Social Dimensions of Energy Transition

Ugur Soytas is a Professor of Economics and Head of the Climate Economics and Risk Management Section at the Technical University of Denmark. He is the co-editor of Energy Economics and the subject editor of Sustainable Production and Consumption. He has also edited (with Ramazan Sari) the Routledge Handbook of Energy Economics. He is in Stanford’s top 2% most cited scientists list. His research is in two multidisciplinary areas: the energy-economy-environment-society nexus and the links between commodities and financial markets. He has published several papers in high-impact journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Ecological Economics, and the Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. Ramazan Sari is an energy economist at the Technical University of Denmark in the Department of Management. He has a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. His research is shaped by (i) gender, regional, and cultural differences in the acceptance of new energy technologies and policies, and (ii) the economic and social aspects of sustainability, including economic growth, economic poverty, energy poverty, and energy justice. He has extensive research experience on economic growth, inequality, income distribution, energy, and environmental topics, utilizing quantitative and qualitative data in developing and developed countries. He has experience in coordinating, co-coordinating, and serving in many research and capacity-building projects funded by EU Horizon 2020, British Academy Newton Funds, Turkish Planning Institute, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council, Atomic Energy Agency of Vienna, Danida, and Horizon Europe. He is an Associate Editor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Nature’s journal. His research is well received by the literature and places him in the Stanford-Elsevier top 2% rankings. Jacob Ladenburg s is a Professor of Economics at the Technical University of Denmark. He is in Stanford’s top 2% most cited scientists list. His research focuses on acceptance of and preferences for energy technology types and locations and how they are affect by technology experience, spatial distributions and information. He has published several papers in high-impact journals such as Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy and Resource Economics and Energy Policy.

• 1. Introduction to Energy Transition: Understanding the Social Implications2. Energy research in social sciences3. Energy Justice: Equity and Access in Energy Transition4. Acceptance of and preferences for Renewable Energy Projects5. The Role of Communities in Shaping Energy Transition6. Gender and Energy Transition: Exploring Intersectional Perspectives7. Public Engagement and Participation in Energy Decision-Making8. Qualitative approaches in energy transition research9. Social Innovation and Grassroots Movements in Energy Transition10. Energy Transition and Indigenous Communities11. The link between societal well-being and energy use12. Social Acceptance of Climate Policies13. Clean energy access and affordability as a human right