Tackling Long-Term Global Energy Problems

PART I.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Energy-Related Challenges.- 3. The Indispensable Role of Social Sciences in Energy Research.- PART II: Invited Contributions.- 4. What About Social Science and Interdisciplinarity? A 10-year Content Analysis of Energy Policy.- 5. Towards an Integrative Framework For Energy Transitions of Households in Developing Countries.- 6. A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Changing Household Electricity Consumption in India.- 7. The Changing Context for Efforts to Avoid the ‘Curse of Oil’.- 8. Contributions of Economics and Ethics to an Assessment of Emissions Trading.- 9. No Smooth, Managed Pathway to Sustainable Energy Systems – Politics, Materiality and Visions For Wind Turbine and Biogas Technology.- 10. Technical Fixes Under Surveillance – CCS and Lessons Learned from the Governance of Long-Term Radioactive Waste Managements.- 11. Learning From the Transdisciplinary Case Study Approach: A Functional-Dynamic Approach to Collaboration Among Diverse Actors in Applied Energy Settings.- 12. Lessons from the Invited Contributions.- 13. Synthesis: Research Perspectives.- PART III.- 14. Lessons for Problem-Solving Energy Research in the Social Sciences.- Name Index.- Subject Index.