A5088555930- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Mining and Resource Management
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Human Rights and Development
- Risk Perception and Management
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
Centre for Social Sciences
2021-2024
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
2021
This paper aims to explore the role of institutions, and specifically Ombudsman, in creating practicing policies with relevance energy poverty as a case procedural (in)justice European context, while refining justice. It is empirically informed by studies about Austrian utility-based Ombudsman independent North Macedonia, countries low high level poverty, respectively. I highlight unexplored institutional capacity discover hidden drivers, alleviate contribute socially just transition. The...
This article proposes the energy justice framework can benefit from a radical reframing to expose broader structural injustices in transitions towards net-zero system. There are two objectives of this paper: First, is outline how provide critique system – more activist centered approach; and second, use identify who responsible for unjust policies within The second point important understand what meant by ‘just transition.’ Who decides others compensated transition loss their jobs?...
This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and manifestation at rural urban scales across selected European countries Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight with diverse geographical economic backgrounds: Bosnia Herzegovina, Greece, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, aims understand how winter vulnerability these could be identified using poverty indicators it evolves under influence...
The way citizens make meaning, take decisions, and act differs from expert-informed expectations encapsulated in policies. Inspired by spatial theory, we explore the divide between official everyday framings of consumer energy sustainability that is potentially limiting citizen engagement. Our argument draws contrasting encountered narratives practices related to (a) conservation commercial buildings Barcelona, (b) household poverty North Macedonia. interpretation reveals a major difference...
This editorial to the special issue: Transregional Configurations of Just Energy Transitions explores how discourses on justice are interrelated and influence transformation paths at different levels society. We propose a spatial perspective that puts energy transitions place-based research into context. For many years, discussions about sector focused climatological necessity phasing out fossil fuels technical economic feasibility doing so. In this issue, we aim reverse logic: has become...
The recent polycrises of COVID-19, economic recession, and energy price increases have reinforced the critical importance services – such as heating, information communications technology, refrigeration to everyday societal functioning. Compromising access these services, or poverty, limits social development affecting education, health, participation. Energy poverty is impacted by climate change climate-related policies however, this nexus has been marginalised within policy. We critically...