy Research Unit and Hangyang University
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Externalities, Social costs of energy, Energy markets, Market failure, Climate change, Air pollution, Traffic congestion

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The Cultural Barriers to a Low-Carbon Future: A Review of Six Mobility and Energy Transitions Across 28 Countries

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 119 (March, 2020), 109569, pp. 1-12.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Steven Griffiths
Science Policy Research Unit and Khalifa University
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Culture, Energy transitions, Sustainability transitions, Innovation, Social acceptance, Automated vehicles, Self-driving cars

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Internationalizing the Political Economy of Hydroelectricity: Security, Development and Sustainability in Hydropower States

Review of International Political Economy, 26:1, 49-79, 2019
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Gotz Walter
Science Policy Research Unit and International School of Management
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Energy security; hydroelectric dams; hydropower; resource curse; water wars; renewable energy; major hydropower states; sustainable development

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Hot Transformations: Governing Rapid and Deep Household Heating Transitions in China, Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom

Energy Policy, Volume 139, April 2020, 111330
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Mar 2020
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Mari Martiskainen
Science Policy Research Unit and University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
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Residential heating, Heat as a service, Energy transitions, Polycentrism, Heat decarbonisation, Energy and climate governance

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Making the internet globally sustainable: Technical and policy options for improved energy management, governance and community acceptance of Nordic datacentres

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 154 (February, 2022), 111793, pp. 1-20.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Nov 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Paul Upham and Chukwuka Monyei
Science Policy Research Unit, Centre for Integrated Energy Research and Sustainability research Institute and University of Sussex
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Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Cryptocurrency mining, Sustainable development goals, Datacenters, Server farms, Bitcoin

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Energy Governance, Transnational Rules, and the Resource Curse: Exploring the Effectiveness of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

World Development Vol. 83, pp. 179–192, 2016
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Gotz Walter, Thijs Van de Graaf and Nathan Andrews
Science Policy Research Unit, International School of Management, Ghent University and Queen’s University
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resource curse, transparency, transnational rules, good governance, EITI

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Just Transitions for Industrial Decarbonisation: A Framework for Innovation, Participation, and Justice

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Volume 167, October 2022, 112699
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
Paul Upham, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Bipashyee Ghosh
Centre for Integrated Energy Research and Sustainability research Institute, Science Policy Research Unit and Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
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Industrial clusters, Just transitions, Evaluative framework, Systematic review

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Reducing Energy Demand through Low Carbon Innovation: A Sociotechnical Transitions Perspective and Thirteen Research Debates

Energy Research & Social Science 40 (2018) 23–35
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
The University of Manchester, University of Utrecht, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex and Science Policy Research Unit
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Energy efficiency, Energy end use, decarbonisation, Multilevel perspective on transitions

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The Demographics of Decarbonizing Transport: The Influence of Gender, Education, Occupation, Age, and Household Size on Electric Mobility Preferences in the Nordic Region

Global Environmental Change 52 (2018) 86–100
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Science Policy Research Unit, Nuvve, University of Oxford - Oxford University Transport Studies Unit and Aarhus University
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Sustainability transitions, Low-carbon transport, Electric vehicle adoption, Vehicle-to-grid, Electric mobility

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The Next Climate War? Statecraft, Security, and Weaponization in the Geopolitics of a Low-Carbon Future

Energy Strategy Reviews 45 (2023) 101031
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Dec 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chad Baum and Sean Low
Science Policy Research Unit, Aarhus University and Aarhus University
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Climate engineering, Carbon dioxide removal, Negative emissions technologies, Solar radiation management, Greenhouse gas removal, Energy and geopolitics, Climate change and international relations

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Transitioning to electrified, automated and shared mobility in an African context: A comparative review of Johannesburg, Kigali, Lagos and Nairobi

Journal of Transport Geography 98 (2022) 103256
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Dec 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chux Daniels and AbdulRafiu Abbas
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School and University of Sussex Business School
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Low-carbon transitions, Low-carbon mobility, Electric vehicles, Ridesharing, Ride hailing, African transport pathways, Mobility as a service (MaaS), Global South

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A Fair Trade? Expert Perceptions of Equity, Innovation, and Public Awareness in China’s Future Emissions Trading Scheme

Climatic Change (2021) 164:31
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Joy Ying and Benjamin K. Sovacool
University of Sussex and Science Policy Research Unit
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climate policy, carbon trading, emissions trading schemes

