Politics of Clean Energy Transitions

The deadline for submissions is closed.

UNU-WIDER and the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are collaborating to assemble an edited volume focused on the political economy of clean energy. Sustainable energy transitions involve the shift of resources between competing industrial sectors and political constituencies. Stakeholders in this process have varying degrees of political and economic power, and understanding how political economic factors influence clean energy transitions is crucial to effective policy formulation and facilitating transitions to sustainable energy systems.

This initiative seeks to contribute to enhanced understanding of these factors.

UNU-WIDER and JISEA/NREL invite proposals from qualified researchers for papers exploring the political economy of clean energy. The aim is that these papers will culminate as chapters in a book volume.

The specific objectives of this request for research proposals are:

• To obtain from the research community ideas of timely case studies that illuminate concrete political economy factors influencing clean energy transitions.
• To advance the understanding of how political economy factors can both inhibit and accelerate clean energy transitions.
• To compare and contrast how political economy factors influence clean energy transitions across a wide range of national settings (developed economies, emerging economies, and least-developed countries.)

Proposals from individuals (or groups of individuals) as well as non-profit organizations are welcome. Applications from suitably qualified women and developing country nationals are particularly encouraged.