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Reviewing, Reforming, and Rethinking Global Energy Subsidies: Towards a Political Economy Research Agenda

Ecological Economics 135 (2017) 150–163
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Oct 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Subsidy Reform, Energy Policy, Subsidies, Subsidy

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Towards Improved Solar Energy Justice: Exploring the Complex Inequities of Household Adoption of Photovoltaic Panels

Energy Policy 164 (May, 2022), 112868, pp. 1-13.
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Apr 2022
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Science Policy Research Unit and University of Sussex
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Energy justice, Solar Inequity, Sustainability transitions, Households, Supply-chains

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Climate change adaptation and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF): Qualitative insights from policy implementation in the Asia-Pacific

Climatic Change (2017) 140:209–226
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Sep 2019
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Björn-Ola Linnér and Richard J. T. Klein
Science Policy Research Unit, Linkoping University and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
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Climate Change Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity, Resilience, Vulnerability

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Climate Protection or Privilege? A Whole Systems Justice Milieu of Twenty Negative Emissions and Solar Geoengineering Technologies

Political Geography Volume 97, August 2022, 102702
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chad Baum and Sean Low
Science Policy Research Unit, Aarhus University and Aarhus University
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Climate engineering, Carbon dioxide removal, Energy justice, Solar radiation management, Greenhouse gas removal, Environmental justice

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The “whole systems” energy sustainability of digitalization: Humanizing the community risks and benefits of Nordic datacenter development

Energy Research & Social Science 88 (June, 2022) 102493, pp. 1-28.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Jan 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chukwuka Monyei and Paul Upham
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex and Centre for Integrated Energy Research and Sustainability research Institute
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Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Cryptocurrency mining, Sustainable development goals, Datacenters, Server farms, Bitcoin

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Reckless or righteous? Reviewing the sociotechnical benefits and risks of climate change geoengineering

Energy Strategy Reviews 35 (2021) 100656
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 May 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Climate engineering, Carbon dioxide removal, Negative emissions technologies, Solar radiation management, Greenhouse gas removal

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Sociotechnical Agendas: Reviewing Future Directions for Energy and Climate Research

Energy Research & Social Science 70 (2020) 101617
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, The University of Manchester, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), Vanderbilt University, Virginia Tech and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Science and technology studies, Sociotechnical systems, Science technology and society, Sociology of scientific knowledge, Sustainability transitions

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Determining Our Climate Policy Future: Expert Opinions About Negative Emissions and Solar Radiation Management Pathways

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change (2022) 27:58
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Dec 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chad Baum and Sean Low
Science Policy Research Unit, Aarhus University and Aarhus University
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Expert survey, Climate engineering, Carbon dioxide removal, Negative emissions technologies, Solar radiation management, Greenhouse gas removal

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Beyond Science and Policy: Typologizing and Harnessing Social Movements for Transformational Social Change

Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 94, December 2022, 102857
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit
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Social opposition, Social movements, Transformation, Abolition of slavery, Civil rights

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Navigating implementation dilemmas in technology-forcing policies: A comparative analysis of accelerated smart meter diffusion in the Netherlands, UK, Norway, and Portugal (2000-2019)

Research Policy 50 (2021) 104272
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 May 2021
Frank Geels, Andrew Hook, Siddharth Sareen and Benjamin K. Sovacool
The University of Manchester, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Science Policy Research Unit
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technology-forcing policy, implementation dilemmas, smart meters, accelerated diffusion

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Global sustainability, innovation and governance dynamics of national smart electricity meter transitions

Global Environmental Change 68 (2021) 102272
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 May 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Frank Geels, Andrew Hook and Siddharth Sareen
Science Policy Research Unit, The University of Manchester, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Smart meters, Energy transitions, Energy and innovation, Smart grids

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Rethinking Net-Zero Systems, Spaces, and Societies: ‘Hard’ Versus ‘Soft’ Alternatives for Nature-Based and Engineered Carbon Removal

Global Environmental Change 75 (2022) 102530
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Sean Low, Chad Baum and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Aarhus University, Aarhus University and Science Policy Research Unit
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Hard and soft pathways, Carbon dioxide removal, Greenhouse gas removal, Negative emissions, Nature-based solutions, Direct air capture

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Plausibility, Acceptability, and Trustworthiness: The Resonance of Shale Gas Frames in the United Kingdom

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Mar 2023
Laurence Williams, Abigail Martin and Benjamin K. Sovacool
University of Sussex, University of Sussex - Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) and Science Policy Research Unit
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Fracking, hydraulic fracturing, shale gas, frames, storylines, resonance

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'We’re not Dead Yet!': Extreme Energy and Transport Poverty, Perpetual Peripheralization, and Spatial Justice among Gypsies and Travellers in Northern Ireland

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 160 (2022) 112262
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Apr 2022
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio
Science Policy Research Unit and University of Sussex
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Gypsies and travellers, Housing insecurity, Energy justice, Fuel poverty, Environmental justice

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Between the sun and us: Expert perceptions on the innovation, policy, and deep uncertainties of space-based solar geoengineering

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 158 (2022) 112179
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Mar 2022
Chad Baum, Sean Low and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Aarhus University, Aarhus University and Science Policy Research Unit
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Climate change, Solar radiation management, Solar geoengineering, Space-based geoengineering, Expert perceptions, Renewable energy

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Beyond climate, culture and comfort in European preferences for low-carbon heat

Global Environmental Change Volume 66, January 2021, 102200
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Lance Noel and Christina Demski
Science Policy Research Unit, Nuvve and Cardiff University
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Residential heating, Heat as a service, Heat decarbonization, Cross-national survey, Energy services and practices, Social acceptance of heat

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Beyond Climate Stabilization: Exploring the Perceived Sociotechnical Co-impacts of Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering

Ecological Economics 204 (2023) 107648
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Jan 2023
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chad Baum and Sean Low
Science Policy Research Unit, Aarhus University and Aarhus University
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Negative emissions, Net-zero emissions, Carbon dioxide removal, Greenhouse gas removal, Solar radiation management, Climate justice

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Decarbonizing household heating: Reviewing demographics, geography and low-carbon practices and preferences in five European countries

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 139 (2021) 110703
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Lleida and University of Perugia - Department of Engineering
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Climate policy, Low-carbon heating, Heat decarbonisation, Household heat, Space heating, Cooling Energy policy

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Undone Science in Climate Interventions: Contrasting and Contesting Anticipatory Assessments by Expert Networks

Environmental Science and Policy 137 (2022) 249–270
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Dec 2022
Sean Low, Chad Baum and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Aarhus University, Aarhus University and Science Policy Research Unit
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Anticipation, Climate assessment, Global environmental assessment, Systems modeling, Carbon removal, Solar geoengineering

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International Political Economy and Renewable Energy: Hydroelectric Power and the Resource Curse

International Studies Review, vix058, doi/10.1093/isr/vix058
Posted: 15 Feb 2018
Kathleen J. Hancock and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Colorado School of Mines and Science Policy Research Unit

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renewable energy, hydroelectric power, resource curse, international political economy

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Climate Change and Global Energy Security: Technology and Policy Options

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP11-038 CAG, The MIT Press, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Feb 2012
Marilyn A. Brown and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Georgia Institute of Technology and Science Policy Research Unit

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climate change, energy security, energy technology, ethanol, cookstove, wind power, greenhouse gas, emissions

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And then What Happened?: A Retrospective Appraisal of China's Renewable Energy Development Project (REDP)

Renewable Energy, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 3154-3165, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP11-12
Posted: 26 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2015
National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Science Policy Research Unit and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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renewable energy, hydropower, electricity, solar home systems

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Bridging the Gaps in Global Energy Governance

Global Governance, Vol. 17, pp. 57-74, 2011 , Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. PP11-01CAG
Posted: 16 Mar 2011
Ann Florini and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences and Science Policy Research Unit

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global governance, energy policy, global energy governance, energy security

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Pipelines, Crisis and Capital: Understanding the Contested Regionalism of Southeast Asia

Pacific Review, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 625-647, December 2010
Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2010
Toby James Carroll and Benjamin K. Sovacool
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy - Centre on Asia and Globalisation and Science Policy Research Unit

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ASEAN, contested regionalism, energy governance, regionalism, trans-ASEAN gas pipeline (TAGP), Southeast Asia.

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Creating Legal Teeth for Toothfish: Using the Market to Protect Fish Stocks in Antarctica

Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 15-33, 2008
Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Benjamin K. Sovacool and Kelly E. Siman-Sovacool
Science Policy Research Unit and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Marine policy, overfishing, Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Patagonian Toothfish, flags of convenience, illegal unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